The new single from The Ark has been revealed to be called "One of us is gonna die young". It comes out on December 8 and, as promised, you can hear a preview for a short time right here: http://www.emi.se/artists/theark/oouigdy/index.htm
As for the new full-length, it was recorded at Tambourine Studios in Malmö with producers Per Sunding (Eggstone), Jens Andersson (Stereo Explosion), Nathan Larsson (Shudder to Think) and Ola Salo and comes out December 27.
Kent will apparently release their new album "Du & jag döden" in March next year and they're already setting up a tour in support:
05/13 - Frihamnen, Göteborg
05/15 - Kalmarsundsparken, Kalmar
05/20 - Limhamnsfältet, Malmö
05/21 - Himmelstalund Södra, Norrköping
05/26 - Sportfältet, Borlänge
05/27 - Stockholm
05/28 - Stockholm
06/03 - Remonthagen/Körfältet, Östersund
06/04 - Skelleftetravet, Skellefteå
06/10 - Norra fältet, Karlstad
06/11 - Lilleströms Stadion, Oslo
06/15 - Elmia, Jönköping
06/18 - Helsingfors
Swedish metal acts Soilwork, Hypocrisy and Dark Tranquility are reportedly teaming up for a US tour in April 2005. Dates soon.
The very excellent Nicolai Dunger fansite www.nicolaidunger.tk has added a bunch of live radio recordings to the site for download.
Moonbabies have a new website design online: http://www.moonbabies.nu/
In other news, it looks like those dates with Matt Sharp are cancelled, but don't despair - the band has added another three acoustic dates to their tour instead. Here's their latest schedule:
12/03 - Studio Musikclub, Neubrandenburg (GER)
12/04 - Garage Pankow, Berlin (GER)
12/05 - Tanzhalle, Hamburg (GER)
12/06 - Junges Theater, Bremen (GER)
12/07 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
12/08 - Cafe Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
12/09 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
12/10 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
12/11 - Getrenkekombinat, Rostock (GER)
This week at international mp3 blog Fat Planet there's an mp3 posted from Iceland's Bang Gang: http://fatplanet.com.au/
The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:
01. Elin Lanto - I Won't Cry
02. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini
03. Ana - We Are
04. Nightwish - Nemo
05. Nightwish - Wish I had An Angel
Requested Videos: 294,558
Total Streams: 454,886
Okay, today's the day that I'm posting the final song from the new Peter, Bjorn and John album "Falling out". It's called "Goodbye, again or" and it's a perfect closing number. Be sure to check it out.
Logh is currently mixing their new album "A sunset panorama" and will hopefully have it all done soon. The confirmed tracklist for the record:
01. String theory
02. Fell into the well
03. A sunset knife fight
04. Destinymanifesto
05. Asymmetric tricks
06. Bring on the ether
07. The big sleep
08. Trace back the particle track
09. Ahabian
10. My teacher's bed
11. The smoke will lead you home
12. Exit
Headstomp Productions (Ane Brun, The Hommos, The Tiny) now has streaming radio on their site: http://www.headstomp.com/
Global Domination interviews Cato from Enslaved: http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/interviews/enslaved.php
1349 will enter a studio in Nyhagen next march to record their next album, tentatively titled "Hellfire".
Norway's Årabrot reports that they are now done with recording their debut album. The famed Billy Anderson (High on Fire, Mr. Bungle. etc.) engineered and Emil Nicholaisen helped out as well. It won't be out until sometime next year, but here's the tracklist:
01. Rollocaust
02. Maladies
03. Liaison Summer
04. Scagcat
05. Worms
06. 2 AM Seduction
07. Totschläger