Elsewhere at Pfork, the 'Show No Mercy' column talks to Jonne Järvelä from finnish humppa-metal act Korpiklaani: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45155-column-show-no-mercy

finnish indie act Underdogs have a new 4-song EP posted for streaming at their website: https://www.underdogsmusic.com/music.html

finnish hardcore act Satura Lanx has decided to call in a day. Their final show will be at the Lighthouse Project album release party at Oranssi in Helsinki on September 22.

Thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can now watch a finnish cover of "YMCA" as performed by Gregorius: https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2007/08/gregorius-nmky-1979.html

finnish IDM artist Blamstrain is offering up his new album "Lowblow" as a download using a donation-based system: https://www.blamstrain.com/

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So, I finally got my hands on the almighty Laakso's other release this year, "Mämmilärock", and although it involved an iTunes purchase (which means no artwork), I'm still rather pleased. The main difference with this album is the obvious language choice, as this is mostly all in finnish; also, this album was recorded almost two years prior to its release this April (which coincided with the release of "Mother, am I good looking?" in Finland). Needless to say, it does not disappoint. From the balls-out rocker "Stockholm rock city" to mid-tempo, yet very catchy "See you in Huhtikuu" and "Hetkinen juice leskinen" to the heavy Eastern European influence on "Unelmia oli" and "Hurrin hurjaa elämää", Laakso is consistently at the top of their game. Although there is a slight language barrier on my part, Laakso has again produced another stellar album, and continues to cement their place in the upper echelon of Scandinavian music.
- Matt Giordano

finnish folk act Värttinä will celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2008 and will be marking the occasion with a new compilation entitled "25". The disc will contain 22 tracks culled from the group's 11 albums and live DVD plus one new track entitled "Vipinäveet" recorded during the sessions of 2005's "Miero". It comes out on September 26 in Finland and can be preordered here: https://shop.varttina.net/products.php?p=8e296a

finnish doom act Paganus has signed with Totalrust Music.

Killing the Legacy has another feature on turn-of-the-century finnish hardcore, this time focusing on Bolt: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/08/dont-let-them-ever-checkmate-your-fate.html

finnish hardcore act St. Hood has permanently enlisted Antti Malinen from Down My Throat as their new 2nd guitarist.

Here's an e-card for the new album "Gift" from finnish hardcore act Lighthouse Project: https://www.fireinsidemusic.com/lighthouseproject/giftplayer/giftplayer.html

finnish act Brightboy recently posted a new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/brightboyspace

Killing the Legacy on some more older finnish hardcore, this time covering the NYC-influenced Homefront and their 2003 demo: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/08/strength-through-diversity.html

There's a new video from finnish punks Anal Thunder online: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=14793267

finnish hardcore act Endstand has posted three new tracks from their forthcoming album "Sparks" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/endstand