will be releasing a special deluxe edition of Madrugada's brilliant debut album "Industrial silence" on July 5 in a newly remastered version, with new liner notes and a bonus disc containing all of the band's various early EP tracks and 4 previously unreleased demos. More info: https://www.emi.no/nyheter/2010/juni/madrugada_%E2%80%93_industrial_silence_i_de_luxe_utgave.aspx (in Norwegian)
Finnish weirdo rock legends 22-Pistepirkko have posted the English-language version of their biography as a free download via their label : https://www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/component/content/article/76-22-pistepirkko-book-in-english-for-free-pdf-download
Renown Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim passed away this weekend at the age of 78: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010060619092096355230
Finnish shoegaze/indierock act On Volcano reports that they are working on a new EP for release in July, probably as both a free download and limited CD.
Norwegian noise/metal act Altaar has pressed a 2nd edition of the "Dødsønske" CS. Order via : https://www.roggbif.com/
Look for a new 7" from the group in the near future along with their upcoming full-length CD/LP "Okkult de sac".
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words recently did a very small limited run of t-shirts that proved popular enough he's doing it again -- preorder here: https://www.deadwords.org/
Finnish pseudo-black metal acts Candy Cane and Oranssi Pazuzu will be putting out a split CD this fall via /.
' latest release is a split LP featuring up-and-coming noise/experimental acts Street Drinkers and Skeppet. Read all about it: https://www.releasethebats.com/rtb58.html
NYC-based classical music station WQXR 105.9 will be dedicating June 8 to 24 hours of contemporary music from Finland via their online (streaming) station Q2: https://www.wqxr.org/articles/q2-music/2010/jun/02/24-hour-finn/
Gaffa reports that Saybia frontman Søren Huss is re-entering the music business after a two-year break following the tragic death of his girlfriend and mother of his daughter: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/40168
Saybia will be playing a few shows this summer before beginning work on their fourth album and Huss will also be releasing his debut solo album, recorded in his native tongue, sometime in October.
The Ark will release "Stay with me" as a new (digital) single on June 7. This will be a new version different from the album.
Phil Freeman interviews Entombed for the Cleveland Scene: https://runningthevoodoodown.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-week-in-cleveland.html
He also caught the band live in NY: https://runningthevoodoodown.blogspot.com/2010/06/entombed-woe-of-tyrants-gwynnbleidd.html
For those that are curious there are plenty of videos of them (and others) from Maryland Deathfest online now, though most of the reports I've heard say that Entombed weren't so great.
will be a special "Label in Residence" at this year's Moldejazz Festival in Molde, Norway beginning on July 19. The label is celebrating their 100th release and will exhibiting sleeve art from at their catalog as well as presenting many affiliated artists such as In The Country, Puma, Stian Westerhus with Sidsel Endresen, Bushman's Revenge, Espen Eriksen Trio, Biosphere with Nils Petter Molvær and also a special commissioned work from Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Humcrush, Elephant9) to be performed with the Trondheim Jazz Orkester and Trondheimsolistene. More info: https://www.moldejazz.no/2010/
XLR8R has posted a sample and some more details about Kim Hiorthøy's new project Drivan: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2010/06/kim-hiorth-y-and-drivan-release-
Definitely sounds way more pop-oriented than any of Hiorthøy's previous work that I've heard. I'm optimistic.
Swedish lounge-metal act Hellsongs will be releasing the new album "Minor misdemeanors" on August 27. Their version of Alice Cooper's "School's out" will be the lead single and other acts covered this time out include Pantera, Skid Row and Slayer.