I knew someone would step up to the plate: Regain Records has signed Gorgoroth and will release their upcoming album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" in late spring/early summer.

Tons of new demo reviews up at the Dead Frog Records site: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/

Colony 5 has confirmed that the title of their upcoming album will be "Fixed". They describe it as "ranging from traditional C5 styled dancefloor songs to lyrically driven slower songs with a lot of atmosphere" and say it should be out some time in April. Check out an mp3 of the first single "Plastic world": http://www.mementomateria.se/colony5_plastic_world.mp3

The Pulpetti blog reprints the story of Finnish 'childish hardcore' act The Demars: http://pulpetti.blogspot.com/2005/02/story-of-demars.html

Burning Heart has posted an mp3 for the Raised Fist song from the "Heart attack" comp: http://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=190

Burning Heart has also confirmed the first slew of upcoming European tourdates for Millencolin: http://www.burningheart.com/tours/index.php?bid=7

Check out the brand-new track "I'm not where I'm suppose to be" from Norway's Beezewax: http://www.beezewax.com/Beezewax.wma

Quit Your Dayjob on tour across Europe:

02/22 - Artrocker @ Buffalo, London (UK)
02/23 - Metro Club, London (UK)
02/26 - Barfly (Monarch), London (UK)
02/27 - Freebutt, Brighton (UK)
03/06 - AB, Brussels, (BEL) w/Danko Jones
03/07 - Live Music Hall, Köln (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/08 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/09 - SO36, Berlin (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/10 - Fabrik, Hamburg (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/11 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/12 - Starclub, Dresden (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/13 - Volxbad, Flensburg (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/14 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/15 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/16 - Hellmut, Saarbrucken (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/18 - Komm, Nurnberg (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/20 - Arcadium, Graz (AUS) w/Ted Leo
03/21 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/Ted Leo
04/02 - Kvarteret, Bergen (NOR)
05/26 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
05/27 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)

New live pics of Fireside and The Change up at Rockfoto.nu.

Danish acts The Defectors and Powersolo will be releasing a split in the near future.

The Haunted has been tapped to support Cradle of Filth on tour in Europe this spring. Dates soon.

Meshuggah has completed their latest masterwork "Catch 33" and will release it on April 11 via Nuclear Blast. The album will consist of one long 47-minute track broken into 13 parts that's said to be the 'musical opposite' of their last release, the one-song EP "I".

Division of Laura Lee will be supporting The Donnas on their upcoming Scandinavian tour. Read more: http://www.luger.se/nyheter.asp?PK_Id=264

Indieworkshop reviews Nine: http://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1466

Denmark's Tiger Tunes has a nice new website: http://www.tigertunes.dk/