IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:52:47 -0700

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Franke - Jag älskar dig
02. TALK 1
03. White Knives - Welcome transplants
04. Bobby and Blumm - Drow a bow
05. Anna Leong - Guillotine
06. TALK 2
07. Juvelen - Don't mess
08. Eucharist - The Eucharist
09. Sophie Rimheden - Go away (ft. Aaron Phiri)
10. TALK 3
11. Form One - Money (ft. Vincent)
12. Tape - Augustan chateau
13. Moneybrother - They're building walls around us
14. TALK 4
15. Lapko - Killer whales
16. The State of Floral Beings - Bad broker
17. Opération Zéro - Grand Pere
18. TALK 5
19. Pistol Disco - Beat of the tune
20. Kusowsky - Jonny
21. Motorhomes - Into the night
22. TALK 6
23. They Live By Night - Endless summer
24. Cleaning Women - Clean up your body
25. Kaka - What a frame
26. Gorgoroth - Krig
27. TALK 7
28. Markus Krunegård - Samma nätter väntar alla
29. Snöleoparden - Waterpuppet theatre
30. Oskar Schönning - Stoner
31. TALK 8
32. Tellu - Tuulet
33. Convoj - Cultural legacy
34. Lukestar - White shade
35. Silver - The personal decay
36. TALK 9
37. Brick - Labrador
38. Callisto - Anastasis
39. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - When she's GONE
40. TALK 10
41. Magyar Posse - Singlesparks are spectral fires

Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

This week's playlist for my show on Sirius:

01. Kristofer Åström - The dark
02. TALK 1
03. Amandine - Better soil
04. Christel Alsos - What you gotta do
05. Tarantula - Two arrows
06. TALK 2
07. Kristin Asbjørnsen - I'm on my way
08. Thomas Denver Jonsson - Dreams at the film club
09. Tenderloud - Texas down
10. TALK 3
11. Hyacinth House - Ghost town
12. Strayfolk - I'll be a-goin'
13. The First Miles - Bottle, don't let me down
14. TALK 4
15. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
16. Hederos & Hellberg - I can't hold myself in line
17. Two Times the Trauma - I fell in love with an ocean
18. David Sandström Overdrive - The Fatville Treaty
19. HGH - Stupid song
20. TALK 5
21. Gorgoroth - Procreating Satan
22. Enslaved - The voices
23. Invocator - Breed of sin
24. TALK 6
25. Seance - Post mortem
26. Watain - Underneath the cenotaph
27. Dark Tranquility - Icipher
28. TALK 7
29. Eucharist - The Eucharist
30. At the Gates - Slaughter of the soul
31. Wolfbrigade - EU (European Union)
32. TALK 8
33. Katatonia - Had to (leave)
34. Bloodbath - Soul evisceration
35. Cult of Luna - The revelation embodied
36. TALK 9
37. Finntroll - Slaget vid blodsälv

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Dark Dose follows my lead and posts a track from the mighty Eucharist: http://darkdose.com/?p=84

MP3: - Mirrorworld

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

This week's Friday oldie post comes from Eucharist, yet another hidden gem of the NWOSBD (new wave of Swedish black/death) scene of the mid-90s. The band never really had much of a steady lineup - they reportedly broke up for the first time before their debut "A velvet creation" was released in 1994, but they came back together again in '97 for "Mirrorworlds", the album from which today's song originates. Besides the above-average melodic death-metal songwriting, what I really love about this record is the drumming of Daniel Erlandsson who later went on to fame and glory with Arch Enemy. His playing here is absolutely superb and reinforced by the uncharacteristically clean recording. Everything is so clean and natural sounding - no annoying triggers, no unnatural reverb. All the instruments are clearly audible and perfectly balanced in the mix. It wouldn't be so unusual, but metal so rarely sounds this good.

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800

A new issue of Aversionline means a huge batch of new reviews to pour through. Some of the Scandinavian acts covered this time around: The Change, Darkane, Dimension Zero, Eucharist, Gorgoroth, Naglfar, Nightrage, V:28, The Vectors, The Wake, the "Lyckantropen" DVD (ft. music and interview with Ulver) and tons more.

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Added a new mp3 from Burst today, over on the right. They manage to combine melodic Swedish metal with hardcore in a way that actually works, as opposed to so many of the American bands who attempt to do the same. Good stuff. Is it just me, or is track five on the album totally sound like Eucharist?

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Sweden's Regain Records is rereleasing six "classic" albums from the archives of WAR Music (Wrong Again Records) on October 1. The titles and details, straight from the label:

Naglfar - "Diabolical"
After being deleted for years this classic piece of metal is finally available again in a remastered version. Originally released in 1998, Naglfar's 2nd album is a milestone in the black/death genre! With the new album "Sheol" Naglfar has become one of the most hyped black/death metal bands in the scene.

Darkane - "Rusted Angel"
Remastered with 3 bonus songs. Originally released in 1998 technical death metal at its best. Darkane has through the years grown to a highly respected metal act, becoming one of the top acts in their style.

Carnal Forge - "Who's Gonna Burn"
Debut album from Sweden's Carnal Forge now remastered. Originally released in 1998. Their rawest album ever.

Defleshed - "Fast Forward"
Defleshed's 3rd album remastered with 4 bonus songs. This is the album that brought Defleshed to the level were they are now. Comes in an exclusive slipcase.

Dimension Zero - "Penetrations from the Lost World"
Originally released as a 4 song mini CD in 1998, finally available again with 7 bonus songs making it somewhat more substantial. Featuring 2 previously unreleased studio songs and 5 songs recorded live on their successful Japan tour 2002.

Eucharist - "Mirrorworlds"
Eucharist's 2nd album. The pioneers of Swedish melodic death metal.

I don't enough about all of these records to recommend 'em myself, except for the Eucharist disc which is a criminally overlooked classic of the genre. It features drummer Daniel Erlandsson before he went on to work with Arch Enemy and no fan of mid-90s blackened Swedish death metal should be without it.