Gorgoroth has a casting call out for crucified nudes to appear onstage with them at Wacken Open Air: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70110615&blogID=400335067
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Amanda Jenssen - Killing my darlings
02. E.M.D. - A state of mind
03. Rongedal - Rongedal
04. Kleerup - Kleerup
05. Sten & Stanley - Det känns när det svänger
06. Sanna Nielsen - Stronger
07. Christer Sjögren - Jubileum 40 år med Christer Sjögren
08. Caroline Larsson - In the moment
09. Brolle - Ett hjärta som glöder som en gång brann
10. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
11. Universal Poplab - Seeds
12. Takida - Bury the lies
13. Amy Diamond - Music in motion/Gold edition
14. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me (new edition)
15. Charlotte Perrelli - Hero
16. Suzzie Tapper - Mirakel
17. Håkan Hellström - För sent för Edelweiss
18. Peter Lemarc - Lemarc live!
19. Miss Li - Best of 061122-071122
20. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
The world's first ever music Blu-Ray release is a classical release from Norwegian label 2L. Read more at MIC Norway: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008052914313262368505
Lambgoat interviews Meshuggah: http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/meshuggah.aspx
Gbg-based artist/Jens Lekman backing band member (and IAT.MP3 affiliate as well) Viktor Sjöberg has a new demo track up at myspace, giving a taste of what to expect from his forthcoming album: http://www.myspace.com/viktorsjoberg
Last Mile, the new band of ex-Hatesphere vocalist Jacob Bredahl and Laurits Medom from As We Fight, will release their debut album on August 25. Hear sample tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lastmilehc
If it's not already obvious from the letterman-style logo, this is way more (NYHC-style) hardcore than metal.
Keep of Kalessin's new album "Kolossus" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/keepofkalessin
Discobelle has the new Jonas Game single "Fish and shark": http://www.discobelle.net/2008/05/29/jonas-game-fish-and-shark/
All This Time You've Been Waiting for This is a new Skellefteå-based band featuring ex-members from Soak the Sin, Fat Slow Generals and Action Now and they've just unveiled their debut EP "The cure for cancer", available for free download at their website: http://www.beenwaitingforthis.com/
Danish act Little Jimmy Reeves (as featured here) have now swapped in the track "Heathen" on their myspace player: http://www.myspace.com/littlejimmyreeves
Swedish alt-country act Hyacinth House is the unsigned band of the week at PopJunkie TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZYuwgld1VM
MP3: On Volcano - Ride the wolf
I've been getting my Finnish shoegaze confused! Murmansk, who I covered on Tuesday, have never been a postrock band. That would be On Volcano, today's featured artists. Gah, so many bios to read I can't keep 'em straight. Anyhow, both are great bands with an awful lot of similarities besides their country of origin as they both employ female vocalists, though I'd say that On Volcano is by far the poppier of the two. Whereas Murmansk piles on heavy layers of sound and tends to bury the vocals into the mix, On Volcano places them front and center. "Ride the wolf", the opening track of their debut EP "My sleep was filled with dreams", even has a bit of early U2 to it, with those martial drum beats and prominent bassline. You also get a bit of new-wave pop, not too far off from what the Swedish band Paris is known for. However, it's on the half-time breakdown on the 2nd half of the song that they really let loose, offering up a barrage of lush guitar textures. So yeah, similar but different but equally awesome.
On Volcano - Ride the wolf
Watch video footage of Moto Boy charming crowds in London this past weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYSdikYoei4
Pink Twins and Kemialliset_Ystävät will perform at MOMA offshoot P.S.1 in NYC on June 1 to open the new Finnish art exhibition "Arctic Hysteria" which will run through September 15. Full details: http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/324/102/
Now in-stock and ready for order: Various Artists - Gothenburg 08
If you've been following my weekly Göteborg spotlight feature, you'll know that this new compilation is an absolutely crucial document of the current scene. Acts featured include Jonas Lindgren + Viktor Sjöberg, Porn Sword Tobacco, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, The Skull Defekts, Tsukimono and more!