Hooded Menace signs with Relapse
finnish doom/death metal act Hooded Menace has been officially picked up by . Read the press release at Lambgoat: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16430
finnish doom/death metal act Hooded Menace has been officially picked up by . Read the press release at Lambgoat: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16430
has signed finnish act Cryptborn and will be releasing the band's demo tape at the upcoming Hell's Pleasure metal fest in late July.
Lukinzine is streaming the premiere of the new album "II" from unsigned Swedish/finnish hardcore act Håll käften, vad vill du!?: http://www.lukinzine.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=890:hkvvdstream&catid=41:nyheter&Itemid=64
Pitchfork reviews finnish retro pop act Shine 2009: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15548-realism/
Soliti is a brand new finnish label with an impressive starting lineup: Big Wave Riders, Black Twig, Cats on Fire, The New Tigers and Astrid Swan. Their first official release will be Astrid's new album "Hits (Pavement for girls)", due out August 17.
Tiny Mix Tapes has a new tune from Hertta Lussu Ässä, a finnish improv/weirdo trio featuring members from Kuupuu, Lau Nau and Islaja: http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-hertta-lussu-%C3%A4ss%C3%A4-mehukkaat-luut
The act is now signed with and will be releasing their self-titled debut on June 21.
finnish death metallers Vorum will be heading to Uppsala, Sweden in late July to record their first full-length album.
finnish live music blog Off the Record has a new episode up featuring Mad Juana, the band of Sami Yaffa from Hanoi Rocks/Pelle Miljoona Oy/a million other bands: http://offtherecord.fi/mad-juana/
has signed finnish folk/blues artist Mirel Wagner and will be taking her self-titled album, previously released inside Scandinavia via , and releasing it across Europe this coming fall. Listen: http://soundcloud.com/bone-voyage/mirel-wagner-no-death
Norwegian label (Casiokids, Harrys Gym) has announced the signing of finnish "Krautpop" act Siinai, apparently a very popular sound these days (see: Torpedo, This Is Head and many many others). Look for the band's debut album "Olympic games" to be released this summer and/or check out the video for the tune "Anthem part 1&2" right here: http://youtu.be/COIM2NJk8B0
Dusted reviews the reissue of finnish heavy rockers Elonkorjuu and their album "Harvest time": http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6420
Also reviewed, the new Phaedra album "The sea" from : http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6348
The finnish Music Information Centre runs down a number of higher profile indie/pop releases from artists such as Shine 2009, Regina, Delay Trees and more: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/D7D58048CB06474CC225788F00423080?opendocument
will be releasing finnish cult act Beherit's very first album "At the Devil's Studio 1990", recorded as a duo back in the day and lost for the past 20 years. Full details: http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/beherit/
There's a lot of killer vinyl reissues these days and out of Finland is behind quite a few, the latest being Lama's 1982 self-titled LP, an absolute classic of finnish punk: http://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/product.php?id_product=396
finnish punkrockers Wasted are fully back in action and will be recording a new LP in June, their first in 7 years, in addition to playing a few select dates over the summer.