V**gra Boys - Ain't No Thief

The Swedish post-punkers V**GRA BOYS have announced a new album, "Cave World" - Out July 8th 2022 on YEAR0001, and shared the first taster from the record, "Ain’t No Thief".

The band was formed in 2015, with several members coming from the bands LES BIG BYRD, PIG EYES, NINE, NITAD, and NEU-RONZ. In 2018, they released their first album, "Street Worms". Nils Hansson, a journalist at the newspaper Dagens Nyheter described the band favorably, praising their musical style, as well as their use of black humor and satire, and rated the album a five out of five.

In 2019, the band won the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA) Album of the Year Award for "Street Worms".

The band's second album, "Welfare Jazz", was released in January 2021.

Benjamin Vallé, the band's co-founder and former guitarist, died in October 2021.

V**RA BOYS: “A lot of our output is a celebration of being a fuck-up”. The follow-up to 2021’s "Welfare Jazz", which has been produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt and DJ Haydn, is released on July 8 via Year0001.

According to a press release, the album is “inspired by current events”, and “aims to tear through the insanity and confusion the world currently finds itself in.”

Listen to "Aint No Thief": https://yr1.se/aintnothief
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Pre-Save "Cave Word": https://YEAR0001.lnk.to/caveworld
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The band is out touring atm, see all the dates below.


Today's tune "Ain't No Thief", taken from the upcoming album "Cave World", enjoy!

MAY 3, 2022 - UEBEL & GEFÄHRLICH - HAMBURG, DE
MAY 4, 2022 - DIE KANTINE - COLOGNE, DE
MAY 5, 2022 - ÉLYSÉE MONTMARTRE - PARIS, FR
MAY 6, 2022 - LE BOTANIQUE - BRUSSELS, BE
MAY 6, 2022 - LES NUITS BOTANIQUE 2022 - BRUSSELS, BE
MAY 8, 2022 - ALBERT HALL - MANCHESTER, GB
MAY 9, 2022 - QUEEN MARGARET UNION - GLASGOW, GB
MAY 10, 2022 - THE INVISIBLE WIND FACTORY - LIVERPOOL, GB
MAY 11, 2022 - O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN - LONDON, GB
MAY 12, 2022 - SWX - BRISTOL, GB
MAY 13, 2022 - THE ACADEMY, MIDDLE ABBEY STREET - DUBLIN, IE
MAY 14, 2022 - THE FOUNDRY SHEFFIELD - SHEFFIELD, GB
MAY 16, 2022 - PARADISO - AMSTERDAM, NL
MAY 18, 2022 - FREIHEIZ - MUNICH, DE
MAY 19, 2022 - FESTSAAL KREUZBERG - BERLIN, DE
MAY 20, 2022 - CONNE ISLAND - LEIPZIG, DE
MAY 21, 2022 - FLEX - VIENNA, AT
MAY 22, 2022 - MEETFACTORY - PRAGUE, CZ
MAY 24, 2022 - PRAGA CENTRUM - WARSZAWA, PL
MAY 25, 2022 - TAMA - POZNAŃ, PL
MAY 26, 2022 - ATLAS - ÅRHUS C, DK
MAY 27, 2022 - PUMPEHUSET - COPENHAGEN, DK
MAY 28, 2022 - PUSTERVIK - GÖTEBORG, SE
JUN 1, 2022 - PARKTEATRET SCENE - OSLO, NO
JUN 3, 2022 - PLAN B - MALMÖ, SE
JUN 4, 2022 - FÅLLAN - JOHANNESHOV, SE
JUN 5, 2022 - TAVASTIA CLUB - HELSINKI, FI
JUN 11, 2022 - PARC DEL FÒRUM - SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
JUL 1, 2022 - DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE 2022 - BEUNINGEN, NL
JUL 4, 2022 - LUNAR SPACE - ATHENS - TAVROS, GR
JUL 15, 2022 - LES VIEILLES CHARRUES 2022 - CARHAIX-PLOUGUER, FR
AUG 12, 2022 - SZIGET FESTIVAL 2022 - BUDAPEST III. KERÜLET, HU
AUG 16, 2022 - PRAIA DO TABOÃO - PAREDES DE COURA, PT
AUG 18, 2022 - BRECON BEACONS - NEWPORT, GB
SEP 26, 2022 - CATALYST - SANTA CRUZ, US
SEP 27, 2022 - THE NEW PARISH - OAKLAND, US
SEP 28, 2022 - THE REGENCY BALLROOM - SAN FRANCISCO, US
OCT 4, 2022 - HOTEL CONGRESS - TUCSON, US
OCT 5, 2022 - SISTER BAR - ALBUQUERQUE, US
OCT 7, 2022 - FOX THEATRE - BOULDER, US
OCT 8, 2022 - GOTHIC THEATRE - ENGLEWOOD, US
OCT 10, 2022 - RED FLAG - ST. LOUIS, US
OCT 11, 2022 - BROOKLYN BOWL NASHVILLE - NASHVILLE, US
OCT 17, 2022 - WHITE EAGLE HALL - JERSEY CITY, US
OCT 18, 2022 - BROOKLYN STEEL - BROOKLYN, US
OCT 20, 2022 - UNION CRAFT BREWING - BALTIMORE, US
OCT 21, 2022 - CAT’S CRADLE - CARRBORO, US
OCT 23, 2022 - TERMINAL WEST - ATLANTA, US
OCT 25, 2022 - TOULOUSE THEATRE - NEW ORLEANS, US
OCT 27, 2022 - WHITE OAK MUSIC HALL - HOUSTON, US
DEC 7, 2022 - ASTRA KULTURHAUS - BERLIN, DE
DEC 8, 2022 - SUBSTAGE - KARLSRUHE, DE
DEC 11, 2022 - BATACLAN - PARIS, FR
DEC 14, 2022 - X-TRA - ZURICH, CH
DEC 15, 2022 - FABRIQUE - MILAN, IT
JAN 20, 2023 - ROCK CITY - NOTTINGHAM, GB
JAN 21, 2023 - BARROWLAND BALLROOM - GLASGOW, GB
JAN 23, 2023 - 3OLYMPIA THEATRE - DUBLIN, IE
JAN 24, 2023 - THE GREAT HALL - CARDIFF UNI - CARDIFF, GB
JAN 25, 2023 - O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON - LONDON, GB
JAN 28, 2023 - ANNEXET - STOCKHOLM, SE
MAR 29, 2023 - STORE VEGA - COPENHAGEN, DK
MAR 30, 2023 - ROCKEFELLER - OSLO, NO

