Also from Lupatarkastaja comes a post on finnish minimalist pop act Futones who recently posted some old demo clips online for download: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/04/26/futone/

Children of Bodom have confirmed a finnish release date of September 14 for their new album "Are you dead yet?". It comes out internationally on September 19.

The Kahvi Collective netlabel has a new video release from finnish art group MFX: https://www.kahvi.org/v03.php

Via Lupatarkastaja comes word that finnish traditional metal act Machine Men have signed with Century Media: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/04/21/machine-men-century-medialle/

Check out an mp3 of a collaboration between finnish electronic acts Kompleksi and Club Telex Noise Ensemble: https://www.phinnweb.org/kompleksi/sounds/KompleksiTrak.mp3
Kompleski says about the track: "It's music of my mind, as brought to this world with the kind assistance of Mike Not; an exp.eclectro sonic psychodrama both on a common and individual level, concerning some pivotal issues of geopolitical and economic nature. Warning: not for the weak nerves.

finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja kicks off their new mixtape series with a collection of five songs hand-picked by guitarist/vocalist Antti Hyyrynen of the metal band Stam1na: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/04/19/luuvitosen-vippi-1-antti-hyyrynen-stam1na/

finnish power-metallers Stratovarius have confirmed a late August/early September release for their upcoming self-titled album on Sanctuary Records. Tracklist:

01. Maniac Dance
02. Fight
03. Just Carry On
04. Back To Madness
05. Gypsy In Me
06. Götterdämmerung (Zenith of Power)
07. The Land of Ice and Snow
08. Leave The Tribe
09. United

A video for the first single "Maniac dance" was just shot with guitarist Timo Tolkki's old school chum director Antti Jokinen (Beyoncé, Korn, Missy Elliot, Celine Dion).

Check out a video clip of finnish indiepop act Sugarrush recording in the studio: https://mokomaki.com/sugarrush/audiovideo/suggies.mov

The finnish extreme music mag Inferno is putting out a DVD video comp of Scandinavian artists on May 18, focusing primarily on finnish acts of course. The tracklist looks pretty darn awesome and it's supposed to cost less than 20 euros, so why not? Sounds like a good deal to me. Read more: https://www.inferno.fi/inf_news_2.php?id=20

finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja talks about grindcore act Deathbound: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/04/15/deathbound-doomsdaycomfort-cd-clips-extinct-video/

Via Coolfer comes this story about the finnish company Viralg who are posting corrupted music files to p2p networks in order to inhibit illegal downloads: https://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=750
As Coolfer says, "the cat-and-mouse game just got more interesting." Labels have trying to seed the networks with dummy files for awhile now, but this is a new step for them and they say that it seems to be working.

Pitchfork does a respectible job giving an intro to finnish psych/folk-rock: finnish-psych-folk.shtml" target=_blank>https://pitchforkmedia.com/features/weekly/05-04-18-finnish-psych-folk.shtml

finnish all-stars Markus (Latebirds), Knipi (Egotrippi), Rikki London (Johnny Thunders, Flaming Sideburns) and Heikki Tikka (Hearthill, Mummypowder) are collaborating in a new band called The Tunes. They recently released an album called "Bright yellow sun" and you can find out more at their website: https://www.grandpop.net/tunes.html

finnish hardcore act On a Solid Rock has broken up: https://www.onasolidrock.cjb.net/ (in finnish)

Dusted reviews finnish free-folk act Kemialliset Ystävät: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2093