A Fist in the Face of God pays tribute to the mighty Bathory with an archived radio show that includes thoughts from Fenriz, Sindre Solem (Obliteration) and more: http://afistinthefaceofgod.blogspot.com/2012/06/maniac-monday-obituary-ix-hail-quorthon.html
The Illegal Trading Federation are a new Swedish synthpop act from featuring members from MF/MB/, among others, and "Eternity Saturday" is their debut EP.
Swedish artist Simon Ryman is blogging the release of his new album "Dawg", posting samples along the way: http://simonryman.tumblr.com/
For folks looking to jump on the Lower hype train, I hear that the dude from Cult of Youth will be doing a domestic repress of their 7".
The first samples from the upcoming Nexus Kenosis album, due out this fall via .
The official video for The Hives' new single "Go right ahead".
Off-topic, but interesting: The New York Times reports on Sweden's experiment of lending out the @Sweden Twitter account to a random person every week: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/world/europe/many-voices-of-sweden-via-twitter.html
Not music-related, but worth mentioning: Norwegian film "Turn Me On, Dammit!" ("Få meg på, for faen") was pulled from the upcoming schedule at a theater in Tuscaloosa, AL following complaints from local clergy who, mind you, have not seen the film and are objecting to it based solely on their impression of the trailer and their understanding of the premise: http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/06/norwegian_director_responds_to.html
Go America!
Clash Music has the premiere of the new Simian Ghost video "Automation": http://www.clashmusic.com/news/watch-simian-ghost-automation
Obviously it's nowhere near as amazing as The Offspring's new clip, but hey: you're welcome!
Invisible Guy has posted a nice and long, extensive interview with artist/musician Thomas Ekelund about his new label enterprise (and more): http://invisibleguy.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/interview-with-thomas-from-belaten/
Finnish indie label is celebrating their first birthday by offering up their entire catalog for free streaming via SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/soliti/sets
A Nighthawk, the husband/wife musical duo of Ted Malmros (Shout Out Louds) and Sarah Snavely (Dag för Dag), have announced that their long-awaited debut EP "Until I faltered I wasn't free" will be officially released on June 27 via Stockholm-based all-star label collective and will be available both as a digital download and on vinyl.
A new tune from Danish artist Fallulah, download the studio version at her website: http://www.fallulah.dk/
Do the kids still call these "elevator hits"? Anyhow, here's a new clip from Norwegian altrock act Uniforms & Dropouts -- RIYL Britpop, Muse, etc.