BEGRAVNINGSENTREPREN+RERN
2018. The highly anticipated debut album Begravningsentreprenörerna, who burst onto the scene with a bold self-titled EP on Ektro. Although a new band at the time, Begravningsentreprenörerna contained memb..
RAJAYTTAJAT
2018. Maxi-45 trilogy that might never be completed. The three songs are a sandwich of swinging rock'n'roll between two pieces of very strange bread (of varying thicknesses). The music is rich in vital elements of t..
PROFESSOR BLACK
2018. The debut EP from Professor Black is a six-song slammer of heavy metal rock and roll. These songs had been iced for a while, but now, as they say, it's out of the freezer and into the fryer! Recorded in 2017, ..
HAUTALA HEIKKI
2018. Known for his revered punk ensemble Sokea Piste and an acoustic solo effort called Pyövelin Vaatteet, on this album, this instantly recognizable singer-songwriter from Finland found a new kind of vehicle ..
PELTOLA MARKKU
2017. Ektro/Full Contact commemorates the 10th anniversary of the beloved musician and actor Markku Peltola's passing by reissuing his debut solo album 'Buster Keatonin Ratsutilalla' (2003). Markku Peltola was a pro..
PELTOLA MARKKU
2017. Ektro/Full Contact commemorates the 10th anniversary of the beloved musician and actor Markku Peltola's passing by reissuing his debut solo album 'Buster Keatonin Ratsutilalla' (2003). Markku Peltola was a pro..
DEATH TRIP
2017. After having been an ominous force within the Finnish underground for nearly three decades, Death Trip releases its first full-length 'Madhouse'. An intense bombardment of uncompromising distorted guitars prov..
STEEL