The new Yngwie Malmsteen album "Perpetual flame" will be unleashed on October 14.

Razzia Records has now officially confirmed that the long-awaited David Sandström Overdrive album "Pigs lose" will be out on October 22.

Oplen, the electronic solo project of Henrik Sunbring from Agent Side Grinder and Kalamare Beat Club, will be releasing a full-length vinyl album on Enfant Terrible early next year. He'll also contribute a track to a comp on the same label, due out this coming fall.

Check out the trailer for "Aldebaran Rising", a movie featuring new music from Finnish postrock act Magyar Posse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFRqcS96kg

Scraps of Tape will start mixing their new album at Gröndal tomorrow.

I had seen news reports about the big fire in Bergen, Norway, but what I didn't know was that many prominent members of the local scene lost their rehearsal space and all of their equipment in the blaze: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2008/09/09/fire-practically-whipes-out-50-of-all-bands-from-bergen/

The new Afasi & Filthy video for "Sverigetrotters" is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrvmYgAFY4
Nice to see some footage from Hultsfred - it was a great show.

Norwegian hip-hop crew Gatas Parlament have a new track posted for free download: https://www.gatasp.no/rasist-mot-min-vilje/

Details and preorder info is now posted for the forthcoming Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words LP + 7" release "Lost in reflections": https://www.fangbomb.com/FB008/index.html
Considering that 2007's "Fall, fall, falling" was one of my favorite releases of the year, I am incredibly excited to get my hands on this new one.

The a-side for the forthcoming Je Suis Animal "Painted my face" 7" on Cloudberry Records is now streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jesuisanimal
Sounds quite nice I must say.

The Silent Ballet on the new album "Black sheep" from prolific Swedish experimental/drone artist Jasper TX: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1765/Default.aspx

PopMatters reviews the new Emiliana Torrini album "Me and Armini": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/62284/emiliana-torrini-me-and-armini/

Swedish techno act Boeoes Kaelstigen will release the new 12" EP "Commuting colour" on September 30 via Adrian Recordings. Go here for more info: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=198
North Americans interested in picking up a copy should wait until I get them in stock to save on shipping costs. I suspect they'll be here by the end of the week.

Dusted's latest "Still Single" column covers the new We Live In Trenches 7": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/763

Delusions of Adequacy praises The Tallest Man On Earth: https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=8985