The soundtrack for the movie "Om Gud Vill", y'know - the movie in which Nina Persson of The Cardigans makes her big screen debut, will be released on April 26. Nina's cover the The White Stripes' "Dead leaves and the dirty ground" is on it, along with four other tunes.
Guitarist Magnus has quit Satanic Surfers: http://www.satanic-surfers.com/news.asp?ID=33
Dana from fellow Swedish punk act Venerea will fill in on the band's upcoming Canadian tour.
Check out Soviac's video for their latest single "Ogashaga": http://www.soviac.com/video_ogashaga.html
Download Nicolas Makelberge's track "Johnny Johnny" from the "Friendly Noise" compilation: http://www.bedroomrec.com/mp3/nicolas_makelberge_-_johnny_johnny.mp3
Gravitation has posted a sample track from Diamonds in the Rough, the solo project of Soundtrack of Our Lives guitarist Ian Person: http://www.gravitation.nu/green.asp?id=17
The debut album comes out April 26.
Shaktar is offering up a new Radio Dept. b-side as one of their mp3s of the week: http://www.shaktar.nu/songs.php
PopMatters reviews the new Amorphis, calling it their best since 1994's "Tales from the 1000 lakes": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/amorphis_eclipse/
Musique Machine has mixed feelings about the new Katatonia: http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=737
The always-entertaining Global Domination interviews drummer Robert Lundin of Vicious Art: http://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/vicious-art-robert-lundin
Metalrage interviews Khoma: http://www.metalrage.com/articles/359
Don't forget that the band was featured on my "It's a trap! reader's companion volume one", released back in 2004.
Norwegian rockers Silver have confirmed that their new album "World against world" is done and ready for release on May 8.
Streetwaves has posted their new single "Voids of charm" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/streetwaves
The track comes from the band's forthcoming debut full-length "The pleasure to end all pleasure", due out soon.
Helsinki-based CDR label 267 Lattajjaa is putting together a Sigue Sigue Sputnik tribute comp and is looking for contributors to cover the song "Love Missile F1-11". Any musical style is fine, so if you're interested you should contact hhaahti@dlc.fi.
Pitchfork on the new Sondre Lerche: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/l/lerche_sondre/duper-sessions.shtml