Here's those upcoming German dates for Laakso, as well as their other confirmed summer touring plans:

04/11 - MS Stubnitz, Rostock (GER)
04/12 - Nachtcafe, Keil (GER)
04/13 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
04/14 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
04/15 - Fundbureau, Hamburg (GER)
04/16 - Alte Molkerei, Bocholt (GER)
04/17 - Z. Altenberg, Oberhausen (GER)
04/19 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
04/20 - Glad House, Cottbus (GER)
04/21 - Bar Fly, Schönebeck (GER)
04/28 - Honduras @ Hugos, Norrköping (SWE)
05/06 - Rust, Köpenhamn (DK)
05/28-30 - Popaganda festivalen, Stockholm (SWE)
06/04-05 - Spot10 Festival, Aarhus (DK)
07/15-17 - Arvika, Arvika Festival (SWE)

New names on the Arvika Festival lineup: Marit Bergman, Her Majesty, Olle Ljungström, Universal Poplab, Allied Vision, Spektralized, Sturm Café, Strip Music, Seventribe, The Accidents and C.Aarmé.

Dimmu Borgir has finally confirmed that Danish drummer Reno Killerich (Panzerchrist, Vile, Human Erupt) will be doing the pounding for the band's upcoming live dates in the US for Ozzfest and whatever else they have scheduled. Killerich recently won the 'fastest feet in the world' title at NAMM convention where he recorded some 800 bass drum hits in a minute.

Updated dates for that In Flames US tour with Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying:

05/03 - Clutch Cargos, Pontiac, MI
05/04 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
05/05 - The Quest, Minneapolis, MN
05/06 - Pop's, Sauget, IL
05/07 - The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO
05/08 - Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
05/10 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
05/11 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
05/12 - Roseland, Portland, OR
05/13 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
05/14 - The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA
05/15 - Soma, San Diego, CA
05/20 - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
05/21 - Masquerade, Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
05/22 - House Of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL
05/25 - Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH
05/29 - The Medley, Montreal, QC

Finnish electronic artist Vladislav Delay will be releasing a new album called "Demo(n)tracks" as the first release on his own label Huume. The music is a collage of 13 tracks mixed together and is "trying to avoid the common pitfalls and looking for a challenge in music" as well as stepping "away from the old-trusted dub influences and eternal long soundscapes and [trying] to see for himself what the next step is, in a need to find a progression in personal music." More info here: https://mailman.xmission.com/pipermail/ear-subscribers/2004-February/000174.html

This week's Scandinavian music reviews from German webzine Sellfish:

Misconduct - United as one
Time Requiem - The inner circle of reality

Hooray! The It's a trap! Mailorder Department is now open for business! Click on the link in the menu to go there now! Send me your money! There's not a lot of stuff there yet, but I've got a whole bunch more coming soon.

Two more dates confirmed for the upcoming Cardigans tour in the US. Here's the latest:

05/08 - Maxwell’s, New Jersey
05/09 - Southpaw, New York City
05/11 - TT's, Boston
05/16 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
05/17 - Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
05/25 - The Troubadour, LA

Mattias Hellberg is touring Scandinavia. All dates in Sweden unless otherwise noted:

03/26 - Debaser, Stockholm
03/27 - Klubb Kaliber, Mariestad
04/01 - CitySound, Pustervik, Göteborg
04/02 - Sveas, Jönköping
04/03 - Norrlands Nation, Uppsala
04/06 - Mejeriet, Lund
04/16 - Allhuset, Stockholm
04/21 - KB, Malmö
04/22 - Folkets Hus, Arvika
04/24 - Ole Blues Festival, Bergen (NOR)
04/25 - Café Mono, Oslo (NOR)
04/30 - Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad
05/01 - The Cod, Strömstad
05/26 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
05/27 - Rust, Köpenhamn(DK)
05/29 - Siesta 2004, Hässleholm
05/30 - Popaganda, Stockholm

Finnish hip-hop artist Redrama reports that he just back from Sweden where he was working on some tracks with producers ICON Ken and Spotrunnaz (Breakmecanix), the men behind such artists as Timbuktu and Looptroop. No word on when that stuff will surface, but Red does have his first official mixtape on the way. More info when I get it.

Madrugada vocalist Sivert Høyem recently released his debut solo album "Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Opposition" in Norway and has a new website online with samples and more info: https://www.siverthoyem.com/

Psycho sonic cindy (nee Orange Crunch) will release a new single this spring called "Yeah Baby C'mon" via Dead Frog Records.

The Moonbabies just finished a new video for "Sun AM". Look for it soon.

Adde from Hardcore Superstar gives his side of the brawl in NYC with Aftonbladet journalist Fredrik Svedjetun:

Hardcore Superstar would like to inform you that they have nothing against any member of Backyard Babies. What happened at the Swedish consulate was that we did not get along with the journalists and they clearly had a problem with us.
A fight broke out and it was solved at the CBGB's the day after.
Long live the drunk fights.

Heavymetal.no reports that the new Gehenna album is now a bit delayed as mainman Sanrabb will be spending some time touring as Mayhem's 2nd guitarist. The sound is said to be "clean-cut blackmetal," whatever that means. Maybe a fall release from Moonfog?