Invisible Oranges is hosting a mixtape of Norwegian metal and hardcore consisting primarily of tunes culled from the catalog of the mighty Black Hole Crew, aka Haust/Okkultokrati/Dark Times/Årabrot/etc.: https://www.invisibleoranges.com/2011/11/mixtape-core-values-1/
Obviously regular IAT! readers should already be well aware of these bands because they are the shit, but if not- this is a decent place to start.
The Quietus has posted a new long and extensive interview with Norwegian noiserockers Årabrot along with a mix put together by the dudes in the band: https://thequietus.com/articles/07242-arabrot-interview-solar-anus
Listen to Norway has posted a new episode of their 99 Minutes podcast series: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011102511315112811169
Featured artists this time include Karpe Diem, Jaga Jazzist, Harry's Gym, Splashgirl, Årabrot, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Martin Hagfors, Ungdomskulen, The Little Hands of Asphalt, Enslaved and lots more.
Check out a mix made by the dudes in Årabrot: https://blackimpulse.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/black-impulse-mix-tape-17-arabrot/
None of the artists contained therein are Scandinavian, but that doesn't mean it isn't quality.
Årabrot will be supporting Dethscalator for a string of UK dates in late October:
10/27 - Undertone, Cardiff
10/28 - Mello Mello, Liverpool
10/29 - Night and Day, Manchester
10/30 - Fishtank, Durham
10/31 - Shacklewell Arms, London (Quietus Halloween Party)
Louder than War interviews Norwegian sludgerockers Årabrot about their new record "Solar anus": https://louderthanwar.com/blogs/arabrot-norwegian-noisenik-action-from-intense-duo
Drowned in Sound is super stoked on the new Årabrot album "Solar anus": https://drownedinsound.com/releases/16487/reviews/4143516
"Odine", the second and supposedly final single from Årabrot's new album "Solar anus", due out Septmeber 9 via . If you like your music heavy and mean, you need this.
Årabrot will be releasing the new 7" "Madonna was a whore" b/w "300 nights" this week via as a precursor to their next album "Solar anus", which is due out September 9 via .
Norwegian sludge-rock masters Årabrot have confirmed that their new Steve Albini-recorded album "Solar anus" is done and will be released on September 9 via . "Madonna was a whore" is the first sample.
The mysterious and reclusive Norwegian act This is Music Inc. is supposedly the "megalomaniac" solo project Årabrot's ex-bassist Jon Øvstedal, though my understanding is that many other folks contribute to the recording. Anyhow, "Saturday night on the dole" is the first single off their forthcoming album "Krasnapolis", their first new release in many years I believe, which is due out July 1 via .
Årabrot and Okkultokrati, two of Norway's heaviest and darkest acts, will be teaming up for a split 12" to be released on July 1 via . Full details here: https://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2011/05/okkultokratiarabrot-split-12.html
If you happen to be near Oslo, there will be a record release show at Blå on June 25 which also happens to be the releasefest for Next Life's new LP as well.
I have been remiss in never officially posting an Årabrot track, so here's a little something from their latest (and possibly greatest) album "Revenge". On days like today when my dayjob feels like it is suffocating me and the world outside is cold, grey and wet, few things feel better than this sort of mid-tempo ugliness, a sound that only becomes more appealing as I get older. As for the subject of revenge, I'm a big proponent of the method of success.
Årabrot are coming over for SXSW and will be doing a number of other dates as they work their way back to Chicago to record a new album with Steve Albini:
03/17 - Barbarella Patio (SXSW Nanotear Showcase), Austin, TX
03/18 - Dave's Skate Park, Texarkana, AR
03/19 - Dalzell, Shreveport, LA
03/20 - Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis, TN
03/22 - Caledonia Lounge, Athens, GA
03/24 - Lunchbox Records, Charlotte, NC
03/25 - Kings Barcade, Raleigh, NC
03/27 - Acheron, Brooklyn, NY
03/28 - O'Briens, Boston, MA
03/29 - Daniel St, Milford, CT
03/30 - Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
03/31 - Geno's, Portland, ME
04/02 - Hard Luck Bar, Toronto, ON
04/03 - Mac's, Lansing, MI
04/04 - Empty Bottle , Chicago, IL
The Quietus interviews Årabrot and Haust, two members of Norway's Black Hole Crew, ahead of the former's Ja Ja Ja gig in London tomorrow: https://thequietus.com/articles/05737-rabrot-interview-haust-necromantic-rock-norway
Featured above: Okkultokrati, the third part of the triad that makes up the so-called "Necromantic Norway" scene and still by far my favorite of the bunch.