Trewetha Records will release the new album "We know you love us and that's why we do this" from The State of Floral Beings on February 21.
After a few years of silence, Norway's Gehenna is back with a new album entitled "WW". Look for it to be released sometime this coming spring via Moonfog Records, the label run by Satyr of Satyricon.
KVLR's heartthrob bassist Joel will be filling in with Starmarket on their upcoming European tour. Watch out ladies!
Västerbottens Folkblad talks to The Perishers about their upcoming North American tour with Sarah McLachlan and more: http://www.folkbladet.nu/index.asp?vf=1&x=29297 (in Swedish)
Apparently the song "Sway" got something like 97k times for free at iTunes. If that's true, how come I don't see any American press talking about these guys?
Havoc Records has confirmed most of the upcoming dates for Riistetyt's US tour. Check 'em out here: http://www.havocrex.com/tours/
Check out the excellent animated video for "I love death" from Finland's Lodger: http://koti.welho.com/alaari/lodger/ (via)
Jim Stärk will be releasing a new single called "The Word That Makes You Sing" very soon. The band's new self-titled album is due out February 28.
Download the track "The 11th Commandment" from 8thsin, the new band featuring Michael Bohlin and It: http://www.8thsin.biz/main/downloads/samples/The%2011th%20Commandment.mp3
Swedish mp3 blog Sounds Like Funday has posted a track from soul singer Sven Zetterberg: http://funday.se/sounds
Indieworkshop reviews The Je Ne Sais Quoi: http://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1435
If any of the guys in the band sees this, Jake says he wants a t-shirt.
Håkan Hellström's new album "Ett kolikbarns bekännelser" has now been moved up to a February 9 release. As mentioned before, it was produced by Björn Olsson and the new single "En midsommarnattsdröm" comes out tomorrow.
The truth is out: Finnish industrial hardcore DJ Peaky Pounder, is actually just techno DJ Jeffrey Da Goose from The Hague. He's actually never even been to Finland, he just came up with the idea from reading a bottle of shampoo and stuck with it, releasing numerous albums along the way. Read more: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=2534202&magazines=10719222&news=20722819 (in Dutch)