Tiger Lou has a new website for the new year: http://www.tigerlou.com/
His new album "The loyalist" is about halfway done.
Upcoming live dates for Enslaved:
01/27 - Camden Underworld, London (UK)
02/05 - Alarm Awards, Oslo (NOR)
02/09 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
02/10 - Rosenkeller, Jena (GER)
02/11 - Lokschuppen, Rosenheim (GER)
02/12 - Tor 3, Osnabrück (GER)
02/13 - Headbangers ballroom, Hamburg (GER)
02/14 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
02/16 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
02/17 - Doornrosje, Nijmegen (NL)
02/18 - Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
02/20 - Garage, London (UK)
02/22 - Locomotive, Paris (FRA)
02/23 - Ubu, Rennes (FRA)
02/24 - Sala Tunk, Irun (SPA)
02/25 - KGB, Barcelona (SPA)
02/26 - Sala Jam, Bergara (SPA)
02/27 - Ritmo y Compas, Madrid (SPA)
02/03 - Antidox, Torino (ITA)
03/04 - La Gabbia, Bassano del Grappa (ITA)
03/05 - Rainbow club, Milano (ITA)
03/06 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (SWI)
03/09 - Black Pes, Prague (CZ)
03/10 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
03/11 - Mostovna, Nova Gorica, (SLV)
03/12 - Mochavara, Zagreb (CRO)
03/13 - Wigwam, Budapest (HUN)
03/14 - Stara Pekaren, Nitra (SLO)
03/15 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
02/16 - Voxhall, Aarhus (DK)
03/20 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
Swedish metalcore act Path of No Return will unleash their new album "Black nights coming" on March 25. A full European tour will follow soon after. Head over to their myspace page to stream a song and to see the album artwork: http://www.myspace.com/pathofnoreturn
Swedish indie-rockers Jettie have been picked up by the US label Astro Magnetics who will release their latest album "Heading for Mornings" in the States this coming April. Astro Magnetics is a new label run by Marc and Daria Debiac together with Geoff Rickly, frontman for the band Thursday. Other acts on the label include The Valley Arena, Blackout Pact and Secret Lives of the Freemasons. Jettie also got hooked up with Fata Booking (Blood Brothers, Pretty Girls Make Graves, etc.) and should be coming over to tour in the near future as well.
Power-metallers rejoice! The dudes from Stratovarius have worked out their differences and are back together working on new material.
Ane Brun on tour in Scandinavia:
02/18 - Södra Teatern, Stockholm (SWE)
02/19 - Göteborgs Konserthus, Göteborg (SWE)
02/23 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
02/24 - Credo, Trondheim (NOR)
02/25 - Garage, Bergen (NOR)
03/02 - Värmlands museum, Karlstad (SWE)
03/03 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
03/04 - Ögir mat & musik, Köping (SWE)
03/05 - Village, Västerås (SWE)
03/06 - Strömpis, Örebro (SWE)
03/08 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg (SWE)
03/09 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
03/10 - Palladium, Växjö (SWE)
03/12 - Konserthuset, Gävle (SWE)
03/16 - Ebeneser, Luleå (SWE)
03/17 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå (SWE)
03/18 - Norrlandsoperans Bar, Umeå (SWE)
03/19 - Krokodil, Piteå (SWE)
Download the track "Berliinin kansainväliset ajoneuvomessut" from Finnish noise-rock act Au Pair off their new album "Voiko tämä rakkaus olla synti": http://www.freemedialab.com/aupair/biisit/berliini.mp3
Head on over to their website to download three other demos worth of material, too: http://www.freemedialab.com/aupair/aanta.htm
Norwegian all-stars Ephemera, Stig Van Eijk, Trond Viggo Torgersen, Sgt. Petter, Sissy Wish, William Hut, Andreas Segrov, Gustav Lorentzen, Tor Endresen, Rune Larsen, Christine Guldbrandsen and others are teaming up to record the single "Vi tenner lys" by Jan Eggum as a benefit to the people of South Asia affected by the tsunami disaster. Read more: http://www.ba.no/puls/musikk/article1409586.ece (in Norwegian)
Swedish metalcore act Burst will be supporting the mighty Mastodon on tour in the UK this February along with fellow Swedes Dozer. Dates:
02/09 - Cathouse, Glasgow
02/10 - Northumbria University, Northumbria
02/11 - Academy 2, Birmingham
02/12 - Academy 3, Manchester
02/14 - Corporation, Sheffield
02/15 - Zodiac, Oxford
02/16 - Mean Fiddler, London
02/17 - Lemon Grove, Exeter
It's nothing really all that new, but Burning Heart has put out an official press release regarding the new Millencolin album: http://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=183
As said before, the new record "Kingwood" comes out on March 29 with the single "Ray" preceding it on the 14th.
Jonathan Wright of the blog Unfinished Novellas has posted a bit about his excursion into the Scandinavian music scene, specifically the oh-so-hot psych-rock world of Finland: http://unfinishednovellas.blogspot.com/2005/01/mummi-kutoo.html
Norway's Rec90, home of bands such as Lorraine, Poor Rich Ones and Magnet's debut album, has signed Twinklehead, Bob & Dave and Lu:d. More info soon.
MIC Norway has posted a profile on violinist Nils Økland whose latest album "Bris" was released to much acclaim last year via Rune Grammofon: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005011311125763317463
The Las Vegas Mercury talks to The Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist: http://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2005/MERC-Jan-13-Thu-2005/25636274.html (via)
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. The Ark - State of the Ark
02. Daniel Lindström - Daniel Lindström
03. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
04. Lasse Stefanz - Röd Chevrolet
05. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
06. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
07. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
08. Uno Svenningsson - Ett andetag från dig
09. Arne Domnérus - Best of Dompan
10. Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe - 1993 - Malmöinspelningarna
11. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
12. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
13. Marie Fredriksson - The Change
14. Totta Näslund - Totta 7: Soul!/På drift
15. Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin vol. 1
16. Markoolio - Bäst off
17. Melody Club - Face the Music
18. Ulf Lundell - OK Baby OK
19. Blacknuss - Gold
20. Silverbullit - Arclight
PopMatters reviews the latest Amorphis album "Far from the sun": http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/amorphis-farfrom.shtml