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Hällas - Isle Of Wisdom

Monday, time to present "Record Of The Week" ⚡

"Isle Of Wisdom" is the latest release by the Swedish 70's progressive rockers HÄLLAS. "Isle Of Wisdom" is the follow up to the near flawless full lengths, "Excerpts From A Future Past" (2017) and "Conundrum" (2020). The new album follows the same root they once have created but with a minor upgrade, the sound is much better than the previous one, neeter production so all of the grandiose harmonies really sees the light. They seem more determined than ever and that really seeps out of the cracks. Traversing through an evocative, feel-good blend of nostalgic 70’s hard rock, proto-metal, folk and psychedelic influences - "Isle Of Wisdom" emerges as the anticipated third studio album. The new album is produced in collaboration with Linn Fijal and Vilma Colling at Riksmixningsverket studio, which has hosted the diverse likes of ARCH ENEMY, ABBA and Celine Dion, HÄLLAS experienced the rare chance to once again use ABBA’s unique synthesizers for the production of "Isle Of Wisdom".

"Isle Of Wisdom" is a eight track album with a play time of fourtyfive minutes. They really serves the listner with another marvelous journey, the melodies are like earworms where all songs have their own characteristics. The album opens up with "Birth / Into Darkness" and "Advent Of Dawn" two of HÄLLAS heaviest tunes they ever have recorded. Marvelous riffing and great vocals from the unique voice of Tommy Alexandersson. The mystical first single "Earl’s Theme" slows down slightly, but have a big atmosphere that almost knocks you down. "Gallivants (Of Space)" is a real grandious beauty with it's marvlous melody and vertiginous keys by Nicklas Malmqvist. The dramatic "Elusion’s Gate" dreamy "The Inner Chamber" and "Stygian Depths" are few other great tunes before the final "The Wind Carries The Word" that ends this magical album in a epic way, with it's seven minutes it's really demonstrate the band’s virtuosity and the song-writing skills that the band possesses. I can only congratulate you on another magical chapter in this saga. Well done! Hope to see them live soon.

Sum: "Isle Of Wisdom" provides an incredible journey.

Today's tune "Elusion's Gate", taken from "Isle Of Wisdom", enjoy!



