Swedish metal act Visceral Bleeding along with Master will supporting legendary death-metal band Obituary on their upcoming European tour:
10/08 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
10/09 - De Fabriek, Sint-Lievens-Houtem (BEL)
10/10 - The Village, Dublin (IRE)
10/11 - La Locomotive, Paris (FRA)
10/15 - Transilvania Live, Reggio Emilia (ITA)
10/19 - Bradford - Rio, Bradford (UK)
10/20 - The Electric Ballroom, London (UK)
10/21 - Düttehalle, Osnabrück (GER)
10/22 - K 17, Berlin (GER)
10/23 - Hydrogios, Thessaloniki (GRE)
10/24 - Rodon Club, Athens (GRE)
Voting is now open for the Swedish hip-hop prize: http://www.swedish-hiphop-prize.com/
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - Guilty
02. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
03. Nightwish - Nemo
04. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
05. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
06. Unni Wilhemsen - Humbly For Her
07. Nik & Jay - En dag tilbage
08. The Confusions - Window
09. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
10. Lambretta - Kill Me
11. Venke Knutson - Kiss
12. Tiger Lou - Sell Out
13. Kings Of Convenience - I´d Rather Dance With You
14. Eskobar - Bring The Action
15. Teddybears STHLM - Hey Boy
16. Sahara Hotnights - Hot Night Crash
17. Infinite Mass - The Thief
18. Mummypowder - Don´t Hold Your Breath
19. Niccokick - Run Run Run
20. Papa Dee - How About It
Challengers:
01. Eskju Divine - Darkness All Around
02. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
03. Moder Jords Massiva - Out of My Hands
04. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
05. Snook - Mister Cool
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
KVLR scores as one of Indieworkshop's top picks of the year so far: http://indieworkshop.com/news/1845
Pitchfork gives a thumbs-up to "Endless Factories" by Division of Laura Lee: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/wearetheworld/04-08-19.shtml#song2
David & the Citizens will release their most recent full-length album "Until the Sadness is Gone" in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on August 26 via Molotow Records. A three week tour will kick off in support of the release on September 30 in Hamburg. Full details soon.
Upcoming releases in the works from Denmark's Morningside Records and label-supplied descriptions:
Delicia Mini - tba - Kaizers Orchestra on tranquilizers?! Full length cd.
My Friend George - "Born in the U.S.A." (working title) - lo-fi, not-a-lot-of-skill, but great songs. Full length cd.
Verdura Records has announced that they will be releasing a 7" from the new Finnish free-improv-jazz group Mohel later this year. More news to follow.
Children of Bodom will return to the US once again, this time on tour with Lamb Of God and Fear Factory in October. Dates soon.
Surferosa are currently recording a couple new songs in Sweden, "Monsterbitch" and "Emergency Rescue", plus an unnamed 'surprise-treat'. Wait and see, I guess.
Katatonia and Amaran will be doing some European tourdates together centered around the two band's appearances at ProgPower in early October. Here's Katatonia's schedule now:
08/20 - Summer Breeze Open Air, Abtsgmünd (GER)
08/21 - Metalcamp, Tolmin (SLO)
08/26 - Samsen, Kristiansand (NOR)
08/27 - Hole In The Sky, Bergen (NOR)
08/28 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
08/29 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
09/29 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
10/03 - Progpower Europe, Baarlo (NL)
More soon.
Global Domination does 'Name that fucken cover tune': http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/namethat/covertune01.php
Norway's Datarock reports that they'll be recording their debut full-length in October and hope to see it released sometime around spring next year. Apparently, Mikal, the head of their label Èllet Records, is taking a sabbatical from the biz, so the band (and everyone else on the label) is free to do what they way. That means there's no word on who will eventually release the record, but it also means that the group is working on repressing the "Computer Camp Love" EP themselves. As for other future plans, they're going to try and book some shows abroad this fall. I'll be sure to keep you updated.
As for what will happen to the rest of the bands on the Èllet Records roster, I'll try to find out.