Swedish industrial act Cat Rapes Dog will reunite for a one-off gig at Klubb Statisch in Göteborg on September 16.

John Alexander Ericson has posted three songs for download on his website: https://alexanderericson.com/

New Scandinavian music reviews in the latest edition of High Bias include Black Bonzo and David Fridlund: https://highbias.com/reviews/20050626_short1.html

Be sure to check out Simon Tagestam's report from this year's Hultsfred Festival, now posted in the articles section: [click here]

The Horror The Horror now has a website online where you can download a couple tracks: https://www.thehorrorthehorror.tk/
In case you missed it, this band was selected as one of the highlights from the "Songs we have learned to sing" compilation which was reviewed here. In related news, THTH just signed with Germany's Tapete Records, so act fast if you want those mp3s because I've been warned they might need to take 'em offline.

Wilmer X will release a new EP called "4X4" on June 29.

"No fear" has been chosen as the lead single off the forthcoming album "Hide from the sun" from Finnish overproduced goth-pop sensation The Rasmus. A video will be shot in Germany with director Jörn Heitmann whose credits include the last three Rammstein videos. The single comes out August 29 and the album follows on September 12.

Check out the video for "Love & neon lights" from Niccokick: https://www.niccokick.com/videos.asp?video=loveneonlights

Trapdoor Fucking Exit has updated their website: https://www.trapdoorfuckingexit.com/
Go there to check out the tracklist for the upcoming album "Crooked life, straight world", due out in October via No Idea. You can also download the track "Ride the pig" if you didn't already get it when I had it posted here.

Hemstad has posted a new song for download entitled "Sommar i Göteborg" over at their blog page: https://hemstad.blogspot.com/2005/06/midsommar-in-gothenburg.html

Neumu reviews Ak-momo: https://www.neumu.net/fortyfour/

Pitchfork reviews Hanne Hukkelberg: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hukkelberg_hanne/little-things.shtml

Photo:Henrik has updated with a new batch of pics from Hultsfred, including shots of Bergman Rock, Mattias Alkberg BD, Robyn, Timo Räisänen and The Hidden Cameras (ft. Jens Lekman as a guest member): https://www.photohenrik.com/

Download a zipped wma of a new Arch Enemy track entitled "Nemesis": https://download.fuse.tv/ma_062705a.zip
The song comes from the band's upcoming album "Doomsday machine", due out July 26 in the US and August 22 in Europe via Century Media Records.

Hypocrisy has announced that "Virus" will be the title of their new album, due out September 19 via Nuclear Blast. The first single and video will be for the song "Scrutinized".