Danish label Crunchy Frog, home of bands like Junior Senior and Powersolo, has signed indie-rock act epo-555 who they describe as "drawing on the same musical qualities as Bob Hund, Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, The Flaming Lips, The Velvet Underground, Calexico and other cool cats." Read more about them here: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=109

Check out the video for "Days That Are Over" from Sondre Lerche: high / low

This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Nightwish - Nemo (FIN)
02. Uniklubi - Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa (FIN)
03. Finntroll - Trollhammaren (FIN)
04. Nina Rochelle - Stockholm kommer förstöra mig (SWE)
05. Eskobar - Bring the action (SWE)
06. Sofia - You know what to do (FIN)
07. Petter - Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd (SWE)
08. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
09. Dallas Superstars - Crazy (FIN)
10. Teddybears Sthlm - Hey boy (SWE)

There's no new challengers until September 2 when they'll be back with 13 new artists.

Jaga Jazzist will be entering a studio in Cologne, Germany in July to record a new album with producer Marcus Schmickler of Pluramon. The finished product probably won't be released until early 2005, but there should be a 'taster' of some sort available before the end of the year.

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
02. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
03. A-Teens - I Promised Myself
04. HIM - Solitary Man
05. Kashmir - Aftermath
06. Petter - Repa skivan
07. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate
08. Christian Walz - Maybe Not
09. Blue Foundation - End Of The Day
10. Bergman Rock - Jim
11. C21 - All That I Want
12. Tungtvann - Slepp Dae Laus
13. Whyte Seeds - Black Key Song
14. The Mo - The Right World
15. Infinite Mass - No.1 Swartskalle
16. Winta - I Want You
17. Grand Avenue - This Is Not An End
18. Venke Knutson - Scared
19. Alcazar - This Is The World We´re Living
20. Nik + Jay - Pop Pop

Challengers:
01. Eskobar - Bring The Action
02. Elin Sigvardsson - A Person Called She
03. The Ackermans - Song In Your Street
04. Virgo - The Wall
05. Elastinen - Syljen

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

Head over to the newly redesigned website of Miss Mofet to hear three tracks from their upcoming album: https://www.missmofet.com/

Expressen reports that Håkan Hellström is entering the studio to record a new album this summer: https://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=141964 (in Swedish)

Updated summer tour dates for Denmark's Tiger Tunes:

06/04 - Rock im Park (GER)
06/05 - Spot Festival, Aarhus (DK)
06/06 - Rock am Ring (GER)
07/03 - Roskilde Festival (DK)
07/15 - Zeltmusikfestival, Freiburg (GER)
07/16 - "Stimmen der Welt", Loerrach (GER)
07/17 - MELT-Festival, Dessau-Ferropolis (GER)
07/23 - Lila Eule, Bremen (GER)
07/24 - Tag! Open Air, Schwichtenberg (GER)
08/14 - Vibracrunch 06, Malmö, Sweden
08/21 - Openflair, Eschwege (GER)
08/22 - MuseumsInselFest, Berlin (GER)
08/28 - Folklore im Garten, Wiesbaden (GER)
09/04 - Crosspoint OpenAir, Berlin (GER)

Aftonbladet has the new Gyllene Tider videos for "Tuffa tider": https://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/streaming/tv_fonster/0,5208,m0no040603tuffsten,00.html

Klas Åhlund from Teddybears Sthlm talks to Aftonbladet about his divorce from Paola: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,486692,00.html (in Swedish)

Corporation 187 has announced that they will be entering Studio Underground at the end of July to begin recording their new album. After that, they'll head to Studio Helltower in August to finish things off. Look for a release at the end of the year from Earache Records imprint Wicked World.

Download the brand new song "Far from god" from long-running Swedish gothic metal band Cemetary: https://www.interphase-online.com/Cemetary-FarfromGod.mp3
The group's new album "Phantasma" will be released August 9 on Black Mark Records.

Lock-Up, the all-star death-metal/grind band featuring Tomas Lindberg from At the Gates/Disfear/etc., Shane Embury and Jesse Pintado of Napalm Death and ex-Cradle of Filth drummer Nick Barker, have confirmed that they have finished mixing their new live album. The footage comes from the band's 2002 tour in Japan and is expected to be released late this year on Toys Factory Records in Japan and on Shane's own label, Feto Records, in Europe.

Sweden's Crying Bob Records has signed a licensing deal with Belgium's Vulcain Records who will rerelease Namur's CDs "Cherub Dust" (2001) and "Conquer me" (2003) as a special double album in Benelux this coming fall.

Darkthrone has confirmed that their new 9-track album "Sardonic Wrath" will come out in September. The cover art will be handled by young Italian artist Lorenzo Mariani who has previously worked with Marduk and Aborym.