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Svart to reissue early Disgrace LPs

Excellent Finnish label will be doing a reissue/repress of early 90s death metallers Disgrace's first few releases, including a reconstructed version of the band's previously lost 1993 album "Vol. 2" -- the very first time this recording has ever seen the light of day. You can buy all 3 LPs now if you want, but you can also wait for them to be released individually: "Vol. 2" comes out first on November 9 followed by "1990" (the first two demos and 7" on one LP) and "Grey misery" (the debut full-length) on December 5.

Serenades sign US deal with Cherry Tree

PSL reports that Serenades have signed a deal with sub-label in the US: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/11/04/extra-extra-the-serenades-skriver-superkontrakt-i-usa/

New Memfis album finally available

Swedish metal act Memfis have announced that "Vertigo", the long-awaited follow-up to their 2006 album "The wind-up" which recorded back in 2008 and held up by a myriad of legal troubles with their former label, is finally ready for release and available for digital purchase direct from the band, as well as all the usual e-tailers: https://www.memfisband.com/
Stream the entire thing at SoundCloud too, as you can see above.

As We Fight are done

Danish metalcore act As We Fight are calling it quits after 10 years as a band following their final tour with The Psyke Project: https://aswefightdenmark.blogspot.com/2011/11/as-we-fight-says-goodbye-at-end-of-year.html

Hybris signs Lucas Nord

has signed young Swedish pop artist Lucas Nord and will be releasing his debut single (feat. vocals from Urban Cone) in November with an album to follow in early 2012. Get a nearly useless 20-second sample here if you must: https://youtu.be/ifN5AbLnvcM

Drowned in Sound presents Nordic Sounds

Drowned in Sound has launched a new Scandinavian music column called Nordic Sounds: https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4143878-nordic-sounds-1-backwards-and-forwards
Content covered include their selections for the best albums of 2011 so far, a bit of a news roundup and some coverage of Iceland Airwaves.

Skull DFX, Bo Cavefors and Pär Strömberg on De:Nihil

Hard to say exactly what form it's gonna take, but has announced that they'll be releasing a collaboration between musicians The Skull Defekts and publisher/author/artist Bo Cavefors plus artist/painter Pär Strömberg: https://denihilrecords.blogspot.com/2011/11/bo-cavefors-skull-defekts-and-par.html

New website, video for Sophie Zelmani

Sophie Zelmani's new website is now open in anticipation of her upcoming album "Soul" and a video for single "Free now" can be seen here: https://www.sophie-zelmani.com/2011/11/02/free-now/
That is, assuming you are in Sweden -- it's not available for any of us foreigners right now so we'll have to be content with this clip instead for the time being.

Mando DIao + Salazar Brothers = Caligola

Via PSL comes word that Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén of Mando Diao have a new project with the Salazar Brothers called Caligola: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/11/02/lyssna-mando-diao-the-salazar-brothers-caligola/

SXSW 2012 first round confirmations

The first official confirmations for SXSW are out and Scandinavian artists on the list include Agent Fresco, Delay Trees, I Got You On Tape, Marit Larsen, Niki & The Dove, 120 Days, Team Me and Thulebasen. Read more: https://sxsw.com/node/9610

Rigas + Mesak = Markis Sage

Markis Sage, aka the skweee duo of Rigas/Henrik von Euler and Mesak, are working on a new album to be called "Paper boat" which will be released later this fall via on both cassette and vinyl. More details to come?

New Bob Hund single in mid-November

Bob Hund will release the new single "Har du inget man kan dansa till?" on November 15.

Spleen United announce new single

Spleen United has announced that they will be releasing the new single "Days of thunder" on November 21. Head to their Facebook page or dial up their answering service at +45 60 39 07 32 for more info.

Turist i tillvaron vol. 2 sent to press

The lineup for volume 2 of Swedish punk/hardcore comp "Turist i tillvaron" has now been 100% solidified and the record sent to press: https://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/11/vol-2-pa-press-alldeles-strax.html
Also, it looks like folks still have til January should they want to get in on volume 3.

The Skull Defekts - Restless legs

Henrik Rylander and Joachim Nordwall of The Skull Defekts have composed the music for a new dance performance by choreographer Lotta Melin called "Restless legs". It will premiere on November 3 at Dansens Hus in Stockholm; full details here: https://dansenshus.se/Pa-scen/Lotta-Melin/