Låter som miljarder artwork revealed

Ladies and gentlemen, the cover art of the new Bob Hund album "Låter som miljarder" has been revealed and it is brilliant: https://www.bobhund.se/musik/album/36/Later_som_miljarder

Differnet med Stig Larsson - AZKOSUIGY (video)

Differnet + renown author Stig Larsson. Read more: https://www.expressen.se/kultur/1.2666922/stigs-lasningar-ar-kraftfulla (in Swedish)

Soliti sampler

Finnish indie label Soliti is giving away a 9-track sampler highlighting various releases from their first year of business, including artists such as Astrid Swan, Cats on Fire and The New Tigers: https://solitimusic.com/2011/12/28/download-the-soliti-zip-now-and-more/

Åbe - Leland (video)

The official first single from Åbe's excellent new album "King of Pellargonia". Watch videos for each and every track here or click here to listen via Spotify.

GAFFA-Prisen SE 2011

The winners of the Swedish Gaffa-Priset for 2011 are listed here: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/56062

Terrorama To the Death!

To the Death has picked up black/death act Terrorama, the so-called "angriest band in Sweden", and will be releasing their as-yet-untitled third album this coming August.

Revival Hymns - Spew

New melancholic rock outta Finland (where else?) from a band called Revival Hymns, due to be released on CD very soon via Lionheart Records.

Team Me - Show me (video)

A new video from the much-hyped, Spellemann-nominated act Team Me. Look for the band's album "To the treetops!" to be released in Europe on February 24 with the UK/US to follow on March 5.

Swallow the Sun - Cathedral walls (video)

Can't say that I'm a big Swallow the Sun fan, but I sure do love heavy metal interpretive dancing.

New Fleurety 7" on the way

There will be a new Fleurety 7" on Aesthetic Death Records entitled "Et Spiritus Meus Semper Sub Sanguinantibus Stellis Habitabit". No official release date as of yet, but look out for it to be released "in a couple of months."

New Meshuggah in March

Meshuggah has announced that their new as-yet-untitled album will be released on March 27.

Pitchfork reviews Vladislav Delay, Dusted reviews Luomo

Pitchfork reviews the new Vladislav Delay album "Vantaa": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16126-vladislav-delay-vantaa/
In related news, here's a review of Sasu Ripatti's other alias Luomo and the album "Plus" from Dusted: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6849

Progress Productions Q12012 preview

Swedish electronic label Progress Productions has unveiled their Q12012 release schedule:

01/24 - System - Evolution
01/25 - The New Division (US) - Shadows
02/08 - Spark! - Hela din värld
03/21 - Titans - For the long gone

Kristofer Åström - Queen of sorrow (live video)

Watch Kristofer Åström perform a song off his forthcoming album "From eagle to sparrow", one of my most anticipated releases of 2011. Official release date: February 24.

Thåström - Way Out West 2011 (trailer)

Here's a quick preview of the upcoming Thåström live concert movie + doc premiering this weekend on SVT2. I fully expect torrents to be available Sunday morning for us folks outside of Sweden, that is, unless SVT isn't streaming it themselves.