IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:25:21 -0700

Here's the playlist for this week's special spooky/scary Halloween edition radio show:

01. TALK 1
02. Entombed - Hollywood Babylon
03. ARM - Humming bug
04. Camouflage - Oktober
05. TALK 2
06. Notre Dame - Red Cross
07. Sanctum - Lie low
08. Bay Laurel - Pale colours
09. TALK 3
10. At the Gates - Blinded by fear
11. Frode Haltli - Lude
12. Brighter Death Now - Little baby
13. Death Breath - Lycanthropy
14. TALK 4
15. Breach - Mr. Marshall
16. The Skull Defekts - Carved in bones
17. The Cardigans - Mr. Crowley
18. TALK 5
19. Diabolique - Catholic
20. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Masks, walls and other ways to keep things out, to keep things in
21. The Bear Quartet - Broken heart
22. Mercyful Fate - Come to the Sabbath
23. TALK 6
24. Beyond Dawn - Cigarette
25. Pimentola - Heart's dementia (Phase I)
26. Repoman - Chemically obsessed
27. TALK 7
28. MZ412 - Infernal affairs II
29. Satyricon - Nemesis divina
30. Switchblade - Selfdestruct schematics / Open aftermath
31. TALK 8
32. Rasion D'etre - Metamorphyses Phase IV
33. Cortex - We are the dead
34. TALK 9
35. Emperor - I am the Black Wizards

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:18:29 -0700

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. TALK 1
02. Repoman - Chemically obsessed
03. Moder Jords Massiva - Vapen
04. Kornstad Trio - Intornette
05. TALK 2
06. Ghost Brigade - Autoemotive
07. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
08. September - My neighbourhood
09. TALK 3
10. Ebba Grön - 800°
11. Torpedo - My evil twin
12. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
13. TALK 4
14. Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time
15. Pimentola - Death is a secret
16. Nils Berg - Sailors fighting in the dance hall
17. TALK 5
18. Lampshade - By and by I come
19. Midnight Choir - Will you carry me across the water
20. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
21. TALK 6
22. Candlemass - Elephant star
23. Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun
24. Cortex - Warrior night (live)
25. TALK 7
26. The Grizzly Twister - This city is a halo
27. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
28. The Grand Opening - Don't drop off
29. TALK 8
30. The Bear Quartet - I'm still her
31. Paper - My life is going under
32. Darkthrone - Wisdom of the dead
33. Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet
34. TALK 9
35. Mob - Ghost track
36. Fare You Well - Deceiving eyes
37. TALK 10

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Last night's Sirius Blog Radio playlist:

01. Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
02. TALK 1
03. Asha Ali - These months
04. Boys of Scandinavia - Why do you love me? (radio edit)
05. Promoe - Headache
06. TALK 2
07. Closer - Sensing the wake
08. The Bear Quartet - Mom and dad
09. TALK 3
10. Kristofer Åström - Just a little insane
11. Familjen - Kom säger dom
12. Pavan - The bird
13. TALK 4
14. Kazakstan - Song to the past
15. Universal Poplab - Vampire in you
16. TALK 5
17. Scraps of Tape - Death as it should be
18. ARM - Drving by accident
19. The Idealist - The knives are my eyes
20. TALK 6
21. Tsukimono - Gathering heavy breathing
22. Pimentola - Wish upon a fallen star
23. Plain Fade - Uliaan leski
24. TALK 7
25. The Skull Defekts - Six six for eyes
26. Logh - Into the night
27. TALK 8
28. Aerial - You will all die, all things will
29. Tobias Hellkvist - Moment at ven
30. Audrey - Views
31. TALK 9
32. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Ashen like the sky

MP3: Pimentola - Death is a secret

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The Finns do love their tango. Even harsh industrial act Pimentola cannot resist the allure. Naturally, their interpretation of the classic style differs a bit from the norm. The song is anchored by the lilting 1-2-3 of the accordion, but the rhythm is led askew by the rough, Neubauten-inspired percussion, leading to a feeling of uneasy seasickness. Voices whisper in the background and the singing saw sounds absolutely menacing. Guest vocalist Aprox. (yes, with the period punctuation) is mostly buried in the mix, but I can definitely make out some lines concerning the concealment of bones. The tango is usually a song of love or perhaps a bit of melancholy nostalgia; this most certainly is not. This is threatening.

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

I'm still not that into pure Flash-based websites or splash pages, but Pimentola's new website is actually kinda cool: http://www.pimentola.fi/
The song "Hearts dementia" in the jukebox gives me chills.

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Cold Meat Industry has posted details and sound samples for new releases from Atrium Carceri and Pimentola: http://www.coldmeat.se/
The Pimentola record sounds especially interesting as it features guest appearances from members of Garmarna, Dead Man's Hill and Aprox.

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

2007 marks the 20th anniversary of legendary Swedish dark ambient/industrial/noise label Cold Meat Industry and they're celebrating by launching two new offshoots, the first being a DVD imprint entitled Cold Meat Visions. The first release will be a collection of short films from Martin Bladh (IRM/Skin Area) this coming spring. As for the second new imprint, nothing's been revealed yet, but it will be announced soon.
In other CMI news, the label has signed Pimentola, their first Finnish artist. Listen to samples here: http://www.myspace.com/coldmeatindustry