Finnish doom act Paganus will release their self-titled debut album on January 1.

Keyboardist Atle Karlsen has parted ways with DumDum Boys after 17 years.

Bates Motel runs down a number of the rookie-scene acts playing By:Larm and provides direct links to tracks: https://thelodger.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/bylarm-2/

Ane Brun reports that she is just about done with her next album: https://www.anebrun.com/news/971/the-recordings-of-the-new-album-part-ii

Music (for Robots) has a track up from Swedish hard-rockers Witchcraft: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/002275.html

MIC Norway profiles Håkon Kornstad and Håvard Wiik as they will be touring Japan in December: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007111316130257221332

Meshuggah has revealed that "obZen" will be the title of their next album, due out in early 2008.

Danish metal act Hatesphere has announced that Jonathan Albrechtsen (Scarred By Beauty, Mudslide) is their new vocalist. The new lineup will make their live debut at the upcoming Danish Metal Awards on November 16 where they are nominated for five categories.

Norwegian rockers Silver have started recording a new album for release next spring.

The Lost Patrol Band has recorded a few new tracks recently. First up is the new song "Tidsfördriv" plus an Ebba Grön cover for a Ny Våg comp. Next we have a cover of "Come back and stay" by Jack Lee/The Nerves (and made famous by Paul Young) for tribute 7". As for the future, the band plans to do another two songs for a 7" on April77 Records.

Danish music mag Soundvenue is expanding into Sweden: https://www.soundvenue.se/

Morningside Records will release the debut EP "Carry yourself" from Shout Wellington Air Force on December 3. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/shoutwellingtonairforce

The new Kaizers Orchestra album will reportedly be out on February 18.

James Ausfahrt (Agent Simple, Hemstad) has a new album out on Fridlyst called "Party for the arty people/arty for the party people". Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/jamesausfahrt

Norwegian singer/songwriter Egil Olsen was recently robbed in Oslo and the Eardrums blog has the lowdown in English: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/11/12/norwegian-singer-songwriter-egil-olsen-robbed-in-oslo-please-help/