Download an edited version of the new Mortiis single "The Grudge": http://www.earache.com/bands/mortiis/mp3/grudge_edit.mp3
In other news, it looks like that 'Unlimited Grudge' tour with Susperia will be stretching far beyond just the UK, as reported last week. Full tour dates so far, with more to come:
09/15 - Bar Fly, Cardiff (UK)
09/16 - Academy, Birmingham (UK)
09/17 - Rios, Bradford (UK)
09/18 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
09/20 - Academy, Liverpool (UK)
09/21 - Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
09/22 - Arts Centre, Norwich (UK)
09/23 - Keynes Woughton Centre, Milton (UK)
09/24 - Ocean, London (UK)
09/25 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
09/28 - tbc, tbc (FRA)
09/29 - Schwimmbad Club, Heidelberg (GER)
09/30 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
10/01 - Rockfactory Halford, Berlin (GER)
10/02 - Juz, Andernach (GER)
10/04 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
10/05 - Voxhall, Arhus (DK)
10/06 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
10/07 - Flytten, Haugesund (NOR)
10/08 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
10/09 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
10/10 - Scene 37, Horten (NOR)
10/11 - Musikens Hus, Gothenburg (SWE)
10/12 - Kulturbolaget (KB), Malmo (SWE)
10/14 - Nosturi, Helsinki (FIN)
10/15 - Lutakko, Jyvaskyla (FIN)
10/16 - Ground Zero, Tampere (FIN)
10/18 - Mulen Ruzas, Vilnius (LIT)
10/19 - Mega Club, Katowice (POL)
10/20 - Abaton, Prague (CZ)
10/21 - Kultiplex, Budapest (HUN)
10/22 - Hristo Botev Sports Hall, Sofia (BUL)
10/23 - Milos Club, Thessaloniki (GRE)
10/24 - An Club, Athens (GRE)
10/27 - Mochvara, Zagreb (CRO)
10/28 - Mostovna, Nova Gorica(SLO)
10/29 - VAZ Komma, Worgl (AUS)
10/30 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
10/31 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
11/02 - Rockfabrik Z7, Pratteln (SWI)
11/03 - Transilvania Live, Bassano Del Grappa (ITA)
11/04 - Transilvania Live, Reggio Emilia(ITA)
11/05 - Transilvania Live, Milan (ITA)
11/06 - Tor 3, Osnabruck (GER)
11/07 - Garage, Munich (GER)
11/08 - Easy Schorre, Halle (GER)
11/09 - Marx Club, Hamburg (GER)
11/11 - Patronaat, Haarlem (HOL)
11/12 - Baroeg, Rotterdam (HOL)
11/13 - Goudvishal, Arnhem (HOL)
11/14 - Biebob, Vosselaar (BEL)
It's not exactly directly relevant to this site, but it's still interesting - BMG has unveiled a new three-tier pricing format for new releases to begin in Germany: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/07/06/cnkeys06.xml&sSheet=/money/2004/07/06/ixcity.html
Apparently Moneybrother's music is being used in a vodka commercial? Read more: http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=155828 (in Swedish)
The latest Aquarius Records new release list has reviews and samples of Scandinavian artists such as Kemialliset Ystavat and Biosphere along with the usual long list of stuff: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html
Download the song "Crater" from Vintersorg side-project Fission: http://www.napalmrecords.com/mp3/fission04.mp3
The track comes of the forthcoming album of the same name, due out August 23 from Napalm Records.
Check out the artwork for the new Darkthrone album "Sardonic Wrath": http://www.lorenzomariani.it/SardonicWrath/1.htm
It was drawn by Italian artist Lorenzo Mariani whose previous credits include Marduk and Aborym. A release is expected around September via Moonfog Productions.
Reformed Swedish black-metal act Dissection will be heading to the UK in December:
12/14 – Scala, London (UK)
12/15 - tba, Nottingham (UK)
12/16 - tba, Dublin, (IRE)
12/17 - tba, Belfast (IRE)
12/19 - Rio's, Bradford (UK)
Swedish all-star pop group The Gmeyner play their first official show ever at Trädgården in Stockholm on July 7. The first 100 people at the door receive a free copy of the band's first single "My Angel".
Bands confirmed to play the Fredericia Hardcore Festival at the Ungdommens Hus in Fredericia, Denmark on July 29-31: Cataract (SWI), Born From Pain (HOL), Endstand (FIN), Between Us (SWE), Liar (BEL), Another Breath (US), Jairus (UK), As We Fight (DK), Narziss (Germany), Death Before Disco (BEL), Dead Reckoning (BEL), Complete (DK), The Psyke Project (DK), Sygdom (DK), Haervaerk (DK), The Slips (DK) and one more tba. In addition to the music, there will also be camping, veggie food and a huge skate-area including a 4m halfpipe. More info: http://www.hardcorefestival.dk/
Finnish 8-bit rockers Desert Planet have a new track called "Gangster Puzzle" up at Micromusic.net. The song comes from the new album "Turbo Tellytunes" that comes out in August. And is of course, totally amazing from what I've heard so far.
This year's big Swedish music industry event 'Access All Areas' will take place November 24-25 at Nalen. As always, I gotta ask: who's gonna fly me out? More info: http://www.accessallareas.se/
Monday is a holiday here in the US. I probably won't be updating.
Denmark's Mercenary has signed with Century Media. Their album "11 Dreams" will be released in Europe on August 23. No US date has been announced yet.