Steel Mammoth frontman Garfield Steel is going solo and will release his debut album "Darkness freedom" on March 28 via in collaboration with sublabel and . Says the press release: "Darkness Freedom is part classic [huh?] NWOFHM and part futuristic synthesizer exploration. Hard rocking guitars intertwine with smoothly pulsating drum machines and eerie effects, creating a haunting new synthesis of heavy rock and electronic sound manipulation."
Finnish live music site Off the Record has a new session up featuring Swedish/American metal act Soen (ex-Willowtree, Opeth): http://offtherecord.fi/soen/
Robyn will be doing a string of US dates supporting Coldplay this summer:
06/22 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
06/23 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
06/25 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
06/26 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
06/28 - St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
06/29 - American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
07/02 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
07/03 - Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
07/05 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
07/06 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
07/08 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
07/09 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
PSL has the premiere of a new collaboration track featuring Per Egland and Kicki Halmos (Masquer): http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/22/extra-peregland/
Said tune is from Per's new album "Allt för din skuld" (due out March 7) and will also be released as a split single with Masquer covering Per's old song "Franco för mig" on the flip.
Get past the goofy intro and dig some solid blackened sludge from Norway's Black Hole Crew.
No denying that Mustasch are patently uncool and aggressively dumb, but I can't deny I still dig 'em sometimes.
Danish melancholy pop/dance act Turboweekend will be back with a new single this spring and a new album in summer.
Solid new punkrock from Northern Sweden featuring members from UX Vileheads.
has posted details for the upcoming Susanna album "Wild dog", due out March 16: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/susanna/rcd-2128-susanna-wild-dog-cd/
Thanks for the folks at EMI Norway for taking the time to post the new Gunnhild Sundli (ex-Gåte) video "Gi mæ fred" on Vimeo so that international folks like me can get a chance to see it.
There's another new song from Norwegian artist Sissy Wish streaming at her website: http://shesastar.sissywish.com/
Sample a bit of the upcoming Trepaneringsritualen 10", due out March 2 via .
In case you were wondering (I was), Magnus Flagge (nee Björklund, from Cobolt) will be rejoining Refused as their bassist for the upcoming reunion tour: http://officialrefused.com.preview.binero.se/2012/02/we-want-to-present-the-bassplayer/
New sounds from Swedish rockers Spiders, straight from the rehearsal room.
New live music at PSL with the interesting jazz/pop act Thus:Owls: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/21/musik-med-thus-owls/