Danish indie act Mabarosi will release their sophomore album "No time wasted" on January 15 and you can preview a few tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/maborosimusic

Indie MP3 highlights Josse, a promising young Swedish artist with an EP available for free download: https://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2007/11/josse-you-had-plan-ep.html
Good stuff, check it out.

Swedish indie label Songs I Wish I Had Written doesn't want to be known as a 'record label', they insist they are a 'music label'. Read more about the change and their thoughts regarding the future of the music industry: https://picky.be/blog/musikframtid/music-label/
Look for new releases from promising acts Moto Boy and Gentle Touch in the near future.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio's (E.S.T.) new live album "Live in Hamburg", their first in twelve years, will be out this week on November 21. Said album was recorded a year ago at Laeiszhalle in Hamburg (duh) and the first edition will include a big 16-page booklet. Hear a sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/esbjornsvenssontrio

Danish act Carpark North has licensed the track "Human" for use in the new videogame "Fifa 08".

GBG-based drone act Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has a new limited edition CDR release out now on the label Mystery Sea. Check out their website for samples and more info: https://www.mysterysea.net/
As for the future, look for a new netrelease on Zeromoon entitled "The other kind of falling" (which I imagine is a companion piece to the superb album "Fall, fall, falling" released earlier this year) as well as two new releases for Ideal Recordings including a new CD and a 2xC60 cassette and much, much more. More info: https://www.deadwords.org/

Swedish melodic punk act Smalltown has finished up the songwriting process for their next album and hopes to get it recorded for a release in the spring.

Danish punkrockers Gorilla Angreb are calling it quits. They'll release one last 7" as a split release between Hjernespind and Bad Afro Records. Also on the way from Hjernespind is a new 7" from fellow Danes Cola Freaks. Listen to those guys here: https://www.myspace.com/colafreaks

It's a Trap! isn't nominated for a Plug Award, but Blog Radio on Sirius Left of Center sure is. Vote here: https://www.plugawards.com/
Look under "Media Catergoies (Obessive) > Specialty Show Of The Year (Commercial Radio)". Otherwise, check out other Scandinavians nominated for various categories such as José González (Americana, male artist, video), Jens Lekman (male artist), Watain (metal), The Field (electronica/dance) and Prins Thomas (DJ album).

Dismember's new self-titled album will be out in February via Regain Records.

The latest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/player/news?articleId=145

Swedish jazz pianist Mats Öberg (Mats/Morgan) has a new solo album on Caprice called "Improvisational two". Read more: https://www.caprice.rikskonserter.se/template/CDNewsDetail.asp?NewsID=595 (in Swedish)

The new Disfear album "Live the storm" has been confirmed for release on January 22 in North America, January 28 elsewhere via Relapse Records. Look for the band to tour both US coasts next year in support. Check out a live video of a brand new track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8gREjpHrHU

The by:Larm website now has plenty of English info for anyone interested in the many promising up-and-coming acts already confirmed for the fest: https://www.bylarm.no/eng/artists/2-d
I'm not familiar with many of the artists, but I can definitely recommend 22, Binärpilot, Det är jag som är döden, Katzenjammer and Lukestar.

Idolator launches a new metal column with a primer on Norwegian legends Enslaved: https://idolator.com/tunes/angry-music-for-angry-people/enslaved-gets-introspective-weightless-322645.php