Catch HÄLLAS live on tour:
06.05.22 DE – Hamburg / Logo
07.05.22 FR – Strasbourg / La Maison Bleue
08.05.22 FR – Paris / La Maroquinerie
09.05.22 DE – Hanover / Chez Heinz
10.05.22 DE – Leipzig / UT Connewitz
11.05.22 DE – Berlin / Frannz Club
12.05.22 DE – Munich / Strom
13.05.22 DE – Stuttgart / Club Zentral
14.05.22 CZ – Praha / Klub 007 Strahov
15.05.22 DE – Cologne / Club Volta
16.05.22 BE – Aarshot / De Klinker
17.05.22 FR – Lyon / Rock N’Eat
18.05.22 NL – Tilburg / Little Devil
19.05.22 DE – Wiesbaden / Kesselhaus
20.05.22 DE – Nuremberg / Der Cult
22.05.22 AT – Vienna / Szene
30.07.22 NL – Amsterdam / Melkweg

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The Nomads - Miles Away

Before THE HELLACOPTERS and Scandinavia relaunched rock & roll, there was THE NOMADS. The long-running Swedish quartet justifies its longevity on its eighth LP "Solna" (2012). An album where we find todays tune, a song where one foot in Nuggets and the other in Detroit, THE NOMADS blast the cap with “Miles Away".

THE NOMADS was the Swedish band worshipping at the altar of garage rock when THE HIVES were merely a twinkle in Iggy Pop’s eye. "Solna", their eighteenth album in a 31-year career, sees them on as effervescent form as ever – if anything, more so now that garage rock clusterfuck of

THE NOMADS was founded in 1981 by Hans Östlund, Nick Vahlberg, Joakim Tärnström, and Ed Johnson. Today, Östlund and Vahlberg are the only members left of the original line-up.

Enjoy today's tune "Miles Away", taken from the album "Solna", happy friday!



Here is a live clip from Kägelbanan, Stockholm 2019.03.17.

THE NOMADS play live at the tribute concert "Vikken Ära Tompa Eken" at Kägelbanan in Stockholm 2019.03.17. The concert was arranged by Tony Johansson (Fas3, KSM3 etc.) and Johan Johansson (KSMB, John Lenin, Strindbergs, KSM3 etc.) when they learned that Tommy Ekengren, who was the soul of Ultrahuset and Kafé 44, received a miserably small pension. All artists performed for free, Södra Teatern lent Kägelbanan for free, the concert sold out in seconds and even the extra concert sold out at the moment.



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Ghost - Impera

New week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week". "Impera" is the fifth full-length studio release for the Swedish rock band GHOST, twelve years as a band and they really have establishes them self as a commercial hard rock force and they finally reached the top-tier mainstream heavy metal/hard rock act that they were aiming at. "Impera" is themed mainly on "the rise and fall of empires". It is described to take place hundreds of years forward from the 14th century Europe Black Plague era of GHOSTs previous album, "Prequelle".

The album is a well crafted catchy piece that flows between heavy metal, rock and catchy pop ,much depends on the magic team they have surrounded them self with, thinking of the very talent Swedish writers and producers, namely pop producer Klas Åhlund and songwriting team Tobias Forge, Joakim Berg (KENT), Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare and Peter Svensson (CARDIGANS) and for the musical parts we have the marvelous guitar playing by Fredrik Åkesson (OPETH), drummer Hux Nettermalm (INFINITE MASS, PAATOS), and on Piano, keybords Martin Hederos (THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, TONBRUKET).

The albums opens up with an instrumental intro in "Imperium", dual lead guitars, marching drums that gives a powerful feeling and give a great start to the next tune "Kaisarion", i high driven catchy piece. The tune is titled for the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, the last Pharoah. "Spillways" is a bombastic popish tune, written by Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare. Keys that bings the mind to ABBA, yes keep it Swedish. The second single out of the album is "Call Me Little Sunshine" and "Hunter's Moon" are two powerful tunes where the both have a 80's feeling. The guitar heavy "Watcher In The Skies", heavy riffing and a great melody keeps the tune up. "Dominion" an instrumental interlude to prebuild "Twenties", another heavy riffing piece, that takes the band out of the normal comfort zone and serves us with a head banger. "Darkness At The Heart Of My Love" is a power ballad with some beautiful harmonies. "Griftwood" gives a nod to WHITESNAKE. The album closes up with a short interlude "Bite Of Passage" before the half pace "Respite On The Spitalfields" closes the book for this time. A story about Jack The Ripper, where the arrangement sounds partly as DEEP PURPLE and ALICE COOPER. The album is a pleasant listen, where they successes to keep the interest high. This is a grand step for GHOST. Now it will be interesting to see where it goes.

