Peter (trombone) and Erik (organ) have rejoined Liberator after a 5 year break.

The new version of "Trust is shareware" by The Ark has been posted in an e-card: https://www.emi.se/artists/the_ark/tis/index.htm

Whoever designed the new Beat Agency website needs to pay me royalties: https://www.beatagency.se/
Seriously, that has to be the most blatant thievery, ahem "borrowing", of my code that I've ever seen. You'd figure they'd at least rename the CSS entries or something. It wouldn't be such a big deal, but webprogramming is how I earn my living now.

The Kahvi netlabel posts a new EP from Din Stalker: https://www.kahvi.org/85.php

Music for Robots posts a track from Finnish humppa-metal masters Finntroll: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001056.html

Norwegian avant-metallers Manes have revealed that their upcoming "[view]" EP will feature two new tracks along with covers of songs by 16 Horsepower and Duran Duran along with two remix tracks, one by US noise artist Cordell Klier and one from DJ Don Tomasso.

The new Surferosa album has been assigned a release date of September 26 and the band will start touring in Norway on October 10. More details to come.

MTVe has footage of Junior Senior playing live at Roskilde: https://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5716

US-based label The Slight Record will be releasing Boy Omega's most recent album "The black tango" sometime around October. Look for releases in other territories to be announced shortly as well. In other news, preparations are already underway for BO's third album, tentatively titled "Hope on the horizon". The many backing players in the "orchestra" contributed to the arrangements on the songwriting for this selection of songs and the music will almost all be tracked live in the studio. Every time I hear something new from these guys it's always better and better, so I expect big things.

The performance by noise artists The Skull Defekts and Lasse Marhaug at this year's Norberg Festival at the end of July will be recorded for a CD release later this year via Aa Records. More info about the show here: https://www.norbergfestival.com/

Check out the video for "Chansen Finns Men Är Försvinnande Liten" from 50 Hertz: https://www.djurandmir.se/50hertz/downloads.php?dir=files/Chansen Finns Men Är Försvinnande Liten [VIDEO]

The new album from Norwegian noir-rockers The Ricochets will be out August 15.

In Flames will support the legendary Motörhead on tour in the UK this fall. Dates:

10/30 - Colston Hall, Bristol
10/31 - Regent Hall, Ipswich
11/01 - Rock City, Nottingham
11/03 - University, Cardiff
11/04 - City Hall, Sheffield
11/05 - Apollo, Manchester
11/07 - Academy, Glasgow
11/08 - University, Liverpool
11/10 - Academy, Birmingham
11/11 - City Hall, Newcastle
11/12 - St. Georges Hall, Bradford
11/14 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
11/15 - New Theatre, Oxford
11/16 - UEA, Norwich
11/18 - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
11/19 - Brixton Academy, London
11/20 - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
11/22 - Pavilions, Plymouth
11/23 - Guildhall, Southampton

Ultrasport's debut album "Nothing can go wrong" will be released in Finland and Sweden on August 15 via the labels Gashopper and Marsu On Paras.

The Chuck Norris Experience will have their latest album released on Devil Doll Records in the US in September. In semi-related news, the band recently recorded a song called "Caped crusader" for an upcoming Batman tribute comp which will also be included on the US edition of the CD.