Speaking of Ebon Tale, here's the video for their latest single "Sit Down": https://hem.bredband.net/albmat2/sitdownvideo.mpg

Surrounded is doing a few shows in Italy at the end of the month:

07/30 - Soundlabs Festival (ITA)
07/31 - Soundlabs Farewell Party, L´Amaca Club (ITA)
08/01 - SDSM festival, Guardia Sanframondi (ITA)

Check out the Rallypack video for their first single "Luke Skywalker": https://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/streaming/tv_fonster/0,5208,m0no040702rallypack,00.html?

Denmark's Morningside Records has announced that they'll be releasing new full-length CDs from both My Friend George and Deicia Mini later this year. Details are still tbc, but it's been said that the unfortunate working title for MFG's new one is "Born In the U.S.A.", but that they are trying to be talked out of it.

A bunch of new pics, livedates and other stuff from Looptroop: https://www.looptroop.nu/

Kristofer Åström reports that he is done recording his new album with his regular, full backing band Hidden Truck. 14 songs total, two of which I believe are also on "Loupita" in their stripped-down, acoustic form. Can't wait to hear it, I'm sure it'll be fantastic.

Nocturnal Rites will be playing in the UK with the American band Nevermore this August:

08/01 - Rio, Bradford
08/02 - The Underworld, London
08/03 - Rock City, Nottingham
08/04 - Cathouse, Glasgow
08/05 - Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes

The new Holiday with Maggie website is now online: https://www.holidaywithmaggie.com/
Download their new single "Make it, don't break it" from here: https://www.purevolume.com/holidaywithmaggie
As mentioned before, the band just signed with A West Side Fabrication and will release their new album "Skyline Drive" in August.

A new "name that fuckin' so-and-so" feature from Global Domination: https://www.statikmajik.com/gd/namethat/growler01.php

MTVE checks in from Roskilde with interviews and reviews from a number of artists: https://www.nordic.mtve.com/shows/festival04/

MIC Norway spotlights the hardcore band Amulet: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004070510501856604715

Also from MIC Norway, comes this report on the new solo album from Magne "Mags" Furuholmen of A-ha who receives backing from Coldplay's rhythm section: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004070512490214879377

C.Aarmé vs. Wire: https://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2004/MERC-Jun-17-Thu-2004/24089217.html

Ape's new website is now online: https://www.apeclan.net/

Download an edited version of the new Mortiis single "The Grudge": https://www.earache.com/bands/mortiis/mp3/grudge_edit.mp3

In other news, it looks like that 'Unlimited Grudge' tour with Susperia will be stretching far beyond just the UK, as reported last week. Full tour dates so far, with more to come:

09/15 - Bar Fly, Cardiff (UK)
09/16 - Academy, Birmingham (UK)
09/17 - Rios, Bradford (UK)
09/18 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
09/20 - Academy, Liverpool (UK)
09/21 - Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
09/22 - Arts Centre, Norwich (UK)
09/23 - Keynes Woughton Centre, Milton (UK)
09/24 - Ocean, London (UK)
09/25 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
09/28 - tbc, tbc (FRA)
09/29 - Schwimmbad Club, Heidelberg (GER)
09/30 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
10/01 - Rockfactory Halford, Berlin (GER)
10/02 - Juz, Andernach (GER)
10/04 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
10/05 - Voxhall, Arhus (DK)
10/06 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
10/07 - Flytten, Haugesund (NOR)
10/08 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
10/09 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
10/10 - Scene 37, Horten (NOR)
10/11 - Musikens Hus, Gothenburg (SWE)
10/12 - Kulturbolaget (KB), Malmo (SWE)
10/14 - Nosturi, Helsinki (FIN)
10/15 - Lutakko, Jyvaskyla (FIN)
10/16 - Ground Zero, Tampere (FIN)
10/18 - Mulen Ruzas, Vilnius (LIT)
10/19 - Mega Club, Katowice (POL)
10/20 - Abaton, Prague (CZ)
10/21 - Kultiplex, Budapest (HUN)
10/22 - Hristo Botev Sports Hall, Sofia (BUL)
10/23 - Milos Club, Thessaloniki (GRE)
10/24 - An Club, Athens (GRE)
10/27 - Mochvara, Zagreb (CRO)
10/28 - Mostovna, Nova Gorica(SLO)
10/29 - VAZ Komma, Worgl (AUS)
10/30 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
10/31 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
11/02 - Rockfabrik Z7, Pratteln (SWI)
11/03 - Transilvania Live, Bassano Del Grappa (ITA)
11/04 - Transilvania Live, Reggio Emilia(ITA)
11/05 - Transilvania Live, Milan (ITA)
11/06 - Tor 3, Osnabruck (GER)
11/07 - Garage, Munich (GER)
11/08 - Easy Schorre, Halle (GER)
11/09 - Marx Club, Hamburg (GER)
11/11 - Patronaat, Haarlem (HOL)
11/12 - Baroeg, Rotterdam (HOL)
11/13 - Goudvishal, Arnhem (HOL)
11/14 - Biebob, Vosselaar (BEL)