"Impera" was released by Loma Vista Recordings on 11 March 2022. The cover art by Zbigniew Bielak is a reference to English occultist Aleister Crowley.

Sum: GHOSTs fifth album have a history that strangely enough fits into today's events.

Today's tune "Call Me Little Sunshine", taken from "Impera", enjoy!



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Cornelia Jakobs - Fine

The recently turned 30-year-old will participate tomorrow during the final of the Melodifestivalen, for those of you who follow this. Cornelia Jakobs new song "Fine", which emerged from an event in the flow, may be because I simply drugged female artists this week.

The song is composed by Carl Silvergran, Cornelia Jakobs, Emma Bertilsson and Felix Flygare Floderer. Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson or simply Cornelia Jakobs is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was born on March 9, 1992, in Sweden. Her career started in 2008, when she competed in the Swedish version of Idol. She has in the past participated at Melodifestivalen as part of Love Generation both in 2011 and 2012. She remains part of the group, which now it is called “Stockholm Syndrome”.

This year, she competes in the Swedish national final solo with the song “Hold Me Closer”. The artist has advanced to tomorrow’s final!

So all the luck to her tomorrow and in the mean time we spin her latest single "Fine", enjoy today's tune.



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Gina Dirawi - Meet Me In Jannah

Monday, new week and it's time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

This week I take out the turns a bit and offer a bit of Pop with Arabic Folk Music, something out of the ordinary.

In addition to the big TV shows jobs, Gina Dirawi always dreamed of recording an album. Already seven years ago, she released a couple of singles, but it was only when she came in contact with Björn Yttling and Freja Drakenberg that she found home. "It has been like seeing yourself in sound," Dirawi said after meeting them.

Dirawi was born on 11 December 1990 in Sundsvall, Sweden, the second of four children. She is of Palestinian descent and her family comes from Lebanon. Dirawi's paternal grandparents convinced her father to move to Sweden.

"Meet Me In Jannah" is Gina Dirawi's debut album, produced by Björn Yttling and Freja Drakenberg, got released February 18th. In Juli 2021 she released the excellent singles ”Sunday” and ”Live And Die”, both of them was included in the Netflixserie ”Young Royals”. They got followed by "Blame It On Me" and Dirawi's first tune on Arabic, "Bmoot", that means "I die". The music on the album sounds magnificent, it's raw and feels spontaneous, partly improvised and the voclas are just marvelous, she intertwines Arabic folk music with alternative pop and creates a sound that is completely its own and she does it with such a confident, like she was born to do this full time. Her voice flows nicely, it's intimate and raw, like an instrument by it's own. The opening track "Sunday" she sings about praying to Allah: "Catch you on a Sunday / When you got the weekend off". It does not matter that it is a holiday and that no one may listen, the need for inner peace is too great to wait. The final and closing tune "Live And Die" is recorded in a single recording and the end of the song has been completely improvised. It is one of many moments on "Meet Me In Jannah" that remains long after the last notes have sounded out. I really enjoy this, after working with Gina, I never thought she would possess this knowledge, quite magically I must say, nicely done Gina! Now make sure to release this on Vinyl, because I want this.

Sum: ”Meet Me In Jannah” a rare confident debut, get it.

Today's tune "Meet Me In Jannah" is the title track from her debut album, "Jannah" is Arabic for "Paradise". TRIGGER WARNING, violent video.



Here is a excellent clip from the TV show "Nyhetsmorgon" a few days ago.

https://www.tv4.se/klipp/va/13748943/meet-me-in-jannah-med-gina-dirawi

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Hällas - Earl's Theme

Adventure rockers HÄLLAS have announce a new album, "Isle Of Wisdom", set to be released April 8. ⚡

Traversing through an evocative, feel-good blend of nostalgic 70’s hard rock, proto-metal, folk and psychedelic influences - "Isle Of Wisdom" emerges as the anticipated third studio album by breakout Swedish “Adventure Rock” stars HÄLLAS. The new album is produced in collaboration with Linn Fijal and Vilma Colling at Riksmixningsverket studio, which has hosted the diverse likes of ARCH ENEMY, ABBA and Celine Dion, HÄLLAS experienced the rare chance to once again use ABBA’s unique synthesizers for the production of "Isle Of Wisdom".

