Matthew from Fluxblog posts a track from Norway's Nathalie Nordenes and admits his ignorance of Scandinavian culture: https://www.fluxblog.org/2005/03/song-about-how-you-came-along-nathalie.html

To celebrate their five-year anniversary this coming May, Finnish hardcore label Combat Rock Industry will release a special compilation entitled "The Combat Rock Sound" featuring some of their band's favorite tracks from their past releases as well as rare selections from I Walk the Line, Manifesto Jukebox and Nine. The tracklisting will also include some stuff from recent signees Down My Throat and Lighthouse Project. For samples from both of those bands, head to the CRI website: https://www.fireinsidemusic.com/

Norway's Mord has signed with US-based label Southern Lord Records, best known for their many fine doom and sludge-metal releases. Mord will be begin recording their first album for the label in August.

Delusions of Adequacy reviews Upland: https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=5232

Canada's biggest paper The Globe and Mail has a blurb on everyone's favorite sexy Swede Jens Lekman: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050311/MUSICJENS11

Splendid does the pointless question thing with the Moonbabies: https://www.splendidmagazine.com/departments/pq/moonbabies.html

Pitchfork lauds Rune Grammofon artist Shining: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/shining/in-the-kingdom-of-kitsch-you-will-be-a-monster.shtml

Norway's Annie is reportedly coming over to NYC in mid-April to do a DJ gig/live appearance. Details tbc.

New pics of Florence Valentin now up at photohenrik.com.

Finland's Impaled Nazarene reports that they have finished putting together their 15th anniversary live album, to be entitled "Death comes in 26 carefully selected pieces". It was recorded last December at the Tavastia club in Helsinki. Here's the tracklist:

01. Intro
02. The Horny And The Horned
03. Armageddon Death Squad
04. Goat Perversion
05. 1999: Karmageddon Warriors
06. Motorpenis
07. Kohta Ei Naura Enää Jeesuskaan
08. The Endless War
09. Sadhu Satana
10. Ghettoblaster
11. Coraxo
12. Soul Rape
13. Sadistic 666/Under A Golden Shower
14. Zero Tolerance
15. The Maggot Crusher
16. Let's Fucking Die
17. Tribulation Hell
18. We're Satan's Generation
19. Cogito Ergo Sum
20. Goat Seeds Of Doom
21. Condemned To Hell
22. Intro S.F.P.
23. Sadogoat
24. Vitutuksen Multihuipennus
25. The Lost Art Of Goat Sacrificing
26. Total War – Winter War

Look for it in May from Osmose Productions.

Reunited Swedish 80s rockers Europe will be making their way to the US in April. Here's what has been confirmed so far:

04/22 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
04/30 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
05/02 - B.B. King's, New York, NY
05/04 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
05/06 - Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA

Crescens Collective member Mago might be doing a few West Coast dates after playing the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois in July. Details soon.

New pics of The Caesars up at Rockfoto.nu.

Swedish metal label Regain Records has revamped their website: https://www.regainrecords.com/

The new Menteroja website is up and has the video for "Ho Chi Minh Style" available for streaming: https://www.menteroja.net/