The new HIM album "Venus doom" will be out in September.

Norwegian/UK metal act [code] has enlisted Adrian Erlandsson (ex-At the Gates/Cradle of Filth) as their new drummer.

Wasted Sounds has posted a hi-res sample mp3 from the new Auktion record "Jag nekar i graven": https://www.wastedsounds.com/mp3singlar.php?id=3
Otherwise, keep an eye out for the upcoming Enemy Alliance (ex-Satanic Surfers) / Indecision Alarm (ex-Adhesive) split CD to be released later this year. If you dig melodic punk in the vein of Hüsker Dü or Hot Water Music, you'll definitely want to check that one out. Look for them to tour together in late August too.

Norway Rat reports that the new Årabrot 7" "HGSD" is just about ready for release. Listen to the b-side at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/arabrot (track #4)
In other news, the debut album "Marionette you are mine" from hardcore act Kambodsja will be out on August 27. Listen to samples from that one here: https://www.myspace.com/kambodsja

The ever-prolific Circle will be releasing the new album "Katapult" on September 11 via No Quarter along with a reissue of "Sunrise" on October 23. Even better, they'll be touring the US in support:

09/11 - Middle East, Boston, MA
09/12 - Soundlab, Buffalo, NY
09/13 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
09/14 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
09/15 - Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge, Louisville, KY
09/16 - Springwater, Nashville, TN
09/17 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
09/18 - tba
09/19 - Twisted Tea Bazaar, Charlottesville, VA
09/20 - Rock N Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
09/21 - Latvian Hall, Philadelphia, PA
09/22 - Knitting Factory, New York, NY
09/23 - BAR, New Haven, CT
09/24 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
09/25 - Rotture, Portland, OR
09/27 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
09/28 - tba, Los Angeles, CA

Most East Coast dates are with Endless Boogie, out West we get Grails and Assembled Head in Sunburst Sound.

Basic details and cover art for the forthcoming solo album "Sonata mix dwarf cosmos" from Susanna Wallumrød of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra are now posted online: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/susanna/rcd-2066---susanna-sonata-mix-

Quit Your Dayjob have a new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/qyd

Check out a video clip of Swedish hip-hop group Advance Patrol working on a new track in the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkULp6-GKdI

There's new European tourdates for The Ark on their website: https://www.thearkworld.com/
I'd repost them, but as I've noted many times, that site is one of the worst abuses of Flash I've ever encountered and I can't copy & paste text.

Check out video footage from the record release show for Håkon Kornstad's album "Single engine": https://www.buggesroom.com/pub/studioconcerts/2007_6_16_19.15.23.shtml?cat=studioconcertskommende
In case you missed my mp3 post, I'm definitely a fan. Been listening to that record quite a bit this past month.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
02. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
03. Per Gessle - En händig man
04. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
05. Markoolio - Värsta Plattan
06. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
07. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
08. Mustasch - Latest version of the truth
09. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
10. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
11. Sofia karlsson - Visor från vinden
12. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
14. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
15. Torgny Melin's - Allting som vi har
16. Dana Dragomir - Älskade svenska visor
17. Maia Hirasawa - Though, i'm just me
18. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
19. Måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
20. Säkert! - Säkert

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
02. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
03. The Kids - Hits fra Kids
04. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
05. Trang Fødsel - Hammock
06. Turbonegro - Retox
07. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
08. Heidi Hauge - Some broken hearts
09. Mira Craig - Tribal dreams
10. BigBang - Too Much Yang
11. Superfamily - Warszawa
12. Torbjørn Egner - Kardemommeby
13. Torbjørn Egner - Karius og Baktus + 16 beste viser
14. Torbjørn Egner - Hakkebakkeskogen
15. Samvirkelaget - Musikk
16. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
17. Raga Rockers - Ragas beste 1983 - 2000
18. Magnet - The Simple Life
19. Malin - Malin på månen
20. Vassendgutane - Ungkar med dobbeltseng

More Norwegian pop from the #1 Hits from Another Planet music blog, this time from Dinosau: https://alienhits.blogspot.com/2007/07/dinosau-parris-it-taste-like-chocoloto.html
I'm still deliberating my thoughts on this album, but I do like this song a lot.

Pitchfork reviews Norwegian artist Bjørn Torske: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44359-feil-knapp

Swedish singer/songwriter Richard Wilson aka Racingpaperplanes has yet another brand new Swedish-language websingle for free download: https://www.richardwilson.se/