Formed in 2011 and named after the main character featured in the stories of their lyrics - a knight in a parallel medieval universe destined to take part in a religious war caused by a tyrannical queen - HÄLLAS are the originators of the "Adventure Rock" genre, devoting themselves to the aforementioned sonic fusion and eccentric imagery inspired by rock greats of yore with a fantastical twist.

Pre-order the album "Isle Of Wisdom" here: https://lnk.to/IsleOfWisdom

Today's tune "Earl's Theme" is the mystical first single taken from the upcoming album.



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Ossler - 16.45 I Smittans År

Pelle Ossler has a background as a guitarist in WILMER X, sidekick to Thåström, one of three members of the SÄLLSKAPET and much more. Since the 1990s, he has also had an ongoing solo career where he has released records in his own name. As many as eight pieces have been made with "Regn Av Glas" which is a generous piece of Swedish Smörgårds bord with over an hour of playing time divided into fifteen tunes where each song feels important and part of a larger work.

Pelle Ossler's music is like a soundtrack and “Rain of Glass” is as if you had composed Johan Theorin's magical Öland detective story “Skumtimmen” from 2007. It is both beautiful and calm, at least on the surface, but then there are things that rub in the soundscape, above all Pelle's guitar, which twists, hisses unbridled but still with control.

Pelle's guitars hiss and quarrel, he sings almost whispered his own and very personal lyrics that almost border on prose filled with breathtaking references and whims.

Give today's song a spin, you might enjoy it as much as I do.

Today's tune "16.45 I Smittans År", taken from the latest album "Regn Av Glas"





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Hardcore Superstar - Forever And A Day

The Gothenburg’s leading exponents of street metal rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR are kicking off 2022 with the release of their new single “Forever And A Day”, a stomping, attitude laden rock anthem about standing up for yourself and everything you believe in!

The tune is taken from the upcoming album "Abrakadabra", the follow up to 2018’s critically acclaimed "You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N’ Roll", "Abrakadabra" will be released via Golden Robot Records (for USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South America only) and via Gain in Scandinavia on March 25th, 2022.

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR has recently released three alcohol fuelled, riff laden singles ‘Catch Me If You Can’, ‘Dreams In Red’ and ‘Weep When You Die’!

But they aren’t stopping there in the lead up and will release another single "Forever And A Day", see it below.

2021 has been a fantastic digital year for HARDCORE SUPERSTAR with three singles released to critical acclaim, surpassing over 750,000 Spotify plays and 250,000 YouTube plays as well as the band playing sold out shows all across Sweden!

Today's tune "Forever And A Day" taken from the upcoming album "Abrakadabra", enjoy!



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Johnossi - Mad Gone Wild

Monday, new week, it's time for us to introduce the "Record Of The Week".

"Mad Gone Wild" is the seventh studio album by the Swedish duo JOHNOSSI since the formation of 2006, this Stockholm-based duo consists of guitarist/vocalist John Englebert and drummer Ossi Bonde.

A band that always has had a great blend between rock and pop and got the eye and feeling to create catchy and mesmerizing tunes. On "Mad Gone Wild" they continue on the path they created fifteen years ago, but they take out the turns a little more, dares, and tries to create something new and interesting, something I think they succeed with well as here the tunes are both raucous and rousing, spacey and very energetic, catchy and electronic. On this record, the duo has dug deep into their own psyches and imaginations to realize something part-concept album, part catharsis, and entirely exhilarating and hypnotic. "Is there an exact point where reason turns into madness?" is one of the questions they brought with them during the creation process. "Are we not all completely insane in our very own unique way?" is another. Drawing on influences and inspiration from thier own periods of depression and anxiety, including Franz Kafka’s "Metamorphosis" and Scorcese’s "Taxi Driver", and Joaquin Phoenix in the role of Joker. The character Roscoe who appeared a bit here and has been in the duo's music since 2010 is also returning.

