Quality Finnish hardcore act Deathbed has signed with Combat Rock Industry to release their next album which will happen sometime in early 2009. Look for them to tour Finland later this month with dates in Germany to follow in November: https://www.myspace.com/killedbybed

MIC Norway profiles Rune Grammofon artist Susanna and her new album "Flowers of evil": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008100618152881695124

Norwegian act Infidels Forever has announced the addition of Kjetil Jensen (Brent Barn, Jazzin' Babies) as their new drummer.

There's a Sister Sekunden interview in the new issue of Maximum Rock'n'roll conducted by Fredrik Kullman of Förmögenhet/Promande Fanzine/Normal Man Fanzine. Be sure to catch the band when they tour the US later this month: https://www.myspace.com/sistasekunden

IAT.MP3 artist Racingpaperplanes has decided to go the DIY route and is self-releasing his new album "Four" via his newly-establish Richwil Records: https://www.myspace.com/richwilrecords

Lapko has sadly dropped off the Disco Ensemble tour halfway through, so they've cancelled their appearance at the upcoming IAT! Clubnight in Malmö later this month, but lucky for you we've got Blinders On stepping in to take their place. Expect a new 7" from those guys soon, too!

The nominees for the Danish Metal Awards have been announced: https://www.antenna.nu/?p=552

Division of Laura Lee are keeping a tour blog as they travel around the US: https://dolltour.tumblr.com/

Cut City has a new 5-song 12" EP on the way via Deleted Art in cooperation with German labels Altin Village and Monoton Records. No release date yet, but they are tentatively saying November.

Frequent Timbuktu collaborators Damn! will be releasing an album of their own. Entitled "Let's zoon in", it comes out November 12 via Pope Records, just in time for the two to tour Scandinavia together.

Hear Susanna perform a duet with Bonnie "Prince" Billy on "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy: https://cargorecords.blogspot.com/2008/09/incoming-susanna-flowers-of-evil.html
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The new Zeigeist single "Cuffs" will be released as a digital download on October 29 via Imperial Recordings.

Finnish act Damn Seagulls are currently in the studio working on their third album which is due out sometime around February via Fullsteam Records. Jussi Jaakonaho will mix and Miikka Koivisto (Disco Ensemble) will help with vocal production. Expect the first single to surface later this month.

Nö Music reports that a new book about the Quart Festival reveals a hidden drug conspiracy: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2008/10/03/quart-festival-surrounded-by-drugs-controversy/

Long-running Swedish act Dag Vag not only celebrates their 30th anniversary this year, they've also reclaimed the rights to their back-catalogue from Silence and have now founded their own label to put out a new box set and remastered versions of their own records. Read more at MI: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/104/Topplistan_v40_Flera_svenska_nykomlingar_DUPE.html (in Swedish)