Bad Taste Records has signed Swedish punkers Venerea and will be releasing the groups fourth full-length album on April 4 in Europe, April 6 in Scandinavia. A European tour will kick off shortly thereafter and here are the confirmed dates so far:
04/13 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
04/14 - Circus Maximus, Koblenz (GER)
04/16 - Rockfest, Schaffen (BEL)
04/20 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
04/22 - Tonne, Wangen (GER)
04/23 - Dudstock Festival, Didzele (BEL)
04/24 - Köln, Underground (GER)
Head over to the Adrian Recordings website to download a new free single from singer/songwriter/slam-poet Emil Jensen: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/
Two songs plus cover art, pretty sweet.
Long-running Finnish metal act Sentenced has announced that the upcoming disc "The Funeral Album" will be the band's last. Read the full statement here: http://www.sentenced.org/
Prime STH will be playing a special tsunami benefit concert at Club Edge located at The Centrium in Hong Kong on March 5. Proceeds will go to the charities World Vision and the Surin Relief Fund. Read more: http://www.primesth.net/news.asp?ItemId=184
Well, the time has finally come that I've grown a bit too big for my britches and need to move to a dedicated server. Hopefully the transition will be completely transparent, but it also means that it's a bit more expensive for me to keep up. So, what can you do to help out? Well, aside from outright sending me cash money, you can buy ads or go shopping in the mailorder. Either way, it all goes towards ensuring I can keep on covering my bills. I appreciate it!
In other site news, I've now added a blog section to the links page. If you know of any (mostly) Scandinavian music blogs to recommend, please let me know.
Boo! The release of Meshuggah's new album "Catch 33" has been pushed back to May 16 in Europe and May 31 in the US.
The Stina Nordenstam website Seek You Danger is closing down: http://www.seekyoudanger.com/
It remains to be seen what will happen to her (lack of) web presence now.
Labrador Records will be reissuing Club 8's record "The friend I once had" with 6 additional bonus tracks on February 9.
Housewife Lovers have posted a live video from their recent show at the Metro in Malmö: http://hwl.longingboy.com/
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
02. Pain - Same old song (SWE)
03. Bitch Alert - Latenight lullaby (FIN)
04. Isolation Years - Nurse hands (SWE)
05. The Ark - One of us is gonna die young (SWE)
06. Silver - Angels calling (NOR)
07. Neon - Liez (NOR)
08. LAB - When heaven gets dirty (FIN)
09. Gakko 3 - Club idiot saturday drive (FIN)
10. Elin Lanto - I won't cry (SWE)
Challengers:
11. The 69 eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
12. Mnemic - Door 2.12 (DK)
13. Mortiis - The Grudge (NOR)
It's not totally on-topic, but American metalcore act Poison the Well will once again be making the trek to Tonteknik Studios in Umeå, Sweden to record their next album. It still won't make them sound like Refused, but there's nothing wrong with trying.
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Wilmer X - 13 Våningar Upp
02. Pain - Dancing with the dead
03. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
04. E.S.T. - Viaticum
05. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
06. The Ark - State of the Ark
07. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
08. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
09. Daniel Lindström - Daniel Lindström
10. Fernandoz - Minnenas allé
11. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
12. Backyard Babies - Live in paris
13. Dark Tranquility - Character
14. Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin vol. 1
15. Lasse Stefanz - Röd Chevrolet
16. Melody Club - Face the Music
17. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
18. Uno Svenningsson - Ett andetag från dig
19. Barbados - Best of Barbados 1994-2004
20. Totta Näslund - Totta 7: Soul!/På drift
Niccokick, Existensminimum, Convoj and Band of Joy are among the first list of bands confirmed for this year's Emmabodafestivalen.
New confirmed livedates for Håkan Hellström:
03/10 - Heartbreak, Gävle (SWE)
03/11 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
03/12 - Gissleparken, Gislaved (SWE)
03/13 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
03/16 - Bygget, Åre (SWE)
03/17 - Idun, Umeå (SWE)
03/22 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
03/23 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
03/25 - Lisebergshallen, Göteborg (SWE)
03/26 - Folkets Park, Huskvarna (SWE)
03/27 - Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad (SWE)
03/30 - Kino, Karlskrona (SWE)
03/31 - Tivoli, Helsingborg (SWE)
04/01 - Annexet, Stockholm (SWE)
04/05 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
04/06 - Kvarteret, Bergen (NOR)
04/07 - Studentsamfundet, Trondheim (NOR)
04/09 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)