Updated tourdates for Laakso:
01/15 - Klubb Rimini/KB, Malmö (SWE)
01/16 - 1000fryd, Aalborg (DK)
01/17 - Musikcaféen, Århus (DK)
01/30 - Blekingska Nationen, Lund (SWE)
01/31 - La Luna, Örebro (SWE)
02/06 - Pustervik, Göteborg (SWE)
02/11 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
02/13 - Kalmar Nation, Uppsala (SWE)
03/20 - Folkparken, Skellefteå (Rookie Tour) (SWE)
03/20 - Folkets Hus Uddevalla (Rookie Tour) (SWE)
Look for the band to hit Germany for a few weeks in April, too.
David & the Citizens are heading over to Germany:
02/20 - Kuehlhaus, Flensburg
02/21 - Molotow, Hamburg
02/22 - MS Stubnitz, Rostock
02/23 - Scheune, Dresden
02/24 - Zentral, Berlin
02/25 - Rosenkeller, Jena
02/26 - Atomino, Chemnitz
02/27 - Volkspark, Halle
02/28 - Glad House, Cottbus
You can also listen to a special 'Señorita remix' of their song "The End", courtesy of Adrian Recordings: click here.
The band also plans to enter Gula Studion in Malmö with longtime producer Jens Lindgård (Franz Ferdinand, Cardigans, Saint Etienne) sometime later this spring.
KVLR has confirmed February 23 as the European release date for their new self-titled album through Stickman Records. Chalksounds will also be joining up with them for a super-limited edition vinyl version of 500 copies to be released in early March. The first single "Slow Clapping" is being pressed right now and should be sent out to radio later this month. Look for a video to come soon, too. Oh yeah, and one more thing: look for dates with Last Days of April in Sweden for February.
Check out a live video of Impaled Nazarene playing the song "Nyrkillä Tapettava Huora" live at Nosturi in Helsinki on January 9 from right here.
The top eight albums as chosen by the Danish Metal Awards:
01. Mnemic – "Mechanical Spin Phenomena"
02. Compos Mentis - "Fragments of a Withered Dream"
03. Invocator - "Through the Flesh to the Soul"
04. Konkhra - "Reality Check"
05. Mevadio - "Hands Down"
06. Blazing Eternity - "A World to Drown In"
07. Panzerchrist - "Roomservice"
08. Illnath - "Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure"
The full list of winners, including categories for best vocalist, guitarist, etc.: http://www.danishmetal.dk/Awards2003_vinderne.htm
Check out some samples from "Ten Times Guilty", the new album from Mistie due out February 1 on Dogbreath Entertainment:
01. "Somebody Said" (first single and video)
02. "Bring You Down"
The new Unisex single "Pigs and Thier Farms" doesn't come out until January 26, but it's now available for preorder from here. The record is being put out by UK-based label Shifty Disco and here's the full tracklist:
01. Pigs and Their Farms
02. Mushrooms and Broccoli
03. Pigs and Their Farms (Archive Remix)
04. Pigs and Their Farms (live video)
Ex-Immortal and current Grimfist drummer Horgh has joined long-running Swedish death metal act Hypocrisy. It seems that former drummer Lars Szöke could not cope with the band's long and hectic upcoming tour schedule, so he was forced to step down from the position. Of course this also means that Grimfist's scheduled appearance at the upcoming Inferno Fest in Norway has been cancelled. A replacement act is due to be announced shortly.
And speaking of upcoming Hypocrisy tours, besides the impending US trek with Cannibal Corpse in February, they'll also be joining up together for the "No Mercy Festivals" tour in Europe with Kataklysm, Carpathian Forest, Vomitory, Exhumed, Spawn of Possession and Prejudice. Dates:
03/30 - Hyde Park, Osnabruck (GER)
03/31 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
04/01 - Halford, Berlin (GER)
04/02 - Abaton Club, Prague (CH)
04/03 - Planet Music, Wien (AUS)
04/04 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
04/05 - Z7, Pratteln (SWI)
04/06 - Alcatraz, Milano (IT)
04/07 - Rock Fabrik, Ludwigsburg (GER)
04/08 - La Laiterie, Strasbourg (FR)
04/09 - Live Arena, Munster (Breitefeld-Dieburg) (GER)
04/10 - Hof Ter Loo, Antwerpen (BEL)
04/11 - La Locomotive , Paris (FR)
04/12 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
Due to an extra heavy workload today at my real job, this week's newsletter will go out tomorrow. Sorry.
Upcoming Swedish Showcase-sponsored dates in the Baltics:
01/28 - Depo, Riga (LAT) w/Hell on Wheels
01/29 - Jelgavas Balti Krekli, Jelgava (LAT) w/Hell on Wheels
01/30 - Zabadaks, Kuldiga (LAT) w/Hell on Wheels
01/31 - Putnudiena Festival, Limbazi (LAT) w/Hell on Wheels
02/12 - Depo, Riga (LAT) w/Filled
02/13 - Jelgava (LAT) w/Filled
04/01 - Depo, Riga (LAT) w/Nervous Nellie
04/02 - Varjaend, Tartu (EE) w/Nervous Nellie
04/10 - Mózg, Bydgoszcz (PL) w/Hell on Wheels
04/13 - Ucho, Gdynia (PL) w/Hell on Wheels
Dark Tranquility report that the songwriting for a new album "is commencing with full force" and they plan to enter the studio soon to begin work on their seventh album.
The planned Statemachine tour supporting And One has been postponed due to AO leadsinger Naghavi injuring himself in a fireworks accident. Ack! Already purchased tickets will remain valid.
Icelandic psych/noise-rockers Singapore Sling will play SXSW this year.
Promenade Recordings will be putting out a new 7" from 1999 who they describe as "the great missing link between Television and Siouxie and the Banshees."