Aversionline reviews the US release of "Inferno/Averno" from Entombed: https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1643/

The Legends are one of the many bands to be featured on the upcoming movie soundtrack for "Wicker Park" starring Josh Hartnett. Full details and samples: https://www.lakeshore-records.com/wickerpark/index.html
Lakeshore Records will release the band's album "Up Against the Legends" in the US on September 21.

Candlelight Records has signed all-female Norwegian gloom-metal act Octavia. The label describes the band as similar to the likes of Candlemass, Nightwish, The Gathering and The Third and the Mortal, but more rock. Their song "Lifelines of Depths" is featured on a metal comp from Music Export Norway alongside the likes of Audiopain, Einherjer, Enslaved, Red Harvest and Zyklon and a full-length album is due out sometime around spring 2005. In the meantime, you can download samples from their demo at their website: https://www.octavia.nu/mp3.html

Swedish rockers Captain Murphy are doing a few dates around Scandinavia:

08/21 - Gutter Island Festival, Vordingsborg (DK)
08/28 - Sommarens sista suck, Eskilstuna (SWE)
09/04 - Studenthuset, Ålborg (DK)
09/11 - Tjuvstartsfestivalen, Trondheim (NOR)
10/16 - Loppen, Köpenhamn (DK)
10/20 - Metropol, Hultsfred (SWE)

Check out a clip of the song "Anonymous face" from Granvista: https://www.granvista.se/MP3/Granvista_-_Anonymous_Face_clip.mp3

Pitchfork gives the rundown on "Black Mask", the first single from the new (International) Noise Conspiracy record: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/wearetheworld/04-08-11.shtml#song4

Download the video for "Munsters!" from electric-shock metal band Notre Dame: https://snowyshaw.com/video/munsters.mpa
The clip consists of various live footage collected over the last couple shows and was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Films (Dimmu Borgir, Lacuna Coil, Children of Bodom).

Satyricon's performance at Wacken Open Air in Germany last weekend was filmed by a twelve-camera team for use in a video for the song "Repined Bastard Nation".

Finnish folk/metal act Amorphis is reportedly working on a US tour with Type O Negative and has lined up two dates so far, October 7 at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT and October 30 at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI. More details when I get 'em.

Finland's Children of Bodom have revealed the full tracklist details for their new single "Trashed, Lost & Strungout", due out August 31 via Spinefarm Records. Here's what the various different formats will include:

CD-Single:
01. Trashed, Lost & Strungout
02. She Is Beautiful (Andrew WK cover)

CD-EP:
01. Trashed, Lost & Strungout
02. Knuckleduster
03. Bed of Nails (Alice Cooper cover)
04. She Is Beautiful
Enhanced Portion:
"Trashed, Lost & Strungout" video
"Trashed, Lost & Strungout" live in Helsinki
Video footage of CoB's night out

DVD-EP:
01. Trashed, Lost & Strungout (video / 5.1 & stereo)
02. Knuckleduster (audio / 5.1 & stereo)
03. Bed of Nails (audio / stereo)
04. She Is Beautiful (audio / stereo)
05. Andrew WK greets CoB (video footage from Japan)
06. Angels Don't Kill (remix) (5.1 & stereo)
07. "Trashed, Lost & Strungout" live in Helsinki + video footage of CoB's night out (stereo)
08. Sixpounder (video / 5.1 & stereo)
09. Downfall (live at Tuska festival) (video / 5.1 & stereo)
10. Everytime I Die (live at Tuska festival) (video / 5.1 & stereo)

The CD-EP and DVD-EP versions of the single don't come out until September in Finland, October for Germany.

Sweden's Construcdead have enlisted ex-Carnal Forge guitarist Johan Magnusson to play bass for the band. They are currently working on new material and hope to enter the studio sometime early next year to record a new album.

Ex-Refused drummer turned singer/songwriter David Sandström is working on yet another new album with his new band David Sandström Overdrive.

Swedish hard-rockers United Enemies will record the song "Hell-A-Vision" which was written by Nisse Hellberg of Wilmer X. In other news, the band will contribute the track "Love Kills" to the soundtrack of the upcoming US horror movie "The Bloodstained Bride" by Tritoad Film/Brimstone LLC. It premieres in Hollywood on September 1.

Download the title track "We make beginnings" off the upcoming debut full-length album from The Je Ne Sais Quoi: https://www.cilla.com/tjnsq/The%20Je%20Ne%20Sais%20Quoi%20-%20We%20Make%20Beginnings.mp3
It's due out in September via Coalition Records. Good stuff.

Punknews.org reviews Norwegian hardcore band Silence the Foe: https://www.punknews.org/reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=3171