Dusted reviews Finland's Pharaoh Overlord: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2251
Updated tourdates for the upcoming Hammerfall/Edguy North American tour:
08/10 - The Opera House, Toronto, ON (CAN)
08/11 - Medley, Montreal, QC (CAN)
08/12 - L'Imperial, Quebec City, QC (CAN)
08/13 - The Palladium, Worcester, MA
08/15 - Jaxx, West Springfield, VA
08/16 - B.B. Kings Blues Club, New York City, NY
08/17 - The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
08/19 - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
08/20 - Madison Theatre, Covington, KY
08/21 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
08/22 - Fine Line Music Café, Minnesota, MN
08/25 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC (CAN)
08/26 - Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
08/28 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA
08/29 - The Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, CA
08/30 - The Avalon, Hollywood, CA
08/31 - Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
The video for "Shed" from Meshuggah can be streamed online from here: http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/meshuggah/artist.jhtml
Nasum is planning on releasing a posthumous split live album with Napalm Death in the near future. Read more: http//www.nasum.com/
The forthcoming album from The Cardigans will be called "Super extra gravity" and has been confirmed for release on October 19. The first single will be for the song "I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer". Read more here: http://cardigans.com/forum/threads.php?id=11398_0_2_0_C
Juniper aka Swedish singer/songwriter Mikael Bengtsson has changed his name to Juni Järvi since there's an American Christian rock duo with the former title. No need for unnecessary confusion, right? Anyhow, he's booked a couple dates in Canada for mid-July and here's the details:
07/12 - Studio 112, St John, NB (CAN)
07/16 - The Capital, Fredericton, NB (CAN)
There might be more dates confirmed later on and I'll do my best to keep you posted. Download the brand new song "If we just want to" right here: http://www.juniper.scorpionshops.com/juniper-if_we_just_want_to.mp3
Recommended.
Swedish industrial act Cat Rapes Dog will reunite for a one-off gig at Klubb Statisch in Göteborg on September 16.
John Alexander Ericson has posted three songs for download on his website: http://alexanderericson.com/
New Scandinavian music reviews in the latest edition of High Bias include Black Bonzo and David Fridlund: http://highbias.com/reviews/20050626_short1.html
Be sure to check out Simon Tagestam's report from this year's Hultsfred Festival, now posted in the articles section: [click here]
The Horror The Horror now has a website online where you can download a couple tracks: http://www.thehorrorthehorror.tk/
In case you missed it, this band was selected as one of the highlights from the "Songs we have learned to sing" compilation which was reviewed here. In related news, THTH just signed with Germany's Tapete Records, so act fast if you want those mp3s because I've been warned they might need to take 'em offline.
"No fear" has been chosen as the lead single off the forthcoming album "Hide from the sun" from Finnish overproduced goth-pop sensation The Rasmus. A video will be shot in Germany with director Jörn Heitmann whose credits include the last three Rammstein videos. The single comes out August 29 and the album follows on September 12.
Check out the video for "Love & neon lights" from Niccokick: http://www.niccokick.com/videos.asp?video=loveneonlights
Trapdoor Fucking Exit has updated their website: http://www.trapdoorfuckingexit.com/
Go there to check out the tracklist for the upcoming album "Crooked life, straight world", due out in October via No Idea. You can also download the track "Ride the pig" if you didn't already get it when I had it posted here.