The last two Breach tracks from that live set are now up. As said before, they've been one of my favorite bands for a long time so I encourage you to check 'em out. If anyone else has any other live stuff from them, please please pass it along. I'd love to hear it.

Don't forget this Sunday's FTR show at Café String with Club 8's first Swedish performance in five years! Fellow Labrador Records act Wan Light will support.

Ideal Recording experimental hip-hop artists Comb & Prosperous are working on a video for the song "Olivia Blacknose" with director Johannes Heldén.

Go here for live video footage of Soundtrack of Our Lives from Arvika: https://aranea.se/arvika_.htm

Lots of new pics up at Rockfoto.nu from Malmöfestivalen including Nine, Randy, Brainpool and more.

Go here to listen to some samples from the Jester Records reissue of Origami Galaktika's first album "Horisont" that came out this week: https://www.jester-records.com/releases_sub.php?ID=37

The new Melpo Mene EP "Hello Benjamin" has been confirmed for a September 29 release via Imperial Recordings.

The Finnish Music Information Centre reports on the new Bomfunk MCs album: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&B14BB2F450791499C2256EF600363A40

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
03. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
04. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
05. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
06. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
07. Robert Wells - Rhapsody In Rock Anniversary
08. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
09. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
10. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
11. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
12. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
13. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
14. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
15. Peter Jöback - Det här är platsen
16. Per Gessle - Mazarin
17. Carola - Credo
18. Infinite Mass - 1991
19. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
20. Pugh Rogefeldt - Bästa

Alarma Man confirms that they've finished recording their new album and it comes to a total time of 38:38. Look for it early next year on Carcrash Records.

Nucca.se has posted a new mp3 from Jay-Json and Flame of Göteborg-based hip-hop collective Rothen Gothen. Check it: https://www.nucca.se/v2/mp3/jayjson-n-flame-a-wonderful-dedication-(diss)-nucca.mp3

Dusted reviews the new Pharoah Overlord/Circle release "The Battle of the Axehammer & Golem/Vesiliirto": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1633

Photo Henrik/Musique One Stop is updated with a ton of pics from Augustibuller including stuff from Cult of Luna, Disfear, Her Majesty, Mattias Alkberg BD, Moneybrother, Skitsystem, Voice of a Generation and more: https://www.photohenrik.com/

Fenriz of long-running Norwegian black-metal act Darkthrone has put together a comp highlighting "The Best of Old School Black Metal" for release on September 20 via Snapper Music. While not all the bands included are Scandinavian, it does show a good representation of the origins of the scene. Fenriz personally selected all of the tracks and the accompanying booklet will include liner notes giving his thoughts on each song. The full tracklist for "Darkthrone's Fenriz Presents… The Best Of Old School Black Metal":

01. Blasphemy - Winds of the Black Godz
02. Sarcofago - Satanic Lust
03. Celtic Frost - Dawn of Megiddo
04. Nattefrost - Sluts of Hell
05. Mercyful Fate - Evil
06. Sodom - Burst Command Til War
07. Tormentor - Elisabeth Bathory
08. Aura Noir - Blood Unity
09. Destruction - Curse the Gods
10. Samael - Into the Pentagram
11. Bulldozer - Whisky Time
12. Mayhem - The Freezing Moon
13. Hellhammer - The Third of the Storms
14. Burzum - Ea, Lord of the Deeps
15. Venom - Warhead
16. Bathory - Dies Irae

In some ways, I'm surprised that Burzum made the cut considering the murderous infighting of Count Grishnackh/Varg Vikernes. Then again, his influence and importance is undeniable.

Dimmu Borgir got kicked off the air for using profanity during a live radio interview at WMMS-FM (100.7) in Cleveland, Ohio. The band was there to promote their Ozzfest appearance and reportedly didn't understand the regulations of what you could or couldn't say. Europeans could care less about a few blue words, but apparently the DJ got up in arms, kicked the band out of the studio immediately and then followed it up by telling his audience to throw rocks and other stuff at the band during their show. Lovely.

Swedish art-terrorists take cow hostage: https://www.wegotthecow.as.ro/
Aftonbladet's coverage of the event: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,520666,00.html