New Scandinavian reviews at Aversionline:

Imperium - s/t
Grenjar/Kargvint - split
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning night

MusicOMH reviews the new Jaga Jazzist: https://www.musicomh.com/albums3/jaga-jazzist.htm

P3 Musikjournalen is saying that Hardcore Superstar is finally back in action and will be releasing the new single "Wild boys" in June with a new album to follow in October.

The Tartarean Desire webzine talks to King Diamond about the possibility of a new Mercyful Fate album, Dimebag Darrel's on-stage murder and more: https://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/kingdiamond.html

Children of Bodom have confirmed a Finnish release date of September 14 for their new album "Are you dead yet?". It comes out internationally on September 19.

Grand Union's new website is open: https://www.grandunion.nu/

Check out some live videos of Efterklang over at Ratatoskonline.

Octavia has a new website up and running again: https://www.octavia-sperati.com/

The new Carpark North website is up: https://www.carparknorth.dk/

Emerald Park recently recorded four new songs with producer/engineer Carl Granberg, the first to feature new guitarist Franz af Schmidt (ex-Eyedrop). Song titles are "A beautiful creation", "On my mind", "Obscured by lies" and "Satelite".

Norwegian Eardrums profiles the musical history of Anneli Drecker and links to soundclips from her new album: https://noreardrums.blogspot.com/2005/04/anneli-drecker.html

The Turbojugend East End is hosting a pre-listening party for the new Turbonegro album on May 6 at The Old Blue Last. Check out the flyer here: [click here]

Lupatarkastaja offers up a mixtape of free downloads from (mostly) Scandinavian artists: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/04/26/a-weak-in-april-mixtape/
Lots of good stuff, including quite a few names I've endorsed here before. Check it out.

Burst has confirmed that they will begin recording their new album on May 5 at Music-a-matic Studios in Göteborg with producers Fredrik Reinedahl and Henryk Lipp. The band plans to finish up by late June and the album is due out in October via Relapse Records.

MIC Norway previews the new Lene Marlin album "Lost in a moment", due out June 13: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005042613384463122453