Splendid reviews David & the Citizens: https://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1107517196744105

E.S.T. has the album of the week at BBC Music: https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazz/reviews/est_viaticum.shtml

Sweatmaster has confirmed that their new album "Tom tom bullet" will be released on April 4 via Bad Afro Records.

Danish redneck-rockers Powersolo will be heading back to France at the end of March:

03/30 - Fairfield, Toulouse
04/01 - Mars Attack, Angouleme
04/02 - Festival Garorock, Marmande
04/04 - Nouveau Casino, Paris
04/05 - La Laiterie, Strasbourg

Rick Rubin has reportedly signed a deal with Warner to house his label American Recordings. Maybe that new (Int'l) Noise Conspiracy album will finally come out, eh?

Oystein G. Brun has announced that the next project by Borknagar will be an acoustic album "based entirely on the epic and progressive aspect of the band." He continues "This is something we have wanted to do for many years now, and the idea has lingered within the band ever since the recording of 'Quintessence' and a few private sessions with a grand piano and an acoustic guitar. The album will be acoustic-based but largely arranged with a wide range of instruments and vocal styles. It will be recorded by the same line-up that did 'Epic', and we will be working with different locations during the recording process in order to catch the sounds of different acoustic environments. Musically the album will be rather dissimilar from what we have done before, though the unique Borknagar sound will surly shine through." More info to come.

The full story behind Marduk/The Legion drummer Emil Dragutinovic getting beat with a baseball bat: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=32892
"Immigrants", eh?

It's taken me over two months, but I've finally got a new streaming playlist for you. Check it out over in the article section on the right. Come to think of it, that was probably the last time I spent the day brewing beer, too. But I digress - selections this time around include new tracks from David Fridlund, Logh, Kristofer Åström and Convoj as well as demo stuff from Britta Persson and Plain Fade along with a bunch of other choice cuts from stuff I've been listening to. I admit it's not very lovey-dovey, but consider it my Valentine's day gift to you anyway.

And that's not all! We've also got a new live review of Niccokick from London. Not bad for a Monday, eh?

There's some new downloads available over at the White Noise website: https://chambrenoire.rohr.nu/wn/downloads.html

Denmark's Crunchy Frog Records has launched a new sub-label dedicated to movie soundtracks and their first release will be for the film "Nordkraft". Read more: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=128

Swedish metalcore act Nine will make their US debut when they play the Turmoil reunion show at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia on April 15. Other bands on the bill include The Promise, All Else Failed and One Dead Three Wounded.

German Nordic music website "Nordische Musik" (duh) interviews Logh: https://www.nordische-musik.de/artikel/logh.php

Millencolin has posted a video from their recent DJ/promo trip: https://www.millencolin.com/video/promo_dj_trip.mov
They also posted a clip from the video shoot for their new single "Ray": https://www.millencolin.com/video/ray_videoshoot.mov

Synth-player Rob Cruel has left Malice in Wonderland. Read the band's full statement here: https://www.malice-in-wonderland.com/newsindex.php?id=34