Wolfbrigade will be doing a split 7" with UK-based death-metal act Benediction on Feto Records. It will be limited to 2000 copies with 500 being issued as a picture disc and will feature two exclusive (I think) tracks from each band.
In other Wolfbrigade news, their US label Profane Existence has decided to close up shop which means that the release of upcoming album "Comalive" has been cancelled and their planned US tour is up in the air. The band is currently considering their options and is working hard at figuring out something to make it happen, but nothing has been decided yet. And for you crusties who might care, PE's magazine will still publish as usual and the upcoming releases from fellow Swedish acts Imperial Leather and Massmord will go as planned.
Details are now posted for the upcoming Hilde Marie Kjersem album "A killer for that ache", due out August 11 via Rune Grammofon: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/hilde-marie-kjersem/rcd-2077---hilde-marie-kjersem
Says the label: "Neither a jazz album nor your typical melancholy Nordic singer songwriter album, let's say it's pop music with a twist."
Racingpaperplanes has three new songs up at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/racingpaperplanes
Enslaved has signed with Norwegian label Indie Recordings for the release of their new album "Vertebrae". As mentioned before, it is due out in September.
Finnish indiepop act Goodnight Monsters will have their album "Summer challenge" released in the UK on August 1 and in Japan on August 9.
Fysisk Format has posted details for the new album "Plague waters" from Norwegian hardcore act Snöras: http://fysiskformat.tigernet.no/?cmd=6
Tiger Lou has posted a short mp3 excerpt of a remix for the title track of his forthcoming album "A partial print": http://apartialprint.blogspot.com/2008/07/sunny-side-up.html
Swedish sleaze-rockers Crashdiet have parted ways with vocalist Olliver Twisted, their vocalist since early 2007 following the suicide of former frontman Dave Lepard. No replacement has been announced yet.
Missed it on Friday, but Dusted featured a guest list from Tape as part of their weekly feature: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/751
Danish act Cartridge will tour around Germany in October:
10/07 - Underground, Köln (GER)
10/08 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
10/10 - d:cliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
10/11 - Ex-Haus, Trier (GER)
10/13 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
10/14 - Reiterbahn, Chemnitz (GER)
10/15 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
10/17 - Privatclub, Berlin (GER)
10/18 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
The new "Vi ses i Helvede" LP from Danish punkrockers Hjertestop is confirmed for release on August 14 to coincide with the Shit-Town Festival in Copenhagen. The American LP + CD version (with bonus EP material) will be available around the same time as well. Samples and more tourdates: http://www.myspace.com/hjertestop
Resident Advisor talks to Norwegian artist/producer Prins Thomas: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=936
Swedish indiepop act Nom de Guerre has another new rough-mix track up on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mynomdeguerrespace
Sofia Talvik's guest artist in this week's video clip counting down to the release of her new album "Jonestown" is IAT favorite Karin Ström: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36290000