Old-school Swedish death metal act Infernal is back with guitarist/vocalist David Parland (Necrophobic, Dark Funeral) at the helm alongside fellow ex-Necrophobic guitarist Martin Halfdan and Dark Funeral bandmate drummer Tomas Asklund (Dissection, Gorgoroth). Listen to new demo tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/officialinfernal
Long-running folk-influenced Finnish metal act Amorphis will be releasing the new album "Skyforger" in May.
Playground Music is reportedly shutting down their Norwegian office and will be taken over by Fairplay Entertainment: https://www.farojournalen.no/pages/nor/2760-playground_legger_ned_fairplay_tar_over
Considering it's the same people (or at least most?), isn't that just business as usual with a new name?
The Tarantula Waltz has parted ways with National Records: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=23921703&blogId=480527727
Expect a new label announcement shortly.
Nomethod has signed a new distribution deal with Border music so that means that their latest release, "Young punks are on the never-never" by Robert Svensson, will be getting a mid-priced rerelease with bonus tracks in the near future. The label also reports that Aerial's next album is mixed and ready to be mastered -- no release date on that one yet either, but I heard a rough cut and my mind was blown. Seriously, they aren't kidding when they say it sounds like Him Kerosene taken to the next level.
Miss Li has a new website to coincide with the release of her new record "Dancing all the way home": https://www.missli.se/
Cold Meat Industry will be releasing the debut album "A martyrium of white roses" from Danish darkwave/neofolk act Die Weisse Rose this coming May. Preview a few tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/dieweisserose
Hybris has announced the signing of "Russian teenage runaway" Alias. Listen to his first single "Crazy time" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/babyalias
Read more: https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-act-at-hybris-alias.html
Sounds like April Fools to me...
PSL says that Markus Krunegård is now also working with Mauro Scocco on his forthcoming solo album, due out sometime around August/September: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/31/extra-extra-mauro-scocco-gor-markus-krunegards-nya-album/
Lisa Ekdahl's new album "Give me that slow knowing smile", her first English-language release in nine years, will be released on April 8 in Sweden and also in 14 other countries as we get further into spring. Expect European tour dates to be announced soon, otherwise check out the title track streaming at myspace.
The title track of the forthcoming Hardcore Superstar album "Beg for it" (due out in June via Nuclear Blast) will be released as a single on April 15.
Fluxblog goes two for two with new music from Röyskopp (feat. Lykke Li) and Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/turn-paper-into-rocks-into-plastic
Danish indie distro group Label Kollektiv has added ILK Records and Flat Ape Music to their roster. Read more: https://labelkollektiv.com/news/
Nicklas Rudolfsson and Daniel Moilanen have resurrected their doom metal project Domedag and recorded a new 30-minute track entitled "Frost, rost och död" ("Frost, rust and death"). Expect some sort of official release later this year...
Adrian Recordings officially confirms the signing of Sweden's great indie act The Bear Quartet: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=227