The Early Days - Album
Check out the debut full-length from Swedish psychrockers The Early Days. Recorded at the renown Svenska Grammon Studion in Göteborg and mixed by Mark Gardener (ex-Ride) in the UK.
Blood Harvest to release Serpent Ascending LP
will be pressing a vinyl edition of Finnish occult death metal act Serpent Ascending's album "The enigma unsettled" which collects both the self-titled and "The mournful pilgrimage" recordings from 2009/10 in one place. No release date yet, but I'll keep you posted.
120 Days - Dahle disco
"Dahle disco" is the latest single from Norwegian act 120 Days. Look for the band's new album "II" to be released abroad on March 5 via .
2012 Manifest Award nominees
The nominees for the 2012 Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative/indie Grammy, have been announced:
Folk/Ballad:
Marin/Marin – Småfolket ()
Merit Hemmingson – EQ ()
Navarra – Nya fönster ()
Siri Karlsson – Gran Fuego ()
Dance:
Skudge – Samlad årsproduktion ()
Jonsson/Alter – Samlad årsproduktion ()
The Field – Looping State of mind ()
Pallers – The Sea Of Memories ()
Punk:
Sju Svåra År – Storma varje hjärta ()
Obnoxious Youth – The Eternal Void ()
Vånna Inget – Allvar ()
Black Feet – Black Feet ()
Hip-Hop:
Mofeta & Jerre – Briljanter & Smaragder ()
Ison & Fille – För evigt ()
Mohammed Ali – Vi ()
Roffe Ruff – Barrabas ()
Experimental:
Hans Appelqvist – Sjunga slutet nu ()
Hanna Hartman – H ^ 2 ()
Ophir – Opus Operatum ()
Midaircondo feat. Michala Østergaard-Nielsen – Reports on the Horizon ()
Hardrock:
In Solitude – The World. The Flesh. The Devil ()
Opeth – Heritage ()
Terra Tenebrosa – The Tunnels ()
The Haunted – Unseen ()
Rhythm:
Syster Sol – Kichinga! ()
Simone Moreno – Planetas ()
Kapten Röd – Fläcken Som Aldrig Går Bort ()
OK Star Orchestra – The Beat and the Melody ()
Pop:
Azure Blue – Rule of thirds ()
Jonathan Johansson – Klagomuren ()
Korallreven – An album by Korallreven ()
Loney Dear – Hall Music ()
Rock:
Pascal/Mattias Alkberg – Allt det här ()
Kajsa Grytt – En kvinna under påverkan ()
Bob Hund - Det överexponerade gömstället ()
Tramp – Indigo ()
Synth:
Henric de la Cour – Henric de la Cour ()
Necro Facility – Wintermute ()
Mr Jones Machine – Monokrom ()
Covenant – Modern Ruin ()
Jazz:
Jonas Holgersson – Snick Snack ()
Parti & Minut – Från klart till halvklart ()
Priming Orchestra – Deep Blue ()
The Splendor – Delphian Palace ()
Best Unsigned:
Death By Armborst
Storskogen
Schizo and the Personalities
Farsta
Singer/Songwriter/Country/Americana:
Brothers of End – Mount Inside ()
Ane Brun – It All Start With One ()
Promise & the Monster – Red Tide ()
Lars Bygdén – Songs I Wrote ()
Best live act:
Kriget ()
This is Head ()
Graveyard ()
Mattias Alkberg ()
Interesting to see and dominating their respective niches. Winners will be announced on February 3 at a ceremony at Nalen in Stockholm. Read more: http://manifestgalan.se/manifestgalan-2012/nominerade/
Låter som miljarder artwork revealed
Ladies and gentlemen, the cover art of the new Bob Hund album "Låter som miljarder" has been revealed and it is brilliant: http://www.bobhund.se/musik/album/36/Later_som_miljarder
Differnet med Stig Larsson - AZKOSUIGY (video)
Differnet + renown author Stig Larsson. Read more: http://www.expressen.se/kultur/1.2666922/stigs-lasningar-ar-kraftfulla (in Swedish)
Soliti sampler
Finnish indie label is giving away a 9-track sampler highlighting various releases from their first year of business, including artists such as Astrid Swan, Cats on Fire and The New Tigers: http://solitimusic.com/2011/12/28/download-the-soliti-zip-now-and-more/
Åbe - Leland (video)
The official first single from Åbe's excellent new album "King of Pellargonia". Watch videos for each and every track here or click here to listen via Spotify.
GAFFA-Prisen SE 2011
The winners of the Swedish Gaffa-Priset for 2011 are listed here: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/56062
Terrorama To the Death!
has picked up black/death act Terrorama, the so-called "angriest band in Sweden", and will be releasing their as-yet-untitled third album this coming August.
Revival Hymns - Spew
New melancholic rock outta Finland (where else?) from a band called Revival Hymns, due to be released on CD very soon via .
Team Me - Show me (video)
A new video from the much-hyped, Spellemann-nominated act Team Me. Look for the band's album "To the treetops!" to be released in Europe on February 24 with the UK/US to follow on March 5.
Swallow the Sun - Cathedral walls (video)
Can't say that I'm a big Swallow the Sun fan, but I sure do love heavy metal interpretive dancing.
New Fleurety 7" on the way
There will be a new Fleurety 7" on entitled "Et Spiritus Meus Semper Sub Sanguinantibus Stellis Habitabit". No official release date as of yet, but look out for it to be released "in a couple of months."
New Meshuggah in March
Meshuggah has announced that their new as-yet-untitled album will be released on March 27.