SWANS ADD A BUNCH OF TOUR DATES

The legends that are Swans have added a bunch more tour dates for next year. And yes, Swedish people, they are indeed coming here. Both Malmö and Stockholm will be visited. Click here for full details. Swans are of course also headlining next years Roadburn festival.

KYUSS (LIVES) EUROPEAN TOUR

First there was Sons of Kyuss, well Katzenjammer to be historically correct, then Kyuss, then Garcia Plays Kyuss (they did an excellent set at this years Roadburn fest), and now Kyuss Lives! The band will include members John Garcia, Nick Olivieri,  Brant Bjork and Bruno Fevery (who played in Garcia Plays Kyuss). No appearance from Josh Homme though, which comes as no surprise.

Kyuss Lives has a European tour planned for next year, and here's where you can see them:

Mar. 11 - Bergen, Norway @ Rökeriet
Mar. 12 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller
Mar. 13 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Medis
Mar. 15 - Hamburg, Germany @ Docks
Mar. 16 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Halle
Mar. 17 - Saarbrücken, Germany @ Garage
Mar. 18 - Basel, Switzerland @ Z7
Mar. 19 - München, Bayern, Germany @ Backstage Werk
Mar. 20 - Budapest, Hungary @ Gödör
Mar. 22 - Vienna, Austria @ Arena
Mar. 23 - Milan, Italy, @ Live Club
Mar. 24 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Hugenottenhalle
Mar. 25 - Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre
Mar. 26 - Athens, Greece @ Fuss Club
Mar. 27 - Brussels, Belgium @ AB
Mar. 28 - Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
Mar. 29 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
Mar. 31 - Nottingham, ., United Kingdom @ Rock City
Apr. 01 - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom @ Wulfrun Hall
Apr. 02 - London, United Kingdom @ The Forum

NITAD NEW 7" VINYL

Swedish punk band Nitad has a new single out with four killer tracks. Entitled "Den Gudomliga Världen", it's also the first release (out of many we hope) from De:Nihil Records. We will have it in stock shortly.


myspace.com/denihilrecords/

GHOST Live at Klubben, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 31 2010

Ghost, the most talked about band of 2010, held their first sermon on Swedish soil a couple of nights ago, and expectations were high to say the least. So, did they live up to all the fuzz? Uhm, yes! Not that I for a minute thought otherwise. Their debut album, "Opus Eponymous" is one of the best this year, and this concert was definitely the best I've seen so far in 2010. Ghost played first out of four bands; Deströyer666, Repugnant and Watain. Three big bands, and damn good ones as well, but it was Ghost that most people talked about afterwards.

The nameless singer sounded really good live. Actually just as good as on the album, which is rare. The music was a bit more raw than on "Opus Eponymous", it sounded more like the demo recordings, I think. Nothing wrong with this though, but I like the clean sound on the album a bit more. The concert ended the only way a Ghost sermon could end; with the pope clad vocalist giving out Holy communion to the audience.

I'm counting the days to next years Roadburn festival when I will get to see Ghost live once again.

Text by Mattias Andersson
(Sorry, no pictures, didn't have a camera with me. Check this post to see a couple of live clips from the Hammer of Doom festival)

ROADBURN AFTERBURNER NEWS

The good folks over at Roadburn gives us an update regarding the Afterburner event. That is, the day after the regular festival. They have invited Black Mountain to headline, but it's not 100% yet. However, rumoured bands Blood Farmers and Black Pyramid will definitely play, and they're also talking to Coffins about making an appearance.

New for next year is that they will use the main stage also for the Afterburner, as well as the Bat Cave and Green Room of course. Also, looks like there will be a 4-day pass available, which includes the Afterburner. Previous years this had to be bought separately.

Soon we will also receive news on which bands Sunn O))) has booked for their curated day. Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson are currently talking to the artists they have chosen for the event.

MOGWAI NEW ALBUM AND TOUR

Scotland's finest, Mogwai will release their next album, "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" next year. It will be out on February 14 in Europe via Rock Action Records, and on the 15th in the US via Sub Pop.

The band has also a big tour planned for next year, starting out in January and keeps on going until the end of May. And yes, they're coming to Sweden, both Göteborg and Stockholm are treated to early April dates. Check out the following link for a complete listing: http://www.mogwai.co.uk/News/News_2010/2011_Tour/

ELECTRIC WIZARD POST TWO NEW TRACKS ONLINE

Electric Wizard has posted two new tracks online from their forthcoming album. The tracks are "Black Mass" and "Scorpio Curse". The new album, "Black Masses" will be out on November 1 via Rise Above.

You can listen to the tracks at the band's Myspace page.