Hellsongs have decided to start a tour blog: https://loungemetal.blogspot.com/

Danish metal act Hatesphere will be going into the studio later this month to record a new album, their first with an almost all-new revamped lineup.

Updated US tourdates for The Skull Defekts:

10/03 - Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY
10/04 - Talking Head, Baltimore, MD
10/05 - Sonic Circuits Festival @ Velvet Lounge, Washington DC
10/06 - Eclectic @ Wesylelan University, Middletown, CT
10/07 - AS220, Providence, RI
10/08 - PA's Lounge, Boston, MA
10/10 - Now Thats Class, Cleveland, OH
10/11 - Frankies, Toledo, OH
10/12 - High Concept Laboratories (early show), Chicago, IL
10/13 - The Pleasure Dome, Ypsilanti, MI
10/14 - Skylab, Columbus, OH
10/15 - Gooski's, Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 - (R5 Presents) Danger Danger Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - Cake Shop, New York, NY

Two more free Björn Kleinhenz over at Tomt Recordings: https://www.tomtrecordings.se/thelight
This week's contributors include IAT.MP3 collaborator Pete Thompson along with fellow Gbg-based artist Fujasaki.

Ylva Lindberg and Niklas Gustafsson of This Year's Model have once again collaborated with fellow Swedish indie artist Friday Bridge on a new album called "Bite my tongue" which will be released next year.

Mad For It has debuted the new Parker Lewis single "The only loving boy in New York", the first taste of what's to come from his forthcoming album: https://www.madforit.se/
The free download comes with a b-side from Kalle J.

Check out the trailer for "Skinskatteberg", the new Erik Enocksson live DVD being released by Kning Disk later this fall: https://vimeo.com/1809810

The latest edition of the Swedish Music Information Centre's English-language newsletter "Hit Facts" is now available for free download: https://www.hitfacts.com/

It looks like the excellent Finnish music blog FinnArtic is being forced to close up shop: https://finnishrock.blogspot.com/2008/10/end.html
Better act fast if you want to educate yourself in Finnish musical obscurities.

Swedish käng hardcore act Fy Fan will hit the UK in November:

11/21 - The Grosvenor, London w/Freedom
11/22 - The Junction, Bristol w/Freedom

Existensminimum reports that his new Tobias Fröberg-produced album is currently being mixed and is scheduled for a February 2009 release.

Finnish act Lapko will tour Germany in December:

12/11 - Maschinenhaus, Berlin
12/12 - Cafe-Glocksee, Hannover
12/13 - Kuz Sägewerk, Neukirchen
12/14 - The Londoner, Gotha
12/16 - Backstage Club, München
12/17 - Kulturladen, Konstanz
12/18 - Underground, Cologne
12/19 - Klubhaus, Saalfeld

Teeth of the Divine on the international release of The Psyke Project's most recent album "Apnea": https://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/the-psyke-project-apnea/
It's a solid release, but definitely not their best work.

Black Star Foundation has announced the signing of Swedish hardcore act Jesaiah and will be releasing their debut album sometime early next year. Preview a couple tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jesaiahband

Billie the Vision & the Dancers will be supporting The Pipettes on tour in the UK:

10/23 - The Cokpit, Leeds
10/24 - The Royal, Derby
10/25 - The Cooler, Bristol
10/26 - Academy, Oxford
10/27 - The Marquee, Hertford
10/28 - The Tower, Winchester
10/29 - The Soul tree, Cambridge
10/30 - The Charlotte, Leicester