Eye Will Drown Records has just released a new EP from 'avantgarde noiserock' band The Eitsoul Ashes called "Erogenic Evasion". Listen to the track "Colonel Colonel": https://81.230.68.16/web1/musik_eitsoul.mp3

Soilwork has confirmed that they will be entering Studio Kuling in Örebro, Sweden on September 13 with producer Daniel Bergstrand to begin work on their next album.

The Haunted have finished mixing their new album. Charles Storm originally did it, but the band decided they sounded 'too sophisticated' for what they wanted to convey so they had Tue Madsen from Antfarm Studios redo 'em. Here's a video clip of them listening to the results at Studio Fredman: https://lagavulin.gotdns.com/mov/flik4.html

Upcoming releases later this year from Norwegian label Rune Grammofon are set to include Scorch Trio, Phonophani, Nils Økland, Strønen/Storløkken and Food.

Monstera is now booking hyped twee-pop act Suburban Kids With Biblical Names. Read more: https://www.monstera.se/?sida=nyheter (in Swedish)

Finnish label If Society has announced that they'll be releasing the new Hero Dishonest LP "Let Your Poison Scream" at the end of June. 20 minutes of no bullshit, no posing hardcore including a cover of "Pääni" by classic Finnish punks KTMK. Also in the works from the label is the new album "Szklarska Poreba" from Fun. The sound is described as "classic 80's american indie á la Flipper, Big Black, Minutemen, Fugazi, Butthole Surfers, Saccharine Trust" and it should be ready by the end of July. Download older track "The Rocket Song": https://www.knobox.no-ip.info/~riku/fun/media/the_rocket_song.mp3
And that's not all - the label also has plans for a 7" from The Protestants, a split 7" with Hero Dishonest and Mukeka Di Rato from Brazil and the follow-up to "8 Hours" from Echo is Your Love.

Swedish synth-pop group Paris is back in the studio working on songs for their next album. You should be able to hear some of the new material at various gigs this summer.

The first batch of bands have been confirmed for this year's Tinitus Festival on November 6 at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm: Alphaville, Fixmer/McCarthy (feat. Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb), VNV Nation, Legowelt and Nebelwärfer. Yeah, it's not all Scandinavian acts or anything, but there's still three more to be confirmed. More info: https://www.tinitus.com/

The new Gluecifer single for "Here come the pigs" has been confirmed for a July 5 release.

EMI Sweden has a new gratuitous flash-based website: https://www.emi.se/

MIC Norway takes a look at some of the festival highlights this summer: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004060211332050130922

Alpha Safari (aka Washoe), the side project of Entombed guitarist Uffe Cederlund with three ex-members of Misery Loves Co.. have confirmed that they will release an album in August on Threeman Recordings. The first single "Disappear" should already be available.

New-noise reviews The Concretes: https://www.new-noise.net/now_49.html

Aftonbladet has the new Hives single up for streaming: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/wm/html/0,4506,s0no040602hives_idiot,00.html

In Flames has reportedly scored the opening slot on the Metallica show at Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany on June 16.