Bazillion Points commemorates the 25th anniversary of Bathory's landmark release "Under the sign of the black mark" with a guestlist by author/musician Daniel Ekeroth singling out the five best Bathory albums: https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2012/05/11/swedish-death-metal-under-the-sign-of-the-black-mark-turns-25-2/
UPDATE! See more on the subject here and here!
Swedish death metal act Necrovation will release their much-anticipated self-titled sophomore album via on June 26 in Europe, August 14 in the US. It will be available on both CD and vinyl with the first 100 copies of the latter being navy blue with white haze.
Making the rounds and for good reason, here's the new EP from Malmö hardcore ragers Primitive Rites.
Pitchfork agrees that Icona Pop's latest single "I love it" is a potential summer hit: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13584-i-love-it/
While I tend to grab a quick bite and go for a dogwalk, there's a growing trend in Sweden of folks hitting the dance floor on their lunchbreak according to this BBC piece: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17859560
Look for Swedish indie act I Are Droid to release the new album "The winter ward" this coming fall via .
will be releasing the debut solo EP "En timme kvar" from Albin aka Albin Johansson, a multi-instrumentalist who has backed a multitude of artists such as Solander, Big Fox and Edda Magnason in addition to performing with his own band Madmans Moustache. Said record will be purely instrumental, minimalist and organ-based, with elements of Swedish progg, Krautrock and jazz. No release date yet, just "soon".
Miasmal have officially signed with and will be heading into the studio this winter to record their sophomore album.
The full tracklist and ordering info for the new, vinyl/digital-only, all-exclusive comp from is now posted: https://www.brilliant.nu/fflp07.html
Coming soon via , a new collection of works from Finnish experimental/electronic music pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi produced during the period of 1963-1975. Doubel vinyl only, includes previously unreleased music as well as various more well-known pieces and collaborations.
is putting out a new 7" from Swarm, a bluesy noiserock trio featuring current and ex-members from revered Swedish acts such as Victims, Disfear and Entombed: https://denihilrecords.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-release-swarm-nihil011.html
2 songs, pre-orders start on May 19.
Details are sparse, but Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt was reportedly involved in a car accident last night forcing them to cancel the Minnesota stop on their current tour with Mastodon and Ghost. Supposedly he broke his arm, but nothing's been confirmed on that one way or another.
The tracklist for volume 4 of Mikael Sörling's "Turist i tillvaron" punk comp series has been confirmed and sent off for mastering/pressing: https://sirling.blogspot.com/2012/05/latordning-for-turist-i-tillvaron-vol-4.html
Expect a late July/early August release.
Winter Killing is a new solo project from David Wenngren of Library Tapes. Look for his debut EP this summer?
Pitchfork is streaming a new solo track from WhoMadeWho drummer Tomas Barfod with guest vox from Swedish artist Nina Kinert: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13563-november-skies-ft-nina-kinert/
Look for his new album "Salton Sea" to be released on May 22 via .