Pyramido was recently in the studio recording a pair of tracks for some upcoming 7"s, once of which will be a split with Union of Sleep: https://www.pyramido.org/2011/05/total-snake-session.html
As they say in the linked post, they're still looking for someone to split the other 7" with, so if you're in a punk/hardcore and are up for it, get in touch!
Invasionen, y'know -- Dennis Lyxzén's band, are currently streaming a new track at Facebook showing off a new gothy change in sound: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=218770681483934&id=311550277389
I have to say I like it despite my suspicions of trend-hopping. Look for their new 12" EP of the same name to be released at the end of the month.
will be releasing Finnish cult act Beherit's very first album "At the Devil's Studio 1990", recorded as a duo back in the day and lost for the past 20 years. Full details: https://www.hellsheadbangers.com/beherit/
Even though it's barely relevant to It's a Trap!, I'm stoked to learn that Swedish label will be reissuing Doomstone's 1994 cult classic "For those whom Satan hath joined" on vinyl for the very first time this coming fall. For the unindoctrinated, Doomstone was a project featuring members of Deceased playing what I guess you could call old-school Satanic Heavy Metal. They also boasted one of the best band member aliases of all-time, Cross Turner Upside-Downer.
There's a lot of killer vinyl reissues these days and out of Finland is behind quite a few, the latest being Lama's 1982 self-titled LP, an absolute classic of Finnish punk: https://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/product.php?id_product=396
Long-running Copenhagen hardcore act Death Token will finally be releasing an LP via in the not-so-distant future. Entitled "All dreams are nightmares", the label says it sounds like "a massive recording mixing up classic raw Japanese and European hardcore punk with a Hellhammer meets Rudimentari Peni styled approach." No official release date, just soon.
The new Atlas Losing Grip album "State of unrest" is now available for full streaming + preorder: https://blackstarfoundation.bandcamp.com/album/state-of-unrest
The official release date is May 28 via and if the samples I've heard are any indication, this is gonna be a stellar album. Really excited to hear it myself!
This Is Head's new 12" single "De trop" is out today via and the label is giving away the title track as a free download: https://www.adrianfiles.com/A1.De_Trop.mp3
The b-side of the physical edition features two remixes of the tune "0007", one by one by Korallreven and another by Hans Appelqvist.
will be doing a limited 12" run of Oldfashioned Ideas record "We're in this shit together", one of the nominees for the 2010 Manifest Award for best punk album: https://switchlightrecords.blogspot.com/2011/04/oldfashioned-ideas-were-in-this-shit.html
have revealed their latest signing Team Rockit and have a new 7" from the act posted for sale/free download: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0163.php
They also have a new video from jj posted as well: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0162.php
Kvoteringen are streaming a new track from the upcoming "Storfinansen" EP, due out soon via /: https://denihilrecords.blogspot.com/2011/05/kvoteringen-sample.html
will be releasing a new 4-track 12" EP from Juvelen on May 18 entitled "Make U move".
Irish label is launching a new split 7" series featuring a six-month run of two records per month featuring Scandinavian acts such as Suma, Pyramido, Throat and Tellusian, as well as a few decent international names such as my pals Kowloon Walled City. Check it: https://www.hellcomeshome.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=73&Itemid=87
Swedish label has a new website and a whole host of new releases on the way -- First up is the Makthaverskan 7" "Antabus" on May 13 which comes packaged with a totebag and is limited to a mere 120 copies and contains tracks that "will never be released anywhere else." Wish it wasn't 20 EUR, but I guess that's what I get for living in the wrong part of the world. Luxury also has the self-titled debut 12" from new signing Katakomb coming on May 11 as well as a digital single from new act Hagaliden on May 6, plus a new 10" EP from My Darling YOU! (also May 13) and then in June, an LP from Palpitation. Read more: https://luxxury.se/
has added Finnish act Depravity to their long list of upcoming death metal vinyl reissues.