Check out a teaser clip for "Dark floors", the upcoming cinematic debut from finnish Eurovision champs Lordi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFCgg7qK1k

MP3: Sinikka Langeland - Høstnatt på fjellskogen

Time for some autumnal music - for those that passed on reading the interview (thanks again Mr. Porter!), Sinikka Langeland is a Norwegian/finnish artist who mixes Nordic folk tradition with modern jazz, her instruments of choice being the kantele and voice. Opening track "Høstnatt på fjellskogen" ("Autumn night in the mountain woods") is evocative of exactly that, the shortening days and the slow recession into winter solitude/hibernation. It rushes in like the wind and then all becomes silent and still. Likewise, this piece moves slowly towards a center - notes are left hanging and unresolved, the strange chords creating a tension in the air. When it finally does drift into silence, there is peace.

Sinikka Langeland - Høstnatt på fjellskogen

finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan has signed a new deal with Johanna Kustannus, who will be releasing her new record "Spartan picnic" in Finland this coming February.

The Kahvi Collective have a new netrelease posted from finnish IDM artist Aleksi Eeben: https://www.kahvi.org/159.php

Watch an interview and live performance from finnish folk act Värttinä on Link TV: https://www.linktv.org/video/1658

finnish indiepop act Captain Cougar will release their new album "Chapters" on December 5 via Pinetree Records. Listen to the first single "Nature" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/captaincougar

24:hours on electro/blues finnish act Them Shepherds: finnish-duo-them-shepherds-make.html" target="_blank">https://2-4-hours.blogspot.com/2007/10/finnish-duo-them-shepherds-make.html

The Monotonik netlabel has a new release from finnish electronic artist Ocbalt: https://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp193.html

More finnish hardcore at Killing the Legacy, this time focusing on Field Of Hate: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/10/fuck-your-faith.html

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

pHinnWeb on cult finnish synthpop artist Mauno Paajanen aka Twiggy Oliver: https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2007/10/mauno-paajanen.html

finnish hardcore act Frivolvol has a new unmastered track up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/frivolvol

Ink19 reviews the US release of "Poverina" from finnish artist Astrid Swan: https://www.ink19.com/issues/october2007/musicReviews/musicS/astridSwan.html

finnish noiserockers Echo Is Your Love now plan to release a new EP next spring with a full-length to follow in the fall.

finnish electronic act Mr Velcro Fastener will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a new release on on November 7.