Danish heavies Rising have officially signed with German label and will soon begin recording their debut full-length with producer Jacob Reichert Nielsen in late March. Expect a late October release with a European tour to follow.
Upstart label has signed Swedish rockers El Camino and will re-releasing the band's "Satanik magiik" EP in an expanded version with two additional tracks in mid-March on both LP and CD. Listen here: https://www.myspace.com/elcaminomusic
Looptroop Rockers have announced that their new album "Professional dreamers" will be released on March 9, their first album with Cosmic back in the fold after a 2-year absence. Look for the title track to be released as a single soon.
Retro hardrockers Graveyard have officially signed with who will be releasing the band's much-anticipated new album "Hisingen blues" in late March.
Powersolo's new album "Buzz human" has been confirmed for release on February 14 via . Hear the poetic title track: https://www.powersolo.dk/
Norwegian label will be putting out a split 12" featuring Finnish act Joensuu 1685 and US artist Brad Laner (ex-Medicine). 1000 copies, due out March 14, full tracklist and cover art here: https://splendour.no/post/2713139579
The next Victims album will be called "A dissident" and it should be fully mixed by next week with an official release date of April 12.
has confirmed that the new Acid House Kings album "Music sounds better with you" will be released on March 22 and will be available on both CD and vinyl. They've also announced a new single from new band/The Mary Onettes sideproject Det Vackra Livet called "Viljan" which will be officially released on February 2. Listen at Tram7: https://www.tram7.se/2011/01/12/det-vackra-livet-viljan/
Skippers Corner is now moving beyond virtual mixtapes and is now putting out an actual 30m cassette compilation of Swedish punk: https://sailorpunk.blogspot.com/2011/01/omslag.html
Featured acts include Desperat, Glöm Dä!, Beyond Pink, Spotlicks, Headons and Kronofogden.
Slightly off-topic, but definitely worth noting for those of us interested in Swedish culture beyond music: Daniel Ekeroth's new book "Swedish Sensationsfilms: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema" on the wild period of Swedish cinema in the 70s and beyond will be out in March and can be previewed/ordered here: https://www.sensationsfilm.com/
I'd like to hope that will send me an advance copy for review, but somehow I doubt it.
We knew it was coming, now it's confirmed to be one step closer: Annika Norlin has re-recorded Säkert! material in English. No idea when it'll be out, but I'm looking forward to it.
Danish pop act Aqua are reportedly back in the studio working on new material for an album.
Next up from sister label will be Christoffer Roth's new solo single "New kind of love", due out February 11. His new album "Best in a mess" will follow on March 25.
offshoot label has announced the signing of new Swedish act World Tour. Check out their debut single "Sparks" here: https://www.cascine.us/world-tour-sparks.php
reports that Anna Järvinen's new Mattias Glavå-produced album is finished and will be released in March: https://www.strandedrecords.se/strandedrekords/stranded-blogg/2011/1/11/anna-jarvinens-nya-album-ar-fardiginspelat