"Tomorrow, in a year", the Darwin-inspired opera scored by The Knife, will be hitting the road for a few European dates:
11/27-11/28 - Large Hall, The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)
01/08-01/09 - La Pallas, Athens (GRE)
01/29-02/01 - Dansens Hus, Stockholm (SWE)
06/05 - Städtische Bühne, Münster (GER)
For more details and ticket info, go here: https://www.hotelproforma.dk/
Sons of God, aka Swedish noise artists Leif Elggren and Kent Tankred, will be performing a short series of US dates this week together with like-minded countrymate Joachim Nordwall (The Idealist/Skull Defekts):
11/06 - MassArt, North Hall, Boston, MA
11/07 - Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
11/09 - Philadelphia Sound Forum (Vox Populi Gallery), Philadelphia, PA
Labrador Records has posted the new Sambassadeur single "Days" as a free download: https://www.labrador.se/days/
Swedish hardcore act Kvoteringen are streaming a new track off their forthcoming LP "Samhällets förrädare", due out on Feral Ward very soon: https://www.myspace.com/kvoteringen
Norway's Bigbang will support Phantom Limb on tour in the UK in December:
12/08 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
12/09 - Classic Grand, Glasgow
12/10 - Cluny 2, Newcastle
12/11 - tbc, Bristol
12/12 - tbc, London
12/13 - The Yardbird, Birmingham
12/14 - Latest Music Bar, Brighton
12/15 - Bush Hall, London
Swedish doom act Saturnalia Temple has signed with US label The Anja Offensive (Watain, Deathspell Omega) for the release of their self-titled debut full-length. The band aims to record over the winter for a summer/autumn 2010 release.
Swedish experimental/noise/visual artist Ronnie Sundin will release his final "quiet" album "Sunspots" in a limited edition of 50 LP copies via Komplott. Each copy will feature individual hand-made covers using linoleum cuts created and printed by Sundin himself, as well as hand-written text in red ink. For full details, go here: https://komplott.com/
In related news, volume #2 of Ronnie Sundin's comic book+7" project "Very friendly" is just about ready and will be subtitled "Walk Like Zombie Man". This issue, if you want to call it that, will feature two main stories; one about his 2006 trip to Spain and encounter with composer Francisco López and the 2nd about his attempt to decipher the early 80s German cult film "Decoder" which features William S. Burroughs as well as F.M. Einheit (Einstürzende Neubauten) and Genesis P. Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV). Expect a December release.
Check out the video for "Holiday", the latest single from Swedish electropop duo Cartwall (feat. SR P3 host Matilda Kihlberg): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_uhhtqxkvc
The group's self-titled debut album is out now via BD Pop.
The Washington Post Express profiles Finnish folk-metal act Ensiferum: https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/11/ensiferum-from-afar.php
Swedish old-school punks Trojne are back with a couple new tracks at myspace, recorded recently with frontman Mikael Borjesson's 12yo son Niklas Borjesson on drums: https://www.myspace.com/trojnesweden
In semi-related news, Mikael also has worked on some new solo stuff very much in contemporary Thäström style which can also be heard at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/borjesson
Recent Crunchy Frog signing Lars and the Hands of Light will release their debut full-length "The looking glass" on February 1, 2010. Hear the already-released lead single "Me me me" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/larsandthehandsoflight
There is now a video for the Titiyo and Moto Boy duet "If only your bed could cry": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG6V2P_yvBs
Norwegian postrockers The Samuel Jackson Five have uploading a couple new-ish tracks to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thesamueljacksonfive
One is "...And then we met the locals", their contribution to the Metronomicon Audio 4.0 compilation that will be out in January and the other is an old live take from 2004 that I presume is more or less, previously unheard.
The Nocturnal Cult webzine has a new interview with Darkthrone sideproject/cult doom act Valhall: https://www.nocturnalcult.com/
Aversionline gets hit to We Are the Storm: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/11/05/we-are-the-storm-st/