Long time no see, my friend. For a while the Finnish Metalcore scene was laying low, but with another new combo hailing from Finland’s West coast in form of Mismeia Pictures we can definitely say it made a successful comeback attempt.

THE BUSINESS' DECLINE AND THE CHANGE OF PEOPLE´S APPROACH TO MUSIC – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MUSICIAN NOWADAYS?

Our roundtable talk about modern musicianship continues.

What has happened so far? Well, quite a promising exchange of ideas. After talking about our participants' musical backgrounds and self-images, the first huge controversial issue was touched: Casting shows and their artistic value. However, regardless of how much one might have agreed or disagreed with our guests, one thing is sure: No one who read the first part with open eyes and an open mind left this place bored or without things to reflect about.

Let's continue then with the considerate Pagan Metal icon Ville Sorvali (MOONSORROW), the tart-tongued media expert and Indie drummer Tommi Forsström (VIOLA, ECHO IS YOUR LOVE), the sophisticated yet pragmatic Prog Rock guitarist Kimmo (THE CHANT), the open-hearted Death Metal girl Laura (MEDEIA), and vocalist Tommi Suomala (RAIN DIARY) who gave us a bit of an airy, philosophic feel last time!

Stam1na's fifth album will be entitled as "Nocebo" and released via Sakara Records on February 8th. 

Wasted, one of the most cutting edge Finnish Punk bands, returns with its sixth full-length album as it was never even gone. After a seven-year long silence, apart from occasional touring, the band finally comes out with a new release to pick up from where they left off all those years ago. The six-year spinoff of the Rönkkö brothers with I Walk the Line does not seem to have slowed the pace, if not the opposite.

Roughness, hate and spiritual thoughts – that's what Forgotten Horror is all about. Unfortunately I've never heard a song of this great band before, even though their first recording was an unnamed demo released already in 2007. Surprisingly the 3 band members are all also members of Deathchain.