finnish label Musically Incorrect Records is shutting down to reinvent themselves as a sub-label to comic book/music publishing company Zum Teufel. The label, now to be called Kein Bestandeil Sein, will still concentrate on the same sort of industrial/noise as always, except now they'll also be opening a comic book/record store in Turku in early August.

finnish hardcore act Lighthouse Project has confirmed that their new album will be called "Gift". They enter the studio on July 9 to begin recording and it will be released in September via Combat Rock (CD) and Blacktop Records (vinyl). Also look for the band to do a short European tour in late August/early September.

Global Domination interviews Aleksi Munter from finnish doom act Swallow the Sun: https://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/swallow-the-sun-aleksi-munter

Some Place Else has just released a brand new super-limited record from finnish noise artist Reptiljan entitled "Archaeodermophagia" and you can read all about it right here, as well as download some samples: https://www.someplaceelse.net/releases/?id=specdr07042

Kissankusi Records will be releasing a new 4-song CDR from finnish freejazz/improv act Black Motor this summer. Tracklist and other details: https://www.kissankusi.com/

PopMatters reviews finnish freak-folk artist Islaja and the new album "Ulual YYY": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/39505/islaja-ulual-yyy/

Bassist Töni Köskinen has left finnish act Damn Seagulls. He'll still play all of the band's currently-booked summer gigs as well as a farewell show, but his replacement has been announced already too: Olli Noroviita (Cosmobile, ex-The Dance). Read more: https://www.damnseagulls.com/

Berlin-based finnish techno artist Uusitalo (aka Luomo, Vladislav Delay, etc.) has posted a couple tracks from his forthcoming album "Tulenkantaja", due out this fall via Huume: https://www.myspace.com/uusitalomusic

There's a new track from finnish hardcore act Unkind on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/unkindhardcore
The song is called "Kiire Sisällämme" and it will appear on the band's forthcoming record "Hangen syliin", out soon from Combat Rock Industry.

Stylus talks to Lauri Ainala of finnish freak-folk act Paavoharju: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/hi/paavoharju.htm

finnish weirdo electro-rockers Pepe Deluxé will release their third album "Spare time machine" on June 26 via Catskills Records and you can listen to samples on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/pepedeluxe
Few IAT readers will probably care, but I'm excited to read that Chris Cote of the amazing Boston band The Upper Crust sings on much of the record. In other news, the group's first album "Beatitude" is now available as a free download: https://music.aol.co.uk/artists/dance/pepe-deluxe-beatitude/article/20070606152709990009

finnish hardcore act Deathbed will release their debut full-length "Veritas" in July with Brown Records handling the CD and German-based label Blacktop Records doing the vinyl. There's no new tracks online yet, but some older samples are available on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/killedbybed

New releases on the way from finnish dark ambient/industrial label Some Place Else:

No Xivic & Gelsomina - tba CD
Bardoseneticcube & Noises of Russia - New orthodox line CD
Lost Weight - Immune to jewels CD
Niko Skorpio - Psilocybe necrophila CD
Reptiljan - Archaeodermophagia CD

Also look for a few additional Niko Skorpio reissues and compilations as well.

Lupatarkastaja highly recommends up-and-coming finnish act Hebosagil, a group described as sounding like being hit by a train: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2007/06/01/hebosagil-cosmic-ep/

finnish noise/art/garage/whatever-rockers Black Audio will release their new album "Catapult" via their own label Musapojat on August 15.