You don't have to be finnish to appreciate this photoshop message board thread featuring European Parliament member Alexander Stubb: https://www.stealthunit.net/message.aspx?intBoardID=3&intMessageID=158580

The 2x7" from finnish experimental music pioneer J.O. Mallander planned for release this summer on Anoema Recordings will not be proceeding as planned. Instead, it will be released as a CD as a previously unpublished Mallander track from Fylkingen's archives in Sweden has been found and added to the tracklist and it would've 'broken the symmetry of vinyl singles'. For more info and history on Mallander, go here: https://www.phinnweb.org/early/

Download an mp3 of the brand new Shape of Despair track "Entwined in misery": https://shapeofdespair.doom-metal.com/Entwined%20in%20misery_sample.mp3
The song is set to appear on the finnish doom band's upcoming album "Illusion's Play", due out September 27 on Spikefarm.

finnish electronic music label Exogenic has given their website a facelift: https://www.exogenic.com/
Artists on the label include Eraser vs Yöjalka, Haltya, Squaremeat, Mac Mavis and Texas Faggot.

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:

01. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
02. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
03. Di Leva - Tiden Faller
04. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
05. Peter Jöback - Det Här Är Platsen
06. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
07. Jimmy Jansson - Flickan Från Det Blå
08. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
09. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
10. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
11. Petter - Ronin
12. Infinite Mass - 1991
13. Svenska Akademien - Tändstickor För Mörkrädda
14. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
15. Da Buzz - Dangerous - The Album
16. Kristofer Åström - Loupita
17. Abba - The Definitive Collection
18. Lill-Babs - I Lyxförpackning - Det Bästa
19. Fredrik Kempe - Boheme
20. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye

finnish goth-metal act The 69 Eyes will see their Helsinki Vampires DVD reissued throughout Europe on July 12 via Nuclear Blast.

finnish label If Society has announced that they'll be releasing the new Hero Dishonest LP "Let Your Poison Scream" at the end of June. 20 minutes of no bullshit, no posing hardcore including a cover of "Pääni" by classic finnish punks KTMK. Also in the works from the label is the new album "Szklarska Poreba" from Fun. The sound is described as "classic 80's american indie á la Flipper, Big Black, Minutemen, Fugazi, Butthole Surfers, Saccharine Trust" and it should be ready by the end of July. Download older track "The Rocket Song": https://www.knobox.no-ip.info/~riku/fun/media/the_rocket_song.mp3
And that's not all - the label also has plans for a 7" from The Protestants, a split 7" with Hero Dishonest and Mukeka Di Rato from Brazil and the follow-up to "8 Hours" from Echo is Your Love.

The finnish Music Information Centre now has a new section open with mp3 audio clips from a ton of different artists and genres. Check it out: [click here]

finnish acts And The Lefthanded and Jimi Tenor have been added to the Koneisto Festival lineup.

Yet another finnish goth-influenced band has signed with a major and is being prepped for the international scene. This times it's The 69-Eyes who just recently announced their deal with EMI/Virgin. A new single called "Lost Boys" comes out in about three weeks and the band reports they are about halfway done recording the new full-length with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Moonspell).

The Brainwashed Brain has a nice review and some samples from the new 4xCD album "Kesto" from finnish electronic music artists Pan Sonic: https://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv07i19.html

finnish band The Bullets made their live debut yesterday with a three-hour set in "the tiny ladies room of Papin Nenä" in Vaasa. They played under the alias "The Toilets", which of course was mighty appropriate for the occasion. And as they say themselves, definitely not a bad way to spend your first gig. Pics here: https://mokomaki.com/bullets/toilets/

Check out the video for "Trollhammaren" from finnish humppa-metallers Finntroll: https://finntroll.net/video/
The track comes from the band's second album "Nattfödd", out now on Century Media.

finnish electronic music and video art label Abflug has announced the release of "Kids Used to Dream of Becoming Astronauts", the new EP from Karri O.. Here's the synopsis, straight from the label:

This five-track EP from Karri O. is a sincere attempt to render digital sounds as organic as possible. With echoes of influences ranging from minimal German techno to Rhythm & Sound to Warp, the end result is a danceable experiment that is nostalgic without being melancholy, innocent without being naïve. It is also Karri's first solo recording since he traded in his decks for a laptop after over a decade of deejaying. "Kids Used to Dream of Becoming Astronauts" comes with a deceivingly simple two-player computer game called Robotit for Windows machines. Use the money you earn to make your robot more and more powerful as the game progresses and then try to beat your friends. Original music for the game provided by Karri O.

Look for more releases from Karri on various labels to be announced soon.

Yet another finnish goth band, The 69-Eyes, have reportedly signed a 'big major label deal' and have already begun recording their new album with producers Johnny Lee Michaels and Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Moonspell, Sentenced). The first single "Lost Boys" is due out in June and the album should follow around October.

"Tone of Finland" is the name of a forthcoming compilation of music from, remixed and inspired by Ilppo Pohjola's documentary film "Daddy and the Muscle Academy" on finnish gay artist Tom of Finland. The music will include the original score by Elliott Sharp as well as the complete soundtrack, remixes from various finnish electronic musicians and sound designers and a couple tracks inspired by the subject. Some of the artists include RinneRadio, Circle, Giant Robot, Juhani Liimatainen, Otto Romanowski, Jimi Tenor, Pekka Lappi, Esa Kotilainen and Mika Vainio. More info about the film can be found here: https://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/catalogue/daddy/daddy.html