Artist of the Month: Finntroll |
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Born in 1997 and named after a mythical wild man accused of slaughtering a party of Swedish priests back in the day, Finntroll fuses traditional folk hoedowns with the epic grandeur of black metal. Now the band is one of the leading lights of the folk/pagan metal scene that has exploded worldwide. |
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The new album Nifelvind was recorded at Helsinki's Sonic Pump studios and continues to work the Finntroll myth towards perfection. The Swedish-language lyrics deal in the ageless legends common to all human cultures. Finntroll continue the singing of the songs that made us human all those epochs ago. The influences and instrumentation are broader than ever, encompassing everything from 80s grooves and sinister soundscapes to brutal death and black metal.
This is the real folklore.
www.myspace.com/officialfinntroll
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The fact of the matter is |
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- Management: King Foo Entertainment; European booking: Rock the Nation; Label: Century Media
- Inspiration: folk, metal and the beast in all of us
- In 2006 Finntroll co-headlined Germany's legendary Wacken Open Air festival
- Nifelvind reviews: Terrorizer (UK) 9/10; Rock Hard (GER) 8.5/10; Metal Hammer (UK) 8/10; Rock Sound (UK) 8/10
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SXSW is huuuuuuuuge. It's so enormous, it generates its own weather system consisting of beer fumes, mole verde and option anxiety. In other words, anyone that ventures too close and risks getting sucked into the maelstrom needs a guide, an idea, an agenda...
But there's hope. Finland will throw you an anchor. For a complete list of Finnish shows at SXSW, click the link below.
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With the Expo 2010 approaching fast, China is going to occupy a nice little plot in the immediate vicinity of the center of the Universe. And in the immediate vicinity of the resulting brouhaha, you'll find Finland. Lengthy tours and high-profile shows from over 10 acts have taken place already this year and we´re expecting to see that number rising to over 20 this year!
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In February Finnish rockers HIM scaled the US charts. They made all the way to number one on the hard rock album chart. On the alternative album and rock album charts Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice made it to number two. Digitally, it shot up to 15 on the national album chart.
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Newsbits
- With their new album, Lapko (Fullsteam Records) has just made one of those qualitative quantum leaps that leaves old fans gasping for breath and draws new ones in droves. They're at the top of their game, in other words. Catch them peddling their passionate wares on stage in Finland and Germany.
- Kiki Pau (Johanna Kustannus) is releasing their second album, White Mountain, this month. The first downloadable taster, An Old Song, set the blogosphere alight upon release. Expect great things from this band that according the The Independent combines Velvet Underground with T.Rex with Pavement with Finnish Pop.
- Poisonblack (Century Media), the band fronted by ex-Sentenced member Ville Laihiala, is releasing a new album "Of Rust and Bones" all over Europe in March.
- Electro-pop alchemists TV Off (Clockwork Music Management) are releasing their hotly awaited debut EP upon an impatient world. They are in an excellent position to build on the excitement generated by influential fans like Tom Robinson and Huw Stephens of BBC. Euphonius Records will release the EP in the UK.
- I Walk The Line (Fullsteam Records) are another band that has hit their own sweet spot with a new album, Language of the Lost. The sound, the playing, the songs... It's all there, bigger than megashark and giant octopus put together. See them blowing the roof off suckers in Germany and points beyond.
- Finnish pop-rockers Monday (Scandal Music Company) have made it into the finals of the legendary Battle of the Bands. It's a part of Sazavafest, the biggest festival in the Czech Republic. Monday has made it to the final six out of 200 hopefuls. Catch Monday live in the Czech Republic and Germany in March and at the finals in April.
- Every self-respecting humanoid's favorite bitpop group Desert Planet releases new site. The Milky Way Underground is a kind of 10th anniversary project for the trailblazing northerners. Desert Planet puts the multi back in multimedia and points the way towards new ways of releasing music.
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