Despotz Records is giving away a couple new Christmas-themed tunes:
The Deer Tracks - Christmas fire
Twiggy Frostbite - Bells & chimes
Look for Twiggy Frostbite's debut album "Through fire" to be released in Scandinavia in February and the UK in April/May.
Danish act Carpark North has revamped their website with a new look and a focus on video content: https://www.carparknorth.dk/
Norwegian act Pale Kids have scrapped their album after many release delays and will be going back into the studio to rerecord it.
Alouatta has started recording their debut full-length and will be doing basic tracks with Andre Linder (Östermalm) before sending it off to Fredrik Björk (Twopointeight) for overdubs.
Danish act Private has revamped their website: https://www.weareprivate.com/
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Sanna, Shirley, Sonja - Our Christmas
02. Per Gessle - Party crasher
03. Lasse Stefanz - Svängjul
04. Amy Diamond - En helt ny Jul
05. Eldkvarn - Hunger Hotell
06. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Communion
07. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
08. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
09. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
10. Charlotte Perrelli - Rimfrostjul
11. Vikingarna - Den sista dansen - Live från Arvika
12. Christer Sjögren - Mitt sköna sextiotal
13. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
14. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
15. Hans Alfredsson/Tage Danielsson/Lasse O'Månsson - Lindemans låda - Fullare än någonsin
16. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
17. Bo Kaspers Orkester - 8
18. Titiyo - Hidden
19. Povel Ramel - Som om inget hade hänt: Povel-pop från förra årt...
20. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
M:40 has started to line up a lot of tourdates for next year:
01/20 - Tvo, Turku (FIN)
01/21 - Vastavirta-Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
01/22 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
01/23 - Club Tsokol, St. Petersburg (RUS)
01/24 - Pub Porshen, Petrozavodsk (RUS)
04/08 - Köpi, Berlin (GER)
04/09 - Zoro, Leipzig (GER)
04/10 - Gerberstrasse, Weimar (GER)
04/11 - Ajz, Neubrandenburg (GER)
06/11 - Be-Part Festival 6, Stuttgart (GER)
07/03 - Packebusch Festival, Packebusch (GER)
07/16 - Obscene Extreme Festival, Trutnov (CZ)
Finnish act Büfo will be joining them for the Finnish and Russian dates and fellow Swedes End of All will accompany them in Germany. Also, keep an eye out for a new split 7" with Dutch act Sand Creek Massacre early next year.
Pitchfork is premiering the new El Perro Del Mar version of the classic "Auld Lang Syne": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/147944-premiere-el-perro-del-mar-auld-lang-syne-mp3-stream
Sounds Like Violence checks in from Tambourine Studios in Malmö where they are recording their new album: https://www.soundslikeviolence.com/news.asp?ID=78
The Infernus-led lineup of Gorgoroth has announced that they have enlisted former vocalist Pest to take the place of the infamous Gaahl. As to which version of the band gets to keep the Gorgoroth name, we have to wait until January for the court case to be decided. Read more: https://www.regainrecords.com/viewItem.php?id=325
Check out Enslaved's new video for "The watcher": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=47211690
Swedish indiepop singer/songwriter Juni Järvi is seeking backing musicians to help him record his next album: https://www.junijarvi.com/news.html
The video for the new A Camp single "Stronger than Jesus" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUVMpluF7kQ
Chromewaves on the new Frida Hyvönen album "Silence is wild": https://www.chromewaves.net/2008/12/review-of-frida-hyvonens-silence-is-wild/