Sweden's DIMENSION ZERO — featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass), ex-IN FLAMES axeman Glenn Ljungström, ex-MARDUK vocalist Jocke Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — have commenced the recording sessions for their sophomore full-length album, This is Hell, tentatively due for a summer release. "This time, to make it all even better, they have added new angles and approaches to their songwriting, which will make the last album look pale in comparison,” reads a message on the band's official web site. Rest assured: DIMENSION ZERO are creating a monster and they do not know if it will guide them or kill them. The upcoming CD, the band's first to feature Antonsson, is being recorded at Phlat Planet studios in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer/IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén.

The following is a list of the top-selling hard rock/heavy metal albums in Sweden for the week ending September 20th, 2002 (as reported by the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet):

01. (01) IN FLAMES - Reroute To Remain
02. (02) P.O.D. - Satellite
03. (03) KISS - The Very Best Of
04. (04) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Songs For The Deaf
05. (05) LINKIN PARK - Reanimation
06. (07) MESHUGGAH - Nothing
07. (06) AVANTASIA - The Metal Opera Pt. II
08. (09) SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity
09. (08) DEF LEPPARD - X
10. (11) GUNS N´ ROSES - Appetite For Destruction
11. (10) KORN - Untouchables
12. (NEW) NILE - In Their Darkened Shrines
13. (12) SYSTEM OF A DOWN - System Of A Down
14. (20) DORO - Fight
15. (17) NIGHTWISH - Century Child
16. (19) MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World
17. (NEW) STONE SOUR - Stone Sour
18. (RE-ENTRY) RAMMSTEIN - Mutter
19. (16) LINKIN PARK - Hybrid Theory
20. (15) DARK TRANQUILITY - Damage Done

On the official homepage of the band is the program of a European tour:

September 2002:

9/16 SLIM’S – SAN FRANCISCO, CA
9/17 GLASSHOUSE – POMONA, CA
9/18 BASH ON ASH – TEMPE, AZ
9/20 FOX THEATER – BOULDER, CO
9/21 BOTTLENECK – LAWRENCE, KS
9/22 THE RAVE – MILWAUKEE, WI
9/23 I-ROCK – DETROIT, MI
9/24 AGORA BALLROOM – CLEVELAND, OH
9/25 TROCADERO – PHILADELPHIA, PA
9/26 JAXX – W. SPRINGFIELD, VA
9/27 BIRCH HILL – OLD BRIDGE, NJ
9/28 LUPO’S – PROVIDENCE, RI

Oktober 2002:

Thu 24 Copenhagen (DK) Loppen
Fri 25 Helsingborg (S) Tivoli
Sat 26 Oslo (N) John Dee
Sun 27 Gothenburg (S) Musikens Hus
Tue 29 Dordrecht (NL) Bibelot
Wed 30 Lille (F) Le Splendid
Thu 31 London (GB) Mean Fiddler

November 2002:

Fri 01 Vosselaar (B) Biebob
Sat 02 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat
Sun 03 Eindhoven (NL) Effenaar
Mon 04 Essen (D) Zeche Carl
Tue 05 Paris (F) La Locomotive
Wed 06 Montpellier (F) Rockstore
Thu 07 Barcelona (E) Razzmattazz 2
Fri 08 Bilbao (E) Bilborock
Sat 09 Valencia (E) Sala Roxi
Sun 10 Granada (E) La Copera
Tue 12 Milan (I) Transilvania
Wed 13 Rome (I) Blackout
Thu 14 Cesena (I) Vidia
Fri 15 Treviso (I) New Age
Sat 16 Salzburg (A) Rockhaus
Sun 17 Vienna (A) Planet Music
Mon 18 Nürnberg (D) Hirsch
Tue 19 Pratteln (CH) Z7
Wed 20 Frankfurt (D) Batschkapp
Thu 21 Halle (D) Easy Schorre
Fri 22 Hamburg (D) Markthalle

Sat 23* Thessaloniki (GR) Hydrogios
Sun 24* Athens (GR) Gagarin 205 sl

*In two last gigs will participate only Sentenced