Also at P-fork today is a review of Icelandic act Mugison: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mugison/mugimama-is-this-monkey-music.shtml
The Chilean webzine Loop has posted interviews with Finnish acts Unidentified Sound Objects and Kiila: http://www.loop.cl/
Former Nasum drummer Anders Jakobson posts his review of the Sweden Rock Festival: http://www.nasum.com/view_article.php?id=20&cathegory=Newspost
Satyr and Joey Jordison (Slipknot) talk to Fuse.TV about Satyricon's cut-short North American tour: http://www.fuse.tv/content/uranium/php/videotop.php?sid=&aid=&clip_id=1843
The UK's Blow Up Records is releasing two new 7"s today from hyped Swedish acts CDOASS and Strip Music. The CDOASS record is a double a-side featuring the tracks "Speak to me" and "Chemicals", both of which are sure to prove the hype is not without merit. I should know - I put "Speak to me" on my own "Reader's companion" comp. As for the Strip Music, the record is the band's UK debut single and features the song "24 hrs" b/w "The conversation". Both are limited of course and you can find out more here: http://www.blowup.co.uk/records/
Today's classic tune comes from the heyday of the Gothenburg melodic death-metal scene in the mid-90s. Sacrilege only existed for a few years, but they managed to release two excellent albums in that short time. The debut "Lost in the beauty you slay" was quite good, but the second album "The fifth season" showed a tremendous amount of growth for a young band in only a year's time and the song I've posted is the lead-off track from that release. Sadly, this band never got a chance to go any further as drummer/vocalist Daniel Svensson was recruited by In Flames in 1997, effectively ending their career. 'Tis a shame because who knows how far they could've gone? Regardless, it's still holds up as one of the best works from that fledgling era of the scene. I believe that you can still find the Century Media 2xCD reissue of both albums that they put out in 2002. Trust me, it's worth tracking down.
Circle will be touring the US in September. I hear that some dates are already confirmed, but I've yet to see a full schedule. I'll be sure to post details as soon I get 'em.
Updated live dates for Finnish post-rockers Magyar Posse:
06/16 - Down Town, Turku (FIN)
06/19 - Bar And Boos, Leiden (HOL)
06/21 - Le Boulevard, Breda (HOL)
06/22 - Molodoi, Strasbourg, (FRA)
06/25 - Clos Fleuri, Lyon (FRA)
06/28 - Glaz'art, Paris (FRA)
06/29 - La Rumeur, Lille (FRA)
07/26 - Tavasta, Helsinki (FIN)
07/29 - Afisha Open Air, Moscow (RUS)
07/30 - StarZ Club, Moscow (RUS)
08/12 - Kivistofolk, Vantaa (FIN)
11/18 - Kanneltalo, Helsinki (FIN)
Jens Lekman has posted a new blog update: http://www.geocities.com/glovecompart/smalltalk.html
Nationalteatern and Mattias Hellberg are touring Sweden:
07/08 - Borlänge
07/09 - Arvika
07/15 - Eskilstuna
07/16 - Hasslö
07/20 - Lysekil
07/21 - Strömstad
07/22 - Spekeröd
07/29 - Säffle
07/30 - Vänersborg
08/11 - Orust
08/12 - Björkö
08/13 - Sandhem
08/27 - Göteborg
Kristofer Åström's video for "Until tomorrow" is now up for streaming: http://www.kristoferastrom.com/news.asp?ID=214
Swedish hip-hop artists X-Lon and T-Roc have posted their "In stereo" EP for free download: http://www.t-roconline.com/netplay/
DJ Heavy Hans of Fader Rockin' Entertainment and DJ for Double-O/Soul Supreme has posted a free mixtape for download that features a ton of Swedish hip-hop: http://www.faderrockin.com/
The latest newsletter from Music Export Finland is now online: http://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=71