Finnish noiserockers Echo Is Your Love now plan to release a new EP next spring with a full-length to follow in the fall.

Check out the trailer for the new "Cold Meat Industry live in Australia" DVD, due out 10/23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4t2Xs_h3V0

The new Mando Diao album "Never seen the light of day" is streaming on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/mandodiao

The tracklist for the new Barra Head album has been confirmed: https://blogs.playrec.dk/default.aspx?section=show&id=27&userid=3

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
02. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
03. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
04. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
05. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
06. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
07. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
08. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
09. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
10. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
11. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
12. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
13. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
14. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
15. Finn Kalvik - Bjerke/Hagerup/Kalvik
16. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D
17. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
18. Inger Lise Rypdal - Ansikter
19. The Fernets - The Fernets
20. Superfamily - Warszawa

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
03. Peter Lemarc - Kärlek i tystnadens tid
04. Thorleifs - Våra bästa år
05. Peter Jöback - Människor som du och jag
06. Dia Psalma - Djupa skogen
07. Ola - Good enough
08. Hammerfall - Steel meets steel - Ten years of glory
09. José González - In our nature
10. Hans Martin & Tommys - Mina egna favoriter
11. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
12. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
14. Rigmor Gustafsson - Alone with you
15. Moneybrother - Mount pleasure
16. Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
17. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
18. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
19. September - Dancing shoes
20. BWO - Fabricator

Legendary Swedish metal act At the Gates are reuniting for a few shows next summer:

07/04-06 - Ruis Rock (FIN)
07/31-08/02 - Wacken Open Air (GER)
08/15-17 - Bloodstock, Derby (UK)

Guitarist Anders Björler comments: "Well, it felt like the timing was right for once. We have been talking about a possible reunion for years now, but this was the first time everything fell into place. For me personally, it feels like getting closure. The break-up over ten years ago was abrupt and left a bad vibe between us that took years to get over. We have a better relationship today and a more relaxed approach to who we are and what we do. The time is right to get together and play some shows. Try to catch us live in the summer 2008. It could be your last chance."

Via MIC Norway, Enslaved steal sheep in political stunt: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007101815563051854428

Fluxblog posts about Sissy Wish yet again and, at his column for AP, he has a track from Swedish indie artist du jour Anna Järvinen: https://asap.ap.org/stories/1805394.s

Aftonbladet is reporting that Neneh Cherry is working on a comeback and will be doing a few dates around Sweden in November: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/article1042310.ab (in Swedish)

The Bombhappies are now streaming their entire new album "Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok" - follow this link and click 'Music Machine': https://www.bombhappies.com/wordpress/?page_id=36
It comes out October 26 and they will celebrate with a record release show at Stacken in Stockholm along with Don't Be a Stranger whose new album "Frutti di mare" is out the same day.

Q Magazine has selected "Hero anthem" by The Lionheart Brothers as their track of the day: https://news.q4music.com/2007/10/track_of_the_day_102.html

Chapter #4 of Lars Garvey's "A Postcard Life" series is now up: [click here]

Oh Laura has a new website: https://www.ohlaura.net/

Kinda OT, but what-the-heck: I had no idea the dude behind all those "so-and-so shreds" clips on YouTube was from Finland: https://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/shredders