"Mad Gone Wild" is a dark piece to dig into, raw and still so haunting something that flows over all eleven tracks. The record has a great feeling and atmosphere that sounds refreshing, even if it sometimes results in some songs blending into each other and passing unnoticed. The lyrics are deep with a big heart and when the pace slows down and the words come out very powerful and tunes really hit hard. As in the title tune "Mad Gone Wild" or in the ending "Screaming". There are a few other tracks that need to be noticed like opening punk rocker "Give Me The Knife", the noise rocker "Something = Nothing", the garage rocker "Yeah Yeah", which has a great piano part that is led by their third and new member Mathias Franzen, who get some great space in the short instrumental interlude "Wizards Of Os". The new wave tune and the second single "Koala Before The Storm", is a really powerful tune. and the straight-ahead noise-punk of opener and paean to knife-play and three-day-benders ‘Give Me The Knife’. "A Passenger" tickles every time thanks to its rhythmically interesting arrangement. Overall JOHNOSSI have created another great album that will get some spins over here and I recomend that you let this record loose on your turntable aswell.

Today's tune "Give Me The Knife" is taken from "Mad Gone Wild", enjoy!



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The Halo Effect - Feel What I Believe

THE HALO EFFECT, the new project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES and DARK TRANQUILLITY. — Jesper Strömblad (guitar), Daniel Svensson (drums), Peter Iwers (bass), Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — has released its second single, “Feel What I Believe”. The track, the official music video for which can be seen below.

The song is basically about how it felt growing up and discovering extreme metal in our late teens. Delving into something that was both frightening and alluring at the same time. And having that as the sole focus as you started playing in a band and in essence decided who you wanted to be. That confidence and laser focus is what still fascinates me I love that this somehow endured over the years. This is basically us at 19 screaming "How don't you understand this?". And even if people around us didn't get it at the time at least they could see our passion for it and that's what this song is about.

The video is also reminiscent of the videos we saw growing up. A bunch of long haired people in an abandoned warehouse playing loud music while trying to look cool basically. What we did here though is bring it to another level thanks to Theo Gabay and his amazing team. I love that it captures the vibe of us playing and really enjoying what we do. Also it looks spectacular.

The band have also announced their first ever tour, accompanying Swedish death metal berserkers AMON AMARTH and US thrashers MACHINE HEAD on 31 dates throughout Europe and the UK. See the dates below.

The band comments: “We could not be more excited to partner with Cobra Agency for our first tour of Europe together with metal giants AMON AMARTH and MACHINE HEAD. Working together with people who are passionate about the road, the crews, the bands and the fans means a lot to us and doing this together is something we very much look forward to. See you in Sept/Oct!“

Today's tune "Feel What I Believe" taken from the upcoming album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast.



Upcoming European Tour 2022 AMON AMARTH, MACHINE HEAD /w THE HALO EFFECT

08.09. UK Nottingham – Arena
09.09. UK Cardiff – Arena
10.09. UK London – Wembley Arena
12.09. UK Manchester – Arena
13.09. IE Dublin – 3 Arena
16.09. CH Zurich – Hallenstadion
17.09. AT Vienna – Stadthalle
18.09. PL Krakow – Tauron Arena
20.09. EST Tallinn – Saku Arena
21.09. FIN Helsinki – Ice Hall
23.09. N Oslo – Spektrum
24.09. S Stockholm – Hovet
26.09. DK Copenhagen – Forum Black Box
27.09. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena
28.09. DE Frankfurt – Festhalle
30.09. DE Oberhausen – König Pilsener Arena
01.10. DE Berlin – Velodrom
02.10. NL Amsterdam – Afas Live
04.10. IT Milano – Lorenzini District
06.10. ES Barcelona – Sant Jordi
07.10. ES Madrid – Vistalegre
08.10. ES La Coruna – Coliseum
09.10. P Lisbon – Campo Pequeno
12.10. FR Paris – Zenith
14.10. DE Munich – Olympiahalle
15.10. DE Leipzig – Arena
16.10. CZ Prague – Tipsport Arena
18.10. HU Budapest – Barba Negra
20.10. LUX Esch zur Alzette – Rockhal
21.10. BE Brussels – Forest National
22.10. DE Stuttgart – Schleyerhalle

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The Hellacopters - Eyes Of Oblivion

Swedish high-energy rock and rollers THE HELLACOPTERS will release a new studio album, "Eyes Of Oblivion", on April 1 via Nuclear Blast. It's with a big welcome back I spin the latest title tune. "Eyes Of Oblivion" will mark their first full-length collection of new material since 2008's "Head Off".

