The new Dmitry Fyodorov album "Shapeless" and the entire remix collection of the same are now both available for streaming: http://www.dmitryfyodorov.com/
Also see the footer links for both being available as free downloadable mixtapes.
After a long break, Finnish label returns with two new releases for October: Fun's 3rd album "New 13" and a new album from Hero Dishonest called "Dangerous", their 5th overall. For full details and free sample downloads, go here: http://www.ifsociety.com/news.php#n157
Both are pretty much essential, if you ask me.
Finnish thrashers Urn are teaming up with Swedish acts Interment and Diabolical for a short European tour:
11/24 - Sugarbar, Stockholm (SWE)
11/25 - Bambi Galore, Hamburg (GER)
11/26 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
11/27 - AJZ Bahndamm, Wermelskirchen (GER)
11/28 - Decimo Secolo, Brescia (ITA)
11/30 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SVN)
12/01 - Randal Club, Bratislava (SVK)
12/02 - Tirish Pub, Banska Bystrica (SVK)
12/03 - Kawarna, Slavonice (CZ)
12/04 - Festung, Bitterfeld (GER)
12/05 - Blackland, Berlin (GER)
Pintandwefall have posted a tour diary from their recent trip to Germany: http://www.pintandwefall.com/ingermany.htm
Power metal vs. power squirrel, only in Finland: http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=1806786
Finnish act Beastmilk, Fenriz of Darkthrone's current band of the week, is definitely worth checking out: http://www.myspace.com/beastmilkeverywhere
Halifax Collect reviews the new album "Birds of a coming storm" from Finnish metal/hardcore act Deathbed: http://halifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/09/deathbed-birds-of-coming-storm.html
Lapko's latest didn't leave me with a very strong first impression, but after setting it aside for a few months, I find myself really enjoying it. While far less direct/obvious than previous release "Young desire" (opener "This is aggressive melancholy" said it all in title alone), "A new Bohemia" benefits from a far more developed sense of craftsmanship and confidence. The album title track has so many hanging gaps and odd twisting contrasts that I would consider highly ill-advised, yet never does the song digress into a jumble of aimless riffing. Lapko had shown complex leanings in the past, but never so boldly; deeper listens lead to deeper appreciation.
Lapko - A new Bohemia
Check out a trailer for the upcoming Paavoharju DVD "Unien savonlinna", due out in early December via : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwnyR_a1OSk
Norwegian label will be releasing a new 7" from Finnish doom act Shape of Despair at the end of October. Preview/ordering info at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/solarfallrecordsnorway
The Silent Ballet reviews the new Kemialliset Ystävät album "Ullakkopalo": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3622/Default.aspx
Pitchfork reviews Röyksopp's new instrumental album "Senior": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14624-senior/
Also covered today, Finnish techno artist/Luomo alter-ego Sistol: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14633-on-the-bright-side/
is giving away the new Islaja single "Pimeyttä kohti" as a free download, both the mp3 and video: http://www.fonal.com/islaja/FR71D/
has signed Finnish act Le Futur Pompiste and will be releasing an album from them in November. Preview the track "Five hundred heartbeats" at the label's website: http://www.shelflife.com/
Días Nórdicos is the name of a new multi-disciplinary Nordic culture festival in Madrid, Spain which kicks off in mid-September: http://www.diasnordicos.com/
Many artists such as Jonathan Johansson, Murder, Moddi and Kaspar will perform live, along with José González who will likewise perform in concert in coordination with a screening of the new documentary "The Extraordinary Ordinary Life Of José González". Full details at the link above.