Beware: new music from The Rasmus

finnish gothpop act The Rasmus will release their new single "Justify" on January 19.

Ill Omen: New breed of Finnish hardcore

Killing the Legacy on the new breed of finnish hardcore and new demos from Ill Omen: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-getting-colder.html

Helsingin Sanomat top album picks

finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat top albums of the year: https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/HS+listasi+kuluneen+vuoden+kiitellyimm%C3%A4t+levyt/1135241971157

finnish hardcore act Phoenix Foundation are streaming two new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/phoenixfound
For for their new self-titled album in mid-January via Combat Rock Industry.

finnish humppa madmen Eläkeläiset will be touring Germany next April:

04/14 - SO36, Berlin
04/15 - Klub Neue Mensa, Dresden
04/16 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig
04/17 - F-Haus, Jena
04/18 - Live Club, Bamberg
04/19 - Alte Mälzerei, Regensburg
04/20 - Backstage, München
04/21 - Substage, Karlsruhe
04/22 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
04/23 - Faust, Hannover
04/24 - Markthalle, Hamburg
04/25 - SO36, Berlin

Shelflife Records will be releasing the debut album "Aboa sleeping" from finnish act Burning Hearts on February 10. Preview samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/burningheartsmusic

Hey look, a finnish advent calendar with a garden gnome flipping the bird and all sorts of seemingly random videos: https://irc-galleria.net/hc-joulu/

Global Domination interviews Osku Kähkönen from the excellent finnish doom/sludge act Hebosagil: https://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/hebosagil-osku-kaehkoenen

M:40 has started to line up a lot of tourdates for next year:

01/20 - Tvo, Turku (FIN)
01/21 - Vastavirta-Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
01/22 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
01/23 - Club Tsokol, St. Petersburg (RUS)
01/24 - Pub Porshen, Petrozavodsk (RUS)
04/08 - Köpi, Berlin (GER)
04/09 - Zoro, Leipzig (GER)
04/10 - Gerberstrasse, Weimar (GER)
04/11 - Ajz, Neubrandenburg (GER)
06/11 - Be-Part Festival 6, Stuttgart (GER)
07/03 - Packebusch Festival, Packebusch (GER)
07/16 - Obscene Extreme Festival, Trutnov (CZ)

finnish act Büfo will be joining them for the finnish and Russian dates and fellow Swedes End of All will accompany them in Germany. Also, keep an eye out for a new split 7" with Dutch act Sand Creek Massacre early next year.

Ektro Records will be releasing the new album "Predatress" from finnish cult speed metal legends Solitiare, their fourth overall. No exact release date yet, but you can listen to samples here: https://www.ektrorecords.com/ektro.php

As promised, here is a brand new song from finnish melancholy pop act Viola: https://www.ifsociety.com/files/viola-we_owe_love.mp3
Preorder the new album "Melancholydisco 2" right here: https://www.ifsociety.com/item/viola-melancholydisco_2-cd

finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire report that the have completed their sophomore album and say it will be released on March 14 via Johanna Kustannus.

finnish doom act Callisto has unveiled that their new album "Providence" will be released on February 18 via Fullsteam Records. Hear the lead single "Covenant colours", their first with new vocalist Jani Ala-Hukkala (previous frontman Markus Myllykangas is now solely concentrating on guitar), at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/callistochaos

Once again, finnish act Kirlian Crossing has a new volume of "Repeat and repeat" posted for free download: https://www.verdurarecords.com/kirliancrossing/repeat.htm

finnish artist Eleanoora Rosenholm's latest album "Ala kysy kuolleilta, he sanoivat" is reviewed at PopMatters: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/65310-eleanoora-rosenholm-ala-kysy-kuolleilta-he-sanoivat/