Nicke Andersson the guitarist/vocalist states: "The album has 10 songs, and although it's obviously not easy to be objective at all, I think musically it sums up everything we've touched upon from the start in 1994 up until now. Some of the songs date back as far as 10 years or more, and some were written more recently. It's rock and roll played with high energy, so for lack of a better term, I say high-energy rock and roll. You could say it sounds like THE BEATLES meets JUDAS PRIEST or LYNYRD SKYNYRD meets the RAMONES but the best way to describe this album is that it sounds like THE HELLACOPTERS today." 2022 will now mark an exciting new chapter in the history of THE HELLACOPTERS, with an album that sums up what the band delivers like no other: soulful and energetic rock’n’roll!

THE HELLACOPTERS are a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums).

THE HELLACOPTERS line up 2022:
Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Anders Lindström (organ, piano), Dolf DeBorst (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums).

Today's tune "Eyes Of Oblivion" is the title track from the upcoming album, enjoy!



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Hardcore Superstar - Weep When You Die

"Weep When You Die" is the booze soaked, anthemic new single and video from Gothenburg’s leading exponents of street metal, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR. The tunes are taken from the upcoming album "Abrakadabra", which is scheduled for release in March 2022 through Golden Robot Records.

"Weep When You Die" is rejoicing of their first two singles "Catch Me If You Can" and "Dreams In Red".

"Abrakadabra" was recorded at both Osterlycken and Bombastik in Musikhens Hus, Gothenburg, the band returned to their roots to work with acclaimed producer Johan Reiven, who they previously collaborated with on their 2005 "Black Album". The result is an intense and hard-hitting collection of songs that drummer Adde Moon describes as a “natural follow up to Black Album”. The new single "Weep When You Die" described by the band’s drummer Adde as “just another night at your local watering hole”.

Today's tune "Weep When You Die", enjoy it and have a faboulus weekend!



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Lucifer – Lucifer IV

Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

The Swedish/German heavy rock band LUCIFER is back with their fourth release "Lucifer IV".

This Stockholm based rockers have a CV that you don't fool around with. LUCIFER featuring of members of ENTOMBED, THE HELLACOPTERS, DEAD LORD, VOJD, TOPPLOCK and THE OATH.

"Lucifer IV" contines on the path with their heavy 70s hard rock sound with an occult doomish vibe. Since thier first release "Lucifer I" (2015) they have improved themself on every release and I see that is something that they continue to do. As the new album is a delightful one, the evilness is perfectly used and the vocals from Johanna Sadonis is just stunning with her powerful and calm voice which almost bewitches one.

The album starts with "Archangel Of Death", SABBATH-infused rock with a gothic vibe. Excellent guitar playing from Linus Björklund and Martin Nordin, clear and dirty bassline by Harald Göthblad, marvelous vocals Johanna Sadonis, hard-hitting drums by Nicke Andersson a tune that showcase the sound that we have gotten served lately by LUCIFER. The great "Wild Hearses" with some impressive vocals, fuzzy guitar, and marvelous rhythm section. There are a few really accessible and radio-friendly tunes with a great groove with a lot of catchiness, like the songs "Crucifix (I Burn For You)" and "Cold As A Tombstone". "Mausoleum" and "Nightmare" are two great tracks with a gothic vibe where songs like "Bring Me His Head" and "Orion" flirts with BLUE ÖYSTER CULT. The album ends smoothly with “Phobos” and puts an end to this exciting album. Highly recommend this record.

I did visit one of the best record stores here in Stockholm this Friday to pick up the new album with LUCIFER, the band was there and was so kind to sign my copy with the Amazing artwork of singer Johanna Sadonis, soaked in red and tied to a crucifix. "Lucifer IV" was released on Halloween 2021 (October 29th, 2021) on Century Media Records/Sony Music.

Sum: "Lucifer IV" is a well-rounded trip back to the peak of heavy rock in the '70s.

Today's tune "Crucifix (I Burn For You)", taken from "Lucifer IV", enjoy!



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Goat – Queen Of The Underground

"Headsoup" is a new compilation that deepens the legend of mysterious Swedish psych collective GOAT even further. Collecting rarities from across band's celebrated career, including standalone singles, B-sides, digital edits and two enormous brand new tracks, it's a globetrotting acid trip of a record that's even bigger in its scope than their acclaimed studio LPs.

