Danish dance/pop act WhoMadeWho will be releasing the new, supposedly darker-sounding 8-track mini-album "Knee deep" on April 11 with another as-yet-untitled full-length album to follow sometime in fall. Look for the new single "Every minute alone" in a couple weeks.
Swedish doom act Saturnalia Temple report that their new album "Aion of Drakon" has been sent off for pressing and will be released in April/May via / with artwork by Dennis Dread.
will be putting out a split 7" featuring Deathcrush and American act The Paranoid Critical Revolution this spring with another 7" from the excellent Dark Times to follow soon thereafter.
Danish label has announced that they will be releasing the debut album from Messy Shelters on March 28. Get more info and a sample tune here: https://www.messyshelters.net/
has announced the signing of Dödsvarg, a new act featuring ex-member(s?) of Detektivbyrån that they describe as "a mixture of Meshuggah and Skitsystem," so uh, yeah -- don't go expecting anything like what came before.
will be putting out a split 7" featuring Norwegian act Torkelsen paired with Americans Hard Mix: https://sellout.no/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=17&cntnt01returnid=15
will be releasing the final 7" EP from Swedish hardcore act Commitment Crew ahead of the band's last show on March 26 in their hometown of Göteborg. 300 copies, 5 tracks.
Norwegian artist Elvira Nikolaisen has announced that her new album"Lighthouse", produced by her brother Emil Nikolaisen (Serena-Maneesh, etc.), will be released on March 11.
Now available, Nordvagr -- the iPhone app: https://www.nordvargr.com/
The superb Norwegian Early Music vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval have announced that their new album "A Worcester Ladymass", their fifth for 's New Series imprint, will be released on March 15. The music on the album is "a reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based on surviving manuscripts from a Benedectine Abbey in the English Midlands" and can be previewed at this e-card: https://player.ecmrecords.com/trio-mediaeval
Very highly recommended!
reports that "Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries", a compilation of every issue of famed Norwegian metal zine Slayer Mag plus author Jon Kristiansen's memories of such, is on track for release on June 6 and is now available for preorder: https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2011/02/25/metalion-the-slayer-mag-diaries-is-really-real/
If you're a fan of underground metal, this is an essential buy.
Danish psychrockers Baby Woodrose are now up on Bandcamp with their entire discography available for streaming/purchase, including various sideprojects such as Dragontears and Spids Nøgenhat as well as rarities including a number of things never released before: https://babywoodrose.bandcamp.com/
I remember hearing Frida Selander in passing something like a half-dozen years ago and not being too impressed, but there's been considerable buzz building in the interim. For one, her inclusion as a member of David Sandström Overdrive is a surefire vote of confidence, but I've also been hearing increasingly louder whispers that her next album will be incredible. Not that I can confirm the hearsay, though we do have this new single to whet our appetites. "Forever on your team" is definitely reminiscent of DSO, not that that's a bad thing, not in the least. Recording with Oskar Sandlund probably helps (I believe it's him on drums as well). As for the rest, wait and see -- "Try again baby" will be officially released on March 25 via .
Darkthrone has announced the winners of their fan-created cover art contest for the reissues of "Goatlord" and "Ravishing grimness": https://www.peaceville.com/darkthrone/
reports that the new Pirate Love album "Narco Lux High School (madrigali spiritualiz)" will be released on May 13. In other label news, they've signed "Mariachi Death Surf" act Los Plantronics and will be releasing their 6th album "Organic voodoo soup" on March 11.