It's official: the upcoming Okkultokrati record due out in late November will be an extra-special Christmas-themed split 7" with Haust called "Black Hole X-mas". Haust contribute a new recording of the modern evergreen "No Christmas" which originally premiered during last year's Alternativ Julekalendar and Okkultokrati respond in kind with "All I want for Christmas is glue". Official release is November 25 via . If you're looking for the perfect stocking stuffer for your favorite misanthrope, this is it!
A new 3-song 7" from Atlas Losing Grip featuring acoustic versions of two tracks off their excellent "State of unrest" album plus one unreleased cut, due out November 25 via .
, the label run by Jonas Svensson of Pogrom as mentioned yesterday, has announced three new releases. First are two modular synth LPs on the subabel: "Tyglad best" from Henrik N Björkk (MZ.412, Nordvargr, etc.) and Joel Brindefalk's "The cripple"; the third is the Enhänta Bödlar 7" "Tot is tot". Samples and more details here: https://www.borft.com/
Can't say that I'm familiar with any of the artists besides Björkk, but anything Börft-related comes highly recommended to anyone into dark/experimental synth music.
The final piece on the upcoming Pogrom album "Electronic music", due out this December via on white vinyl and limited to 300 copies. Pogrom is an old alias of Jan Svensson, the man behind as well as the acts Frak and Alvars Orkester, and said album was originally recorded back in 1990 at Studio Styrka in Johannishus, Sweden.
Apparently the long-awaited new Hanna Hirsch LP "Gå hem över himlen" is finally back from being mastered and has sent to press which, assuming all goes well, will mean that it will be out by the end of the year.
From the first part of the new Mental Overdrive EP series "Everything is connected", due out November 21. More info here: https://www.mentaloverdrive.net/
, the label run by the fine folks in Ironville, have signed Tvärvägen and will be releasing their new album "Staring directly into the sun" in early 2012 on both digital and vinyl.
Excellent Finnish label will be doing a reissue/repress of early 90s death metallers Disgrace's first few releases, including a reconstructed version of the band's previously lost 1993 album "Vol. 2" -- the very first time this recording has ever seen the light of day. You can buy all 3 LPs now if you want, but you can also wait for them to be released individually: "Vol. 2" comes out first on November 9 followed by "1990" (the first two demos and 7" on one LP) and "Grey misery" (the debut full-length) on December 5.