Some new pics of Christian Walz now up at Rockfoto.nu.
Metal blog Another Perfect Day posts a track from Bloodbath, the very excellent old-school all-star death-metal band featuring members of Katatonia and Hypocrisy: http://killformetal.blogspot.com/2005/03/bloodbath.html
Volvo Cars of North America is teaming up with Export Music Sweden to launch a project called "The sounds of new Scandinavia" that will promote new Swedish music in the US via iTunes. So far The Dandelions, The Drowners and Vega are the only names mentioned as participants, but we'll see what happens. Read more from MI: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=5635 (in Swedish)
Splendid reviews 22-Pistepirkko: http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1110885888199693
Dusted reviews the recent Avarus compilation put out on Tumult: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2054
Photo:Henrik is updated with new pics from Timo Räisänen, Sambassaduer and The Consequens: http://www.photohenrik.com/
Check out the video for "Avalon" from Sweden's Nocturnal Rites: http://130.240.223.48/www/idiot/res/avalon/index.htm
The Ark made the society pages in NYC: http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/content/templates/gallery.asp?articleid=5808&zoneid=3
Happy Monday! New mp3 today from David Sandström Overdrive. This song just appeared in my mailbox the other day with no explanation, so I have absolutely no backstory on it, but I presume it's from David's upcoming album with his new backing band. As you can hear for yourself, it's not any sort of departure from his last album "The dominant need of the needy...", but guess what? That record was great, so who's to complain? Check it out.
WTF? It has been reported that Carl-Michael "Aggressor" Eide of Aura Noir/Infernö/Virus/Ved Buens Ende/et al. fell (or jumped) from a five-story building in Oslo on Saturday and is currently undergoing extensive surgery. No word yet on how extensive his injuries are or what the prognosis is, but I'll be sure to follow up on this. I guess he had just finished performing with Aura Noir at the Inferno Festival? I presume alcohol was involved in some way or another, but nobody's posted the full story yet.
Check out the video for "Lo-fiction" from Jori Hulkkonen featuring Jerry Valuri: http://www.grancanaria.fi/hulkkonen_streamvideo.html
Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:
01. Moneybrother - They're Building Walls Around Us
02. Hammerfall - Bloodbound
03. Smak - Hallanvaara
04. Darin - Money For Nothing
05. Angu - Red Light
06. Christian Walz - Never Be Afraid Again
07. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
08. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
09. Moder Jords Massiva - Fast Attack/ Slow Decay
10. Simone - Last Days And Nights Of Rock'n'Roll
11. Sugarplum Fairy - Far Away From Man
12. The 69 Eyes - Lost Boys
13. Mendez - Is That Ok
14. Jim Stärk - Morning Song
15. Beats And Styles - Two White Monkeys
16. LAB - When Heaven Gets Dirty
17. Elin Sigvardsson - Stupid Sunday Song
18. Husky Rescue - City Lights
19. Deportees - Champagne
20. Anna Ternheim - My Secret
Challengers:
01. Kent - Max 500
02. Bertine Zetlitz - Ah-ah
03. Marie Miller - Playground
04. Saybia - Bend The Rules
05. User - Miss Wanted
Go here to vote for your favorite.
Behold, the cover art for the new Turbonegro record: http://www.unitdeltaplus.com/turbonegro/turbo_booklet.jpg
Ak-momo is the top featured review on Splendid today: http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1110773038699239