PopMatters reviews the Moonbabies: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/moonbabies-orange.shtml
Listen to some soundclips from the new Hanoi Rocks single "Keep our fire burning": http://www.hanoirocks.com/news/single2004/index.html
Download an mp3 of the brand new Shape of Despair track "Entwined in misery": http://shapeofdespair.doom-metal.com/Entwined%20in%20misery_sample.mp3
The song is set to appear on the Finnish doom band's upcoming album "Illusion's Play", due out September 27 on Spikefarm.
Check out a live video of Hypocrisy playing the song "Necronomicon" from their recent US tour with Cannibal Corpse: http://www.evileyesight.com/index.html
I'm not sure why I didn't hear any advance notice about it, but Evil Tordivel's album "A fine young man" received proper release in the UK and some other European countries this week. Long-time readers might remember my review from ages ago. Anyhow, the album has grown on me quite a bit since then and it's well worth checking out. It's still a bit of a bewildering listen for one sitting, but that can be a good thing. There's talks of a small tour this coming fall with labelmates Datarock, but nothing's been set yet. That group's own release, the "Computercamp Love" EP, received the full UK/Europe release recently as well.
Blanka has finally confirmed that they will release their debut full-length on August 25 via Diapazam Records. The first single "Restless" ships out on July 25.
Also in the works from Diapazam is the debut EP from Elmo Red on September 22. The single "Don't fall on me today" comes out August 20.
Check out the brand new live video of Rallypack playing the song "And in the car...": http://www.rallypack.se/video2_512.wmv
Blabbermouth is reporting that Bathory mastermind Tomas "Quorthon" Forsberg was found dead in his Stockholm, Sweden apartment. The cause is being cited as apparent heart failure. Tomas was 39.
Stereoscent is updated with new live pics from Division of Laura Lee and Sahara Hotnights: http://www.stereoscent.com/
Coming soon on the site will be coverage from both the Hultsfred and Roskilde Festivals.
Logh has forced to cancel the last five dates of their current German tour due to personal reasons, but they promise to return soon. I'll keep you informed.
In October Västerås, Sweden will play host to the 2004 'New Perspectives' Festival which will feature all sorts of avant-rock, free-jazz and improvisation. Artists scheduled to appear so far include Merzbow, Thurston Moore & Jim O' Rourke (Sonic Youth), Blonde Redhead, Tape, Hans Appelqvist, Henrik Rylander (ex-Union Carbide Productions), Ebbot Lundberg (Soundtrack Of Our Lives), Jean-Louis Huhta (Lucky People Center), Johan Skugge and Kent Tankred. Read more: http://www.nyaperspektiv.se/
Check out the Jocke Åhlund-directed video for "Black Mask" from The (International) Noise Conspiracy: high / low
Staffan Hellstrand, Cult of Luna, Dan Viktor, Captain Murphy, The Perishers, C.Aarmé, Rundfunk and Ulf Stureson have been added to the Trästock Festival lineup.