The new In Flames video for "The mirror's truth" is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcc3p2giBsI

This week's It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 artists of the week:

01. Radiohead
02. Jens Lekman
03. Feist
04. Lykke Li
05. Hot Chip
06. Belle and Sebastian
07. Cat Power
08. Shout Out Louds
09. Modest Mouse
10. Kent

Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/

Check out a microsite for the new EP "Unblessing the purity" from old-school Swedish death-metal all-stars Bloodbath: https://www.peaceville.com/bloodbath

Watch video footage of Tar... Feathers playing a houseshow party from this past weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Iof2dJTms

Upcoming tourdates for legendary Finnish act 22-Pistepirkko:

02/22 - Sirkus, Hämeenlinna (FIN)
02/23 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
02/29 - Z-one, Varkaus (FIN)
03/01 - Karjala-talo, Joensuu (FIN)
03/06 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
03/07 - Driv, Tromsoe (NOR)
03/08 - Sinus, Bodoe (NOR)
03/09 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
03/11 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
03/13 - Sticky Fingers, Göteborg (SWE)
03/14 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
03/20 - Tobakken, Esbjerg (DK)
03/21 - Voxhall, Aarhus (DK)
03/22 - Det Bruunske Pakhus, Fredericia (DK)
03/23 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
03/26 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
03/27 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL)
03/28 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
03/29 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
03/30 - Laboratorium, Stuttgart (GER)
04/01 - Rote Fabrik Ziegel Au Lac, Zürich (CH)
04/02 - Pallace, St.Gallen (CH)
04/03 - B72, Wien (AUS)
04/04 - Arge, Salzburg (AUS)
04/05 - Puschkin, Dresden (GER)
04/06 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
04/08 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)
04/09 - Rosenkeller, Jena (GER)
04/10 - 59:01:00, München (GER)
04/11 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER)
04/12 - Gladhouse, Cottbus (GER)
04/13 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
04/24 - Woodstock, Tallinn (EST)
04/26 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
04/30 - Atlantik, Freiburg (GER)
05/01 - ISC, Bern (CH)
05/02 - Cafe De La Danse, Paris (FRA)
05/03 - Le Vauban, Brest (FRA)
05/04 - 6 par 4, Laval (FRA)
05/05 - Mezz, Breda (NL)
05/07 - Waterfront, Rotterdam (NL)

Check out the video for "Black/White", a new Raveonettes song written especially for the "Sound of Color" campaign: https://www.soundofcolor.com/

Swedish noiserockers Knife and Ape have enlisted Johan Lagerlöf (C.Aarmé, ex-Kid Commando) and their new bassist.

The schedule for this coming weekend's iDEAL Recordings-sponsored "24 Hour Drone People" festival in Göteborg has been confirmed. For full details, including artist bios, go here: https://www.idealrecordings.com/24hourdronepeople/

Norwegian avant-metal act Manes is currently without a record deal, so they are planning to use this time as an opportunity to explore their more experimental inclinations. Firstly, they have a new website where you can download a bunch of remix tracks (or you can also stream via Last.fm). Next, the band plans to re-record a couple tracks from the 1994-95 era record "Solve et coagula" as a collaboration with artists such as Niklas Kvarforth (Shining), Malefic (Xasthur), Geir Nilsen (3rd and the Mortal) and more and will also be soliciting remixes from the likes of Blud Aus Nord and Isis. The band is also working on an album of brand new material with the working title "Be all end all". So far they say they have about 35 minutes of material down and describe it as "a step forward, but also a step back." Otherwise, they promise other surprises and I'll be sure to keep you posted as soon as I hear anything.

Is When We Fall under fire for supposedly talking shit? Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4667144&blogID=358753477

Madrugada will be releasing "What's on your mind" as the next single from their fifth (and final) self-titled album. The b-side will be "Local Norma Jean" from the previously unreleased "Ivory Town" concept record recorded back in May 2007, but written way back in the "Industrial silence" days.

Swedish crusties End Of All have posted another raging new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/endofallsweden

Pitchfork has a new track from El Perro Del Mar in their Forkcast section: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/48690-el-perro-del-mar-glory-to-the-world-stream

Cake On Cake has a special Valentine song posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

New European tourdates for Danish band Lack:

03/27 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
03/28 - AZ Conny, Dresden (GER)
03/29 - Das Lokal, Berlin (GER)
03/31 - Jubez, Karlsruhe (GER)
04/02 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
04/04 - tba, Wuppertal (GER)
04/06 - Muz, Giessen (GER)
04/19 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
04/20 - L'Assommoir, ST Etienne (FRA)
04/21 - tba, Bordeaux (FRA)
04/22 - Le Mars Attack, La Rochelle/Angouleme (FRA)
04/23 - La Cave Aux Poetes, Roubaix (FRA)
04/24 - tba, Lyon (FRA)
04/25 - Le Cylindre, Besancon (FRA)
04/26 - Le Soap Box Nancy (FRA)
05/01 - Lades Kælder, Copenhagen (DK)