All of the various tracks Petter performed on Swedish TV show "Så mycket bättre" (they should be on YouTube if you are curious) are being compiled for release on the album "Samlar ut den", due out December 27. More at Gaffa: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/45326
Swedish rockers "Demons" have a new video for the track "Signal turns red": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7NUNbs90M0
No, it's not the sort of thing I'd normally post, but out-and-proud Swedish tenor Rickard Söderberg has a new Christmas EP out now and proceeds go towards Heder, a national project in Sweden working against LGBT violence. That's something I can support. Head to Rickard's website to hear more and to send your friends a seasonably appropriate (and socially conscious) e-postcard: http://www.rickardsoderberg.se/
Rickard Söderberg - Someday my prince will come
As hinted at in yesterday's top 10 list, Fredrik has a new album on the way next spring and it's now been confirmed that it will be called "Flora" and it will be released on March 29 via . Download the track "Dance of the peacock phantom" from the band's excellent new EP "Origami" for a taste of where they're heading: http://www.thekorarecords.com/sounds/DOTPP.mp3
Lambgoat reports that has signed Swedish metal act In Solitude: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=15459
The band recorded their new album at Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters, Death Breath, Imperial State Electric, etc.) at his new Gutterview Studios in Stockholm with Fred Estby (Dismember, Necronaut) producing. Expect a spring 2011 release. And as for those UFO comparisons, I dunno... as far as I'm concerned, the band's 2008 self-titled debut sounds way more like Mercyful Fate/King Diamond worship to me. Not that that's a bad thing.
The Ark have announced that they will cease to be after releasing a final greatest hits collection and doing one last tour: http://thearkworld.com/2010/12/08/greatest-hits-album-och-avskedsturne/
As with all "greatest hits" anthologies, The Ark's "Arkeology", due out February 23, will of course contain a new single entitled "Breaking up with god" as well as another new one called "The apocalypse is over".
ABBA now has an official singalong app: http://www.9to5mac.com/40754/official-abba-app-is-singalong-friendly
The new Penny Century single "James Hurley" will be released as a free download on 3pm CET Christmas Eve via Swedish music blog Absolut Noise.
has posted sample tunes from their two new singles coming out this month, "I'm gone" from First Love, Last Rites and "Bear" by In These Woods: http://nomethod.se/?p=270
Out now on , the debut 7" from Swedish experimental/noise artist The Magic State aka Nadine Byrne: http://idealrecordings.com/news#rel118
If you were lucky enough to grab a copy of "Great Northern Recordings compilation no. 4", she had two tracks featured on that including the a-side "Spectrum".
Promise and the Monster has announced new tourdates for 2011:
02/19 - Northern Living Festival, Warsaw (POL)
03/26 - La Chapelle Sait-Jacques (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent), Vendome (FRA)
03/27 - Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (la Galerie) (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent), Paris (FRA)
03/28 - La Poudrière (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent), Belfort (FRA)
03/31 - University (Les Femmes S'en Mêlent), Nantes (FRA)
Ex-Abandon members continue where they left off, creating some of the most punishing doom Sweden has to offer: http://www.myspace.com/walkthroughfire420
I know not everyone out there has a memory like me, especially in these short-attention span times of instant gratification, but if you remember / act Now from way back when, they've flipped their name to Won and have a new LP out on imprint . Details/ordering info here: http://psychicmalmo.com/index.php?/project/psyke010/2/
I've yet to hear them myself, but I those dudes generally have good taste so I bet it's worth checking out.