Finnish doom act Callisto has posted a new animated film by Teemu Erämaa on their website featuring their song "The fugitive": http://www.callistochaos.com/

Swedish doomsters Cult of Luna are currently busy working on new material, as are their Finnish compatriots Callisto.

Killing the Legacy on Callisto's debut EP "Ordeal of the century": http://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/07/alternate-horizons.html

Upcoming dates for Finnish doom/hardcore act Callisto:

02/17 - Bar&Boos, Leiden (HOL) w/Otis, Daily fire
02/18 - Romeijn, Leeuwarden (HOL)
02/19 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (HOL) w/Amenra
02/20 - Eureka, Zwolle (HOL) w/Otis, Daily fire
02/21 - Ex-Haus, Trier (GER)
02/22 - Orange House, Munich (GER) w/Last Grain in the Hourglass
02/23 - Bunker, Bolzano (ITA)
02/24 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/25 - Subway to Peter, Chemnitz (GER)
02/26 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
03/09 - El Mocambo (Canadian Music Week), Toronto (CAN)
03/11 - Sin-é, New York, NY
03/14-16 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/21 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN) w/Swallow the Sun
03/22 - Bar Kino, Pori (FIN) w/Swallow the Sun

New dates for Finnish doom metallers Callisto:

01/19 - Kuudes linja, Helsinki (FIN)
02/18 - Romeijn, Leeuwarden (HOL)
02/19 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (HOL)
02/20 - tba
02/21 - Ex-Haus, Trier (GER)
02/22 - Orange House, München (GER)
02/23 - tba, Bolzano (ITA)
02/24 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/25 - tba
02/26 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
03/09 - El Mocamb (Canadian Music Week), Toronto (CAN)
03/11 - Sin-é, NYC
03/14 - SXSW, Austin, TX

Finnish dirge-metallers Callisto will have their most recent album "Noir" released in Belgium, Cananda, Germany, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg and Sweden this coming February. Look for widespread touring to follow.

The planned international release of Callisto's latest album "Noir" and European planned European tour have been postponed to January 2007.

Finnish doom-metallers Callisto have posted yet another new song on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/callistochaos

Finnish "Neuriscan" act Callisto has confirmed that their new album "Noir" will be released on May 10 via Fullsteam Records. Tracklist:

01. Wormwood
02. Latterday Saints
03. The Fugitive
04. Backwoods
05. A Close Encounter
06. Pathos
07. Folkslave
08. Woven Hands

Listen to a preview track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/callistochaos

Engineer Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Keelhaul) will be mixing the new album from Finnish Isis-emulators Callisto at his New York studio in February.

Callisto, Finland's answer to Cult of Luna, has announced that they have begun preproduction for their second album. The band plans to enter the studio with producer/engineer Jonas Olsson in December and the finished product should be released sometime in the first half of next year.

Updated summer tourdates for Norwegian hardcore act Silence the Foe:

06/12 - Elm Street, Oslo (NOR)w/Jeroan Drive
06/14 - Folkets Hus, Örebro (SWE)
06/15 - 1000fryd, Aalborg (DK)
06/16 - Vera, Groningen (NL) w/Callisto, Jeroan Drive, Go! Revolution Go!
06/18 - Peacedog Festival, Ede (NL) w/Lampshade, Opposition of One
06/18 - The Box, Boxmeer (NL)
06/19 - Gloppe, Leuwarden (NL)
06/21 - MTC, Köln (GER)
06/22 - tba
06/23 - Juz, Burglenfeld (GER)
06/24 - Pressure Festival, Herne (GER) w/Napalm Death, Purified in Blood, Sick of it All
06/24 - Siemstrasse 18, Giessen (GER)
06/25 - Gasometer, Zwickau (GER)
06/26 - 13eins, Ansbach (GER) w/Desperado, Jeroan Drive, Go! Revolution Go!
06/28 - Sub Scene, Oslo (NOR)
07/07 - Seaside Festival, Risøya (NOR) w/The Lionheart Brothers, Larry Norman, The Supertones

Village Voice music editor Chuck Eddy recommends a number of mostly mid-tempo heavy bands for listening, including Scandinavian acts Amaran, Callisto, Dark Tranquility, Frantic Bleep, Mercenary, and Searing Meadow: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0517,dozen,63345,22.html

Callisto, Finland's version of Cult of Luna, will support High on Fire on tour in the UK:

03/26 - Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes (UK)
03/27 - Cavern, Exeter (UK)
03/29 - Met Lounge, Peterbroough (UK)
03/30 - Rios Club, Bradford (UK)
03/31 - Nice 'N' Sleazy, Glasgow (UK)
04/01 - Hop & Grape, Manchester (UK)
04/02 - Central Station, Wrexham (UK)
04/03 - Liverpool University, Liverpool (UK)
04/04 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
04/05 - Bar Academy, Birmingham (UK)
04/06 - The Garage, London (UK)
04/07 - West End Centre, Aldershot (UK)

The group's most recent album "True Nature Unfolds" will be getting a worldwide rerelease via Earache Records in Europe and Australia on March 28 and the US on April 3.

Callisto
True nature unfolds
Fullsteam Records

These Finns play standard mid-tempo heaviness ala Isis, Koma, Cult of Luna and the like. They've got some good riffs here and there, but the songwriting is lacking too much in terms of dynamics and flow to elevate them above generic status. They have good ideas, they just don't quite know what to do with them. The screamy vocals kind of bug me too, but that's a minor peccadillo when so much of the album is instrumental. Not bad for a debut album, but kind of unnecessary in an increasingly overcrowded genre.
- Avi Roig