Guitarist Adam Zaars has amicably parted ways with Swedish metal act Enforcer: https://www.myspace.com/enforcerswe/blog/542457610
The band will continue on as a 4-piece with vocalist Olof Wikstrand taking on 2nd guitar duties.
will be putting out a new six-song 7" from Swedish råpunks Desperat, preview here: https://denihilrecords.blogspot.com/2011/03/desperat-denihil-release.html
Danish drum'n'bass act F.U.K.T will release their sophomore album "Falling" on April 18 via . Check out the first single "Farligt" above.
Ex-Decorate.Decorate frontman Asbjørn Auring Grimm is going solo under the alias Brother Grimm and has signed with and will soon be releasing the new single "Wiggedy wack". Hear a short sample and be potentially dismayed: https://vimeo.com/21338096
Oskar Gyllenhammar, a young Swedish artist, ahem, "rock-poet", who is being compared to Håkan Hellström, Jakob Hellman, etc., will be releasing his debut album "Tågen slutar aldrig gå härifrån" on April 6. The first single "Förvirrad" is out now.
In case you were unaware, Finnish hardcore blog Killing the Legacy is back doing regular updates and a recent highlight is this post featuring Endstand's very first demo cassette: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2011/03/fear-of-future.html
The new Jenny Wilson single "Horrors of love", her collaboration with French artist Ryskee, is released today via , the label run by Fatboy Slim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3tNisyz8xw
Finnish act Regina will be releasing their as-yet-unnamed fourth album in September with the first single "Jos et sä soita" making its premiere on March 30.
will be handling the digital release of the new album "In 30 years when only trash has survived" from Swedish noiserockers ÅBE: https://nomethod.se/?p=451
It's worth noting that the physical edition of said album is housed in sandpaper which is significant because it literally destroys you other records.
OT, but worth noting: Nordisk Film and TV Fond have partnered with Eurocinema and Diva.AG to create an on-demand Scandinavian film festival which will be making its North American premiere on May 1. Read the press release: https://eurocinema.com/festivals.php
(Förmögenhet, The Bear Quartet) will be handling the vinyl edition of the mew Gösta Berlings Saga album "Glue works". Not sure what the release date will be exactly, but they say it'll be out at the same time as the CD edition on .
Fatboy recently went into the studio to record a pair of Roy Orbison covers as a tribute to what would have been the man's 75th birthday: https://fatboy.se/2011/03/the-orbison-session/
The tracks they chose were "Mean woman blues" and "The actress", but as for when/how they'll be released, that's yet to be revealed.
Pantherman, aka the trip-hop solo alias of Spleen United frontman Bjarke Niemann, has a new wood-housed USB album released in collaboration with design studio AIAIAI and clothing brand Libertine Libertine: https://www.aiaiai.dk/blog/libertine-pantherman-usb/
reports that they'll be putting out a new 4-song Circle 7" called "Mylläri" to coincide with the Roadburn Festival in April. If copies are left over after the fest, they will be made available to the public. Otherwise, the label also reports that they'll be doing vinyl editions of Swedish retro rockers Brutus and Burning Saviors, both of which have records originally released via . Again, out in April. Beyond that, Svart will also be doing a live Pharoah Overlord album called "Horn" featuring a live set from Torvi in Lahti, Finland featuring all new/unreleased tracks and a Spaceman 3 cover.
With the current mass exodus from Myspace, Fenriz of Darkthrone has moved his much-valued "band of the week" blog to its own website: https://www.bandoftheweek.net/
Not all the acts he selects are Scandinavian, but if you're into organic-sounding heavy rock/metal, you can't go wrong with his recommendations.