I hear that I'm in the new issue of Internet World Magazine in Sweden with an article on the Creative Commons Music Sharing License that mentions the Björn Kleinhenz & Pete Thompson EP. Anyone want to translate it for me? I'm really curious to read it.
Congrats to ex-Emperor/current Zyklon guitarist Samoth who just got married: http://www.zyklontribe.com/weddingphoto.jpg
Lars Horntveth on tour in Italy:
03/10 - Tatro Studio - Scandicci, Florence
03/11 - Big Club, Padova
03/12 - La Palma Club, Rome
Recent Bad Taste signees Venerea have confirmed that their new album will be called "One louder". As mentioned before, it will be released on April 4 in Europe, April 6 in Scandinavia.
Updated tourdates for The Haunted:
UK Tour 2005 With Martyr AD & Dead To Fall:
02/24 - Meanfiddler, London (UK)
02/25 - Academy, Birmingham (UK)
02/26 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
02/27 - Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
02/28 - Hop & Grape, Manchester (UK)
03/01 - Wedgwood, Portsmouth (UK)
03/02 - Charlotte, Leicester (UK)
03/03 - Rock city, Nottingham (UK)
03/04 - Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
03/05 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK)
03/06 - Lemon groove, Exeter (UK)
03/07 - Junction, Cambridge (UK)
European Tour with Cradle of Filth and Moonspell:
03/09 - Planet Music, Wien (AUS)
03/10 - Petofi Hall, Budapest (HUN)
03/11 - Sport Hall, Zlin (CZR)
03/12 - Spodek, Katowice (POL)
03/13 - Logo, Hamburg (GER) (The Haunted Headline)
03/14 - Hyde Park, Osnabrück (GER)
03/15 - Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER)
03/16 - Longhorn, Stuttgart (GER)
03/17 - Kz Domovina, Prag (CZ)
03/18 - Haus Auensee, Leipzig (GER)
03/19 - Georg Elser Halle, München (GER)
03/20 - VPK, Ljubljana (SOL)
03/21 - Volkshaus, Zürich (SWI)
03/22 - Rainbow, Milano (ITA)
03/24 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona (SPA)
03/25 - Sala Jam, Bergara (SPA)
03/26 - Colloseum, Porto (POR)
03/27 - Colloseum, Lisboa (POR)
03/29 - Sala Copea, Granada (SPA)
03/30 - Aqualung, Madrid (SPA)
03/31 - West rock, Cognac (FRA) (The Haunted Headline)
04/01 - Cooperative De Mai, Clermont Ferrand (FRA)
04/02 - Elysee Montmartre, Paris (FRA)
04/03 - Lintfabriek, Kontich (BEL) (The Haunted Headline)
04/05 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL) (The Haunted Headline)
04/06 - Effenaar, Eindhove (NL) (The Haunted Headline)
04/07 - Voxhall, Aarhus (DK) (The Haunted Headline)
Combat Rock Industry has confirmed that Unkind's new album "Ei Mitään" will be released on March 30. The music is described as "just over 30 minutes of northern angst and misery," but also adds that "the band are not afraid to expand their limits either, on the other end of the specrtum there acoustic moment accompanied only by the darks sounds of a cello and pouring rain." Download the title track right here: http://www.fireinsidemusic.com/mp3/unkind_eimitaan.mp3
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) 22 Pistepirkko - "Rat King"
02. (05) Moby - "Lift Me Up"
03. (NY) Embee featuring José González & Supreme - "Send Someone Away"
04. (NY) Lo-Fi-Fnk - "... and the JFG"
05. (NY) The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Heading for a Breakdown"
06. (07) Stereophonics - "Dakota"
07. (NY) Kent - "Max 500"
08. (02) Timo Räisänen - "Don't Let the Devil Ruin it All"
08. (12) The Donnas - "I don't Want to Know (If You don't Want Me)"
10. (14) New Order - "Krafty"
11. (09) Håkan Hellström - "En midsommarnattsdröm"
12. (18) Sambassadeur - "Between the Lines"
13. (NY) Razorlight - "Golden Touch"
14. (NY) Radio LXMBRG - "It's Cruel Up North"
15. (NY) Maximo Park - "Apply Some Pressure
16. (16) Mando Diao - "Down in the Past"
17. (17) Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - "The Good You Bring"
18. (11) Stereo Total - "I am Naked", 3v
19. (06) Moneybrothers - "They're Building Walls Around Us"
20. (08) Deportees - "Champagne Eyes"
Leaving the chart: Annie, Beck, Bloc Party, Bugz in the Attic, Johnossi, Little Barrie and M83.
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
03. LAB - When heaven gets dirty (FIN)
04. Pain - Same old song (SWE)
05. Gakko 3 - Club idiot saturday drive (FIN)
06. The Ark - One of us is gonna die young (SWE)
07. The 69 eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
08. Bitch Alert - Latenight lullaby (FIN)
09. Silver - Angels calling (NOR)
10. Sahara Hotnights - Who do you dance for? (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Apollo - Peli (FIN)
12. Christian Walz - Never be afraid again (SWE)
13. Kasper Winding - Need love (DK)
MIC Norway takes a glimpse at the bands being sent to this year's SXSW festival: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005021609593884153353
Norway's Catena Collapse will no longer be doing a split 7" with Angora Static now that the latter band has decided to break up. In happier news, the band will be touring the UK in March and here's the itinerary:
03/01 - tba, Newcastle (UK)
03/02 - tba, Birmingham (UK)
03/03 - The Marquee, Norwich (UK) w/La Quiete
03/04 - xhousex, Leeds (UK) w/La Quiete
03/05 - Subway, Edinburgh (UK) w/La Quiete
03/06 - The Old Angel, Nottingham (UK) w/La Quiete
03/07 - The Phoenix, Manchester (UK) w/La Quiete, Day For Airstrikes
03/08 - The Swan, London (UK) w/La Quiete, Hey Colossus, Abandon Ship
03/09 - Hobgoblin, Brighton (UK) w/La Quiete, Seven Arrows Through Your Bastard Heart
03/10 - tba, tbd (UK)
03/11 - tba, Glasgow (UK) w/Twenty Centuries of Sleep
Download a remix of "Within symmetry" from Denmark's Lampshade: http://www.alternativenation.de/mp3/lampshade_within_symmetry_remix.mp3
Swedish music webzine And the Sound has updated their look a bit and added a bunch of fresh content: http://www.andthesound.net/
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
02. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
03. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
04. Elin Sigvardsson - Smithereens
05. Wilmer X - 13 Våningar Upp
06. Barbados - Best of Barbados 1994-2004
07. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
08. Ane Brun - A Temporary Dive
09. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
10. The Ark - State of the Ark
11. E.S.T. - Viaticum
12. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
13. Pain - Dancing with the dead
14. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
15. Daniel Lindström - Daniel Lindström
16. Uno Svenningsson - Ett andetag från dig
17. Fernandoz - Minnenas allé
18. Melody Club - Face the Music
19. Lasse Stefanz - Röd Chevrolet
20. Shirley Clamp - Den långsamma blomman
Check out an e-card for the new Hammerfall album "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken" right here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/events/hammerfall/ecard/index.htm
As mentioned before, it comes out March 7 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Mundane Sounds gives approval to the "It's a trap! reader's companion" CD: http://www.mundanesounds.com/record_review.php?id=1163
Check out an mp3 teaser from "New wave of cynicism", the new album from Norwegian death-industrial act Babyflesh: http://www.vendlus.com/Babyflesh_Teaser.mp3
It's out now on Vendlus Records.