From the incendiary heavy psych of their earliest work, like debut B-side 'The Sun And Moon', to the serene 'Requiem'-era alternate take 'Union Of Mind And Soul', to the simmering menace of their latest material, it's a record as multifaceted as Goat themselves, packed with detours in every conceivable direction. Taking in jazz-flute solos, pounding Afrobeat rhythms, ferocious desert blues, drifting Ethio-jazz, this is, as the name of GOAT's first album made clear, 'World Music' in its most complete form, a sound unrestrained by genre boundaries. Yet the band are anything but lazy appropriators. They approach their forebears with upmost reverence, articulating a celebratory cultural cross-pollination. And what about these two new tracks? 'Fill My Mouth' is a scuzzy psychedelic funk knockout, the sleaziest thing the band have ever recorded. 'Queen Of The Underground', meanwhile, is truly herculean, a swaggering psychedelic powerhouse of the very highest order. Sometimes dark and heavy, at others joyous and beautiful, like Goat themselves 'Headsoup' is mysterious, and constantly shapeshifting, difficult to properly pin down but constantly enthralling. Almost a decade since they first emerged from the depths of Scandinavia, there is still no other band on earth that sounds quite like them.

Today's tune "Queen Of The Underground" is taken from "Headsoup", enjoy!



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The Drippers - Time for Some Action

Swedish action-rock trio THE DRIPPERS, hailing from Gothenburg have released their new single ”Time For Some Action”. THE DRIPPERS is influenced by the shitty Rock N Roll of classic bands like THE NEW BOMB TURKS, GLUECIFER, THE HELLACOPTERS, TURBONEGRO and THE STOOGES.

THE DRIPPERS brings you the dirty high octane garage punk ’n’ rock where the new single ”Time For Some Action” is the first taste of THE DRIPPERS’ upcoming sophomore album, which follows their acclaimed 2019 debut "Action Rock".

THE DRIPPERS did a lot of rehearsing, pre-producing and writing prior to entering Sunlight Studio to record thier second album. "Time For Some Action" was just an idea we had started jamming on a couple of times, but in the car going to the studio William said "we're gonna record it for the album". So when they rehearsed and arranged it in the studio with Tomas Skogsberg (aka the Overlord of distortion) and recorded it while still learning the song. It always gives an extra edge to do it that way, you just let your instinct take over. It had a good groove and a commanding title, so it felt appropriate to choose it as the first single. Last in, first out! Boogie!

Today's tune ”Time For Some Action” taken from the upcoming new album and the single is out now on all streaming platforms via The Sign Records. Music video by Max Ljungberg, maxljungberg.com, enjoy!



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Häxmästaren - Sol I Exil

Monday, new week, time for us to hail a album with "Record Of he Week".

HÄXMÄSTAREN, the Gothenburg’s stoner/doom/sludge behemoths serves us with a release of their explosive sophomore album "Sol I Exil"!

HÄXMÄSTAREN is from Gothenburg, Sweden formed in early 2017. Debut album "Haexprocess" was released in 2018, and the band self released the follow up, "Sol I Exil" in March 12, 2021 and then they signed a deal with the Swedish Majestic Mountain Records for a proper release, the Vinyl got shipped in the end of August, where the wax came in a wicked, transparent gren and yellow haze. Almost looks like an eye of a "HÄXMÄSTARE", lol.

"Sol I Exil" is a flaming sledgehammer of stoner doom and blackened sludge, walking the thin line between blackened sludge and traditional heavy metal. Already from the opening tune "Blood Moon" they serve us with banging hard with breakneck riffage, whiskey soaked vocals that at times gets terribly angry, spits and hisses, the end result is brilliant. "Millennium Phenomenon" is a fablous piece with rumbling bass line and thundering drums along with some ferocious guitar playing, and serves us with a hypnotic guitar riff and searing solos that makes me cringe. "Wavelurker" and "Growing Horns" shows the blackened side of the band, here the musical influence palette gotten some more choices, where the mix of selected ingredients are very wise. The metal is still thick as syrup and wonderfully crunchy on the blackened parts. Where in "Children Of The Mountain" they set fire on the blackened side, the guttural growls haunts out it's own extremities with a surging energy. Some sludgy doom roots in "Dödskult Ritual" and the title tune "Sol I Exil", where the lyrics are sung in their Swedish mother tongue. The later one closes the album with a swinging groove, with some doomy vocals that burst out to the hallowed howls of the damned, cleavery musican ship between the members serves us marvelous drumming, clear and distorted bass and a bautiful guitar handeling. "Sol I Exil" is a marvelous album, highly recomended.

Sum: "Sol I Exil" is a top notch doomy piece that you can't miss!

Today's tune "Sol I Exil", the title tune from the new album, enjoy!



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