Excellent finnish occult rockers Hexvessel have announced that their sophomore album will be called "No holier temple" and will be released on September 5 via , both on CD or 2LP. And speaking of Svart, their latest release from similarly-minded act Jess and the Ancient Ones is streaming in full now via Terrorizer: http://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2012/05/22/terrorizer-stream-jess-and-the-ancient-ones
Excellent finnish noiserockers Fun are heading out for a few dates on the continent next week:
05/30 - le Café de Paris, Paris (FRA)
05/31 - le Troglobale, Angers (FRA)
06/01 - La Bascule, Rennes (FRA)
06/02 - Kixkil, Bayonne (FRA)
06/03 - Bar Sentinel, Bilbao (ESP)
06/04 - Würlitzer Ballroom, Madrid (ESP)
06/05 - tba (ESP)
06/06 - Liceo Mutante, Ponteverda (ESP)
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.
There's a new webisode of finnish live music video program Off the Record featuring homegrown act Black Twig: http://offtherecord.fi/black-twig/
A new track from finnish indie act Big Wave Riders, the first sample of what's to come from their full-length debut this summer.
Variety reviews the finnish punk doc "Kovasikajuttu" aka "The Punk Syndrome", a film I've been very interested in seeing for a long time: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947508/
For more info, hit up the official website here.
A brand new jam from finnish act Kiki Pau off their forthcoming album which was mixed by Gustav Ejstes (Dungen) and is due out in June. This particular tune however is self-mixed and somewhat different from how the rest of the record will sound.
finnish artists Huoratron and Mirel Wagner plus Swedish expat Theresa Andersson all have new albums profiled in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/arts/music/new-releases-from-huoratron-mirel-wagner-theresa-andersson.html?_r=3
finnish noiserockers par excellence Throat are now up on Bandcamp where they are offering their OOP releases as free downloads: http://ihatethroat.bandcamp.com/
Expect samples of newer stuff to appear there soon, too.
' upcoming release schedule is bonkers -- in addition to the new Beastmilk and Hexvessel 7"s, as well as the "Dawnbearer" 2LP repress, they've also got like 5 new releases coming out every week from May through June. Here's the finnish/Scandinavian highlights:
05/09 - Sähkö-Isku - Sata kaljaa 12"
05/09 - Kovaa Rasvaa 7"
05/09 - Problems? - Ei tää lama päähän käy 7"
05/09 - Unicef - Käkimassaa 7"
05/09 - Kollaa Kestää - Jäähyväiset aseille LP
05/16 - Abhorrence - Completely Vulgar 2LP / CD
05/23 - Jess and the Ancient Ones LP/CD
05/23 - Callisto - Noir 2LP
05/23 - Sarcofagus - Envoy of Death LP
05/23 - Sarcofagus - Go To Hell 7"
05/23 - Kimmo Kuusniemi Band - Moottorilinnut LP + DVD
05/30 - CMX - Kolmikärjen veljeskunta 4LP
05/30 - Musta Paraati - Peilitalossa LP
05/30 - Reverend Bizarre - Crush The Insects 2LP
05/30 - Rattus - WC räjähtää LP
05/30 - Mana Mana - Maria Magdalena 7"
06/06 - Pelle Miljoona & NUS LP
06/06 - Pelle Miljoona & 1980 - Pelko ja viha LP
06/06 - Carpathian Forest - Strange Old Brew LP
06/06 - Candlemass - Ancient Dreams 2LP
PopMatters recommends finnish artist Mirel Wagner, calls her an "old soul": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/156551-mirel-wagner-mirel-wagner/
finnish doom act Callisto will see their 2006 album "Noir" get the 2LP vinyl reissue treatment by this coming May. The new edition will include the previously unreleased demo track "Coming aeons" as bonus and will be issued as 300 copies on black, 200 on silver.
finnish fiddler Arto Järvelä (JPP, etc) will be doing a West Coast tour in May alongside finnish/American folk duo Kaivama: http://www.kaivama.com/shows.html
Nice to see they're doing a show here in Olympia, so if my wife decides that's how she'd like to spend her birthday then we will be in attendance.
There's a new episode from finnish live music video site Off the Record featuring the band Harmaja performing in an aquarium: http://offtherecord.fi/harmaja/
Can't say that I'm familiar with this act at all, but first impressions are quite good.