Presenting the Lucky Misu/Bleulel split "In winter", quite possibly the last Lucky Misu release ever: https://www.corpid-label.de/releases/cx027/cx027.htm
Says Lucky Misu: "Both inspiration and time have run out. Hopefully there will be a comeback some day, but I wouldn't count on it. Some plans have been made to produce music with other artist but only time will tell how that will work out."
Peter Andersson (Raison d'Etre) has a new collaboration featuring Lars 'Lach'n' Jonsson< (Ur Kaos) entitled "A moving likeness of eternity" which features three live performances performed and recorded as "seamlessly interwoven acoustic/electronic sounds and improvised/composed elements." It's only available as a digital download (FLAC or mp3), so go here for details/samples/ordering: https://www.musiczeit.com/directory.php?artist=721
Finnish act Plain Ride (feat. Janne Westerlund from Circle/Pharaoh Overlord) will release their new album "House on the hill" on April 15 via Ektro Records. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/plainride
The Swedish webzine Panda is seeking to reinvent themselves yet again: https://www.pandamagazine.se/
Adrian Recordings' experiment with streaming a new song from Cato every week for a full year is now complete: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=225
The Washington Post Express provides a quality preview of the upcoming Pagan Knights and Paganfest America tours, featuring all of your favorite viking, folk and pirate-metal acts: https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/03/pagans_pirates.php
Sadly, I already missed the Pagan Knights when they were out west, but Paganfest America is still tempting...
Luxury has now officially confirmed that Skanros' debut album will be released on April 15. Whether or not it lives up to their claim as being Sweden's best debut since "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" remains to be seen.
Norwegian electronic act Ugress is offering a free EP for download in anticipation of their new album (title tba), due out June 15. Go here: https://gmm.ugress.com/post.asp?id=1028
Norwegian rappers Jester and Don Martin (Gatas Parlament) recorded an album together called "Jester og Don Martin sikter på månen, lander på taket" which will be out in May. The first single "La meg begynne" comes out April 3. But that's not all -- the album was recorded in Mumbai and while they were over there, they were hired to act in a Bollywood comedy entitled "Showman (King of Con)". Read more and hear a sample: https://kingsize.no/News.aspx?ArtNo=7631 (in Norwegian)
Fysisk Format (Haust, Snöras) will be releasing Le Corbeau's new album "Evening chill/Montréal of the mind" on May 25 in both CD and LP formats. Le Corbeau is the solo project of Øystein Sandsdalen from Angora Static/Serena Maneesh/Infidels Forever and you can listen to a few samples here: https://www.myspace.com/lecorbeaurecord
Swedish indie act Elenette will finally release their debut full-length album "Neurosor" on April 8 via their own Meta Rekords in collaboration with Sheriff Records and Warner Music.
Warner Music Norway has announced the signing of two new acts: Donkeyboy and Aasmund Nordstoga. The former's debut single "Caught in a life" is out now and an album will follow in the fall. As for Nordstoga, he's the brother of Odd Nordstoga and his debut solo single "Det er meg det samme hvor jeg havner når jeg dør" is out now as well. The album "Ein visefugg" will be out in spring/
Fluxblog on Fever Ray: https://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/a-little-voice-in-my-head
Discobelle got themselves some corporate sponsorship from Scion to put together a comp of their favorite music, so of course they did the right thing and made sure that Sweden is well represented - artists featured include Maskinen, Boeoes Kaelstigen, Familjen and Dmitry Fyodorov. Full details here: https://www.discobelle.net/2009/03/24/discobelle-x-scion-av/
The third piece ("Ner") of Fredrik's EP trilogy is out now via Jezebel Recordings: https://www.jezebelrecordings.com/