Check out an e-card for the new Enslaved album "Vertebrae": https://www.indierec.no/ecards/enslaved/
I still need to spend more time with it, but I already like it a lot more than "Ruun".

Aftonbladet reports that the new Timbuktu album "En hi-5 och en falafel" will be out October 29: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/article3338304.ab

Updated tourdates for Swedish lounge-metal act Hellsongs:

09/22 - Le Reservoir, Paris (FRA)
10/10 - Schuhfabrik, Ahlen (GER)
10/11 - Café Central, Weinheim (GER)
10/12 - Werkstatt, Köln (GER)
10/13 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
10/14 - Mascotte, Zurich (CH)
10/15 - 59:1, Munchen (GER)
10/16 - B 72, Wien (AUS)
10/17 - Musikkantine, Augsburg (GER)
11/18 - Maschinenhaus, Berlin (GER)
11/19 - Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg (GER)
11/20 - Bärenzwinger, Dresden (GER)
11/21 - Trafostation, Viersen (GER)
11/22 - Rosenhof, Osnabruck (GER)

Norwegian noise titan Lasse Marhaug (Jazkammer, etc.) and Swedish free-jazz sax player Mats Gustafsson have a new split 7" on Ukrainian label Quasi Pop dedicated to artist Åke Hodell. See here: https://www.quasipop.org/catalogue/qpoprec01/

Rebecka Törnqvist's new website is now open: https://www.rebeckatornqvist.se/
Go there to hear her new single "While you hesitate". Her new album "The cherry blossom and the skyline rising from the street" will be released on September 24 and the Nina Ramsby duet "No bait" will follow later as the second single..

The new single "In your arms" from Norwegian act William Hut can now be streamed at their website: https://www.williamhut.com/
The band's new album "Silent hum" will be out... eventually?

The new I'm From Barcelona album "Who killed Harry Houdini?" is now streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/imfrombarcelona

Eardrums has revealed the lineup for their upcoming free fall mp3 compilation: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2008/09/17/artists-and-tracks-on-the-new-eardrums-compilation-autumn-2008/
Looks like they've got a lot of good stuff including Jesper Norda, Park Hotell, Je Suis Animal, Pelle Carlberg, Vapnet, The Tiny and lots, lots more.

Bootleg Booze will be putting out a new Backyard Babies 7" featuring the new single "Fuck off and die" b/w "Saved by the bell" featuring Dizzy Reed from Guns n' Roses. 750 copies on red w/white splatter, 250 on black, out October 3.

Bad Taste Records is putting out a new comp on September 24 entitled "The Mission Hall Sessions" which is just that, a collection of recordings from their very own Mission Hall Studio in Lund. Artists featured include Christian Kjellvander, Mattias Friberg (Logh), Andi Almqvist and more. See here: https://www.badtasterecords.se/shop.asp?id=479&artistid=0&typeid=0

pHinnWeb has rounded up some Avarus video clips from their US tour earlier this month: https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2008/09/avarus-september-2008-us-tour-video.html

Norwegian rock act Backstreet Girls will finally release their long-lost 1995 album "Don't fake it too long" this coming October via Hit Me! records. The album was recorded with short-time vocalist Pat Diamond from Ireland who was eventually kicked out of both Norway and the band.

Norwegian act Spirits of the Dead will finally release their album "White elephant" as a proper CD on September 29. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/spiritsofthedeadmusic

A Kid Hereafter's new single "The circuits of your mind" (ft. RebekkaMaria) is now streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/akidhereafter
As mentioned previously, the new album "Yo!" will be out October 6.

New music from Frida Hyvönen at Fluxblog: https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/09/fond-of-doing-naughty-things.html