Giana Factory's album "Save the youth" will be getting an expanded international rerelease in late march as a 2CD/LP featuring the full album plus the "Bloody game" EP and various 7" remixes. Dates include march 28 in France, march 30 in Germany, April 10 in the US and may 7 in the UK.
Check out Susanna (aka Susanna Wallumrød of Susanna and the magical Orchestra) performing the new song "Freeze" live together with Jenny Hval (Rockettothesky) and Hilde marie Kjersem. Susanna's new album "Wild dog" will be officially released on march 16 via .
PSL has the premiere of the new Joel Alme video for "A tender trap": miar-joel-alme-a-tender-trap/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/03/14/premiar-joel-alme-a-tender-trap/
Friday! Gamla Pengar + EL-SD + Vånna Inget at Debaser malmö! Be there! The FB evite: m/events/317358944978351/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/317358944978351/
Got 20 minutes to spare? Of course you do! Put a load of laundry on and check out this new video from Swedish indierockers Tennis Bafra.
MordantThe most succinct way of describing Sweden's mordant is to say that it's like a 3-way blend of Watain, Nifelheim and Carpathian Forest with a hint of the rhythm guitar sound from "Slowly we rot" and miles of melody in the mix. If that sounds like it might float your boat, then I would suggest you buy this right away. If, like me, you find the aforementioned bands quite patchy in their output then I would be wary of parting with your hard-earned for this. There are some really killer moments on "Black evil master", with all of "Council of evil" as a prime example, but the flipside of that is that a lot of the material sounds the same, despite the wealth of riffage on offer. There are also some subpar moments on the album, such as "Retaliation of the dark" which -- if you were to replace Bitchfire's (yes, I know!) vocals with John Tardy's -- would sound like a bonus track on Obituary's "Back from the dead" stinker. Despite its initial promise and many cool moments "Black evil master" is a pretty average album that doesn't have a hope in hell of standing the test of time.
- John Norby
At long last, something new from Slagsmålsklubben. "Jake blood" is the first single from the group's upcoming album "The garage".
Over the almost-10 years or so I've been doing this site there's been a small handful of bands that have really stuck with me and sound just as good today as when I first heard them. The evocative rustic folk of Det Gamla Landet is a prime example. Where are they now?
We Are Serenades will tour the US in may, dates forthcoming.
As proven by the KLF, nothing like covering an already-popular song to secure a hit.
New from Oslo trio Philco Fiction.
have announced that they will be releasing the new It's a Bird! It's a Plane! single "Crow hill" on April 16. Look for their debut full-length "Here comes the sun" to follow later. In other news, Razzia will also be releasing a new single from the Google-proof band Local Drums called "In your arms". I don't know anything about it, but basic details are here.
New video, old song? Not sure exactly what the deal is here, but it sounds good. NSFW, but you can also listen manynotes.bandcamp.com/track/isak-f-lj-ditt-hj-rta-2" target="_blank">via Bandcamp.
Lambgoat reports that has picked up Swedish old-school death metal act morbus Chron: mbgoat.com/news/17960/Century-media-Records-signs-morbus-Chron" target="_blank">https://lambgoat.com/news/17960/Century-media-Records-signs-morbus-Chron
The band will be heading into the studio this spring to record a 10" EP for the label.
is finally getting around to putting out the long-awaited Beyond Dawn rarities collection "The righteous underground" and are looking to secure preorders to make it happen: m/beyonddawn.htm" target="_blank">https://duplicate-records.com/beyonddawn.htm
If I had cash to throw around, I'd get right on it -- Beyond Dawn is/was one of the finest, most interesting bands to come out of Norway's metal scene in the 90s, evolving from doom-with-trombone to experimental art-rock and beyond. All of their records are worth having and I'm sure this vault of previously unreleased material contains many gems.