It's a Trap! Scandinavian music journal

Norway's Silence the Foe has posted their out-of-print "When summer turns to sand" EP online for download as a New Year's gift: http://www.silencethefoe.com/news.php

Novak is hard at work recording a new album with producer/engineer Magnus Henriksson (Existensminimum). Look for the first new single to be released sometime around March/April.

Check out a full report from the last Promoe tour: http://www.looptroop.nu/dagbok/index.html

Look for The Je Ne Sais Quoi to do a short US tour sometime around May.

Gothic music blog Swung by Sepharim talks about Sweden's 1999: http://www.wildhunt.org/gothblog/2005/01/1999-midnight-people-mp3.html

Here's the video for "Riot in everyone" from Swedish glam-rockers/80s-revivalists Crashdiet: http://www.crashdiet.org/media.htm

Check out the video for "Papillon" from Sandy Mouche: http://www.sandymouche.com/musicvideo.html

Copenhagen Sound's release schedule for the first-half of 2005:

01/01 - Wish (re-release)
01/31 - Waver
02/28 - Fotomoto
03/14 - Wild Evil Entertainment Dept. (re-release)

Check out an e-card from Swedish grind act Rentokiller for their brand-new album "Cadaveri Eccelente": http://www.northpost.dk/rentocard.html

Sellfish reviews the latest Mando Diao album "Hurricane bar": http://sellfish.inserteffekt.com/_start.php?link=review/01-05.htm%235

It took awhile, but Duplicate Records finally has a new website online: http://www.duplicate-records.com/
Be sure to check out the 'forthcoming' section for info on lots of great new stuff coming out on the label later this year.

Check out soundclips and more off of the new album "The Quiet Offspring" from Norway's Green Carnation: http://www.greencarnation.no/offspring.htm
The album is due to be released in February via Season of Mist.

Randy's website is back up and running again: http://www.randytheband.com/
If you haven't already done so, be sure to check out the two exclusive tracks I have posted on the right. It's great stuff, just like everything else those guys do.

Finland's Children of Bodom has set August 29 as the tentative release date for their next album.

Download the video for "Isa" from legendary Norwegian black-metal act Enslaved: http://www.digitalmetal.com/Enslaved/enslaved_isa_candlelightusa.wmv
DigitalMetal has also posted a brand-new interview with the group: http://www.digitalmetal.com/interviews.asp?iID=6188