Owl Vision - Darkmix #2
1 full hour of dark, heavy beats, courtesy of Swedish producer Owl Vision.
Transubstans to reissue "Garden of Mysteries"
will be reissuing cult Swedish prog/folk act In the Labyrinth's debut release Garden of Mysteries" this coming January. Preview a clip above and/or head here for more details: http://www.inthelabyrinth.com/CD-GardenOfMysteries.html
Presenting: 300hz (ex-Lack)
Check out 300hz, a new Danish act featuring ex-members of Lack: http://300hz.wordpress.com/
The band will make their live debut on December 10 at Stengade 30 in Copenhagen and a 12" will follow sometime in the new year.
Dante - Won't go
There's a new Dante song up at SoundCloud with an uncleared sample that prevents it from being a proper commercial release: http://soundcloud.com/dantekinnunen/dante-wont-go
Agen & Sharku - Clearwing circuitry EP
The 300AD music collective has spawned a new EP collaboration release from Sharku and Agen, now available for free download via SoundCloud.
Presenting: The Prince Formerly Known as an Artist
Swedish singer/songwriter Andreas Magnusson (Pinto/Hanif) has started a new "ultra nationalist concept" project called The Prince Formerly Known as an Artist which aims to release free songs on various international nation days, beginning with Finland on December 6. Read more/listen: http://formerlyknownasanartist.blogspot.com/
Tiger's favorite 7"s of 2011
Oslo record store Tiger has posted their top 7" picks for 2011, almost all of which I fully back: http://www.tigernet.no/shop/browsefull.php?lst=018
Årabrot and The Skull Defekts in The Quietus top 50
Årabrot and The Skull Defekts both rank on The Quietus' top 50 albums of 2011 list: http://thequietus.com/articles/07520-quietus-albums-of-the-year-2011
Korallreven is #6 at GvsB
Swedish pop act Korallreven is #6 on Gorilla vs Bear's top albums of 2011 list: http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2011/12/05/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2011/
Iberia - A finale
Iberia = Alexander Palmestål from Pool/Pistol Disco + Maja Mathe Milner of Makthaverskan. Nice!
Adrian Recordings Advent Sunday Mixtapes 2011: Rigas
Advent Sunday Mixtape #2 is now up and the artist behind this week's edition is Rigas: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=332
Svarttjern
Towards the ultimate
Agonia Records
As much as there seems to be a singing of praises for Oslo's true kvlt black metallers Svarttjern's second album, I'm not enamored by it in the slightest. The production is, without question, a hefty lesson in annihilation-by-metal, but it's completely wasted when the music it's enhancing is nondescript in the big black metal picture. There's nothing exciting here at all; not even the obligatory mid-paced-into-fast-paced-into-mid-paced mid-album track (in this case "I AM the path part II") that normally elicits a "Let's fucking slay!" reaction works here. The riffs are just way too... crap. I'm sorry to have to use the word, but boring just doesn't cut it at this moment in time. Neither Kerry King's long-and-pointy nailband nor Watain's applied-as-if-it-were-just-thrown-on-but-really-it's-contrived-as-fuck corpsepaint can make up for the fact that Svarttjern are a very average black metal band. I've just noticed that there are a lot of hyphens in this review. Fuck, that's how bored I am listening to this album -- I'm actually counting hyphens. I'm -- actually -- counting -- hyphens. We're up to 29 now. Time to fire up "Sworn to the dark" and wash this muck outta my earholes.
- John Norby
Casablanca confirm album, new single
Casablanca, the new Swedish supergroup featuring members from Sahara Hotnights and Melody Club, have confirmed that their debut full-length "Apocalyptic youth" will be out on March 16, 2012 with the new single "Love and desperation" preceding it on January 20.
Gaffa SE top 30 Swedish album highlights
Swedish highlights from Gaffa SE's top 30 albums of 2011:
3. Mattias Alkberg - Anarkist (Teg Publishing/)
4. Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje (/)
5. Skriet - Det Beslutande Organet (/)
8. Invasionen - Saker som jag sagt till natten (/)
12. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues (/)
14. Deportees - Islands & Shores (/)
16. I Break Horses - Hearts (/)
18. The Field - Looping State of Mind (/)
20. Syket - With Love (/)
21. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren (/)
28. Movits! - Ut ur min skalle (/)
29. Det Vackra Livet - Det Vackra Livet (/)
30. Ison & Fille - För evigt (/)
See the full list: http://gaffa.se/artikel/55303 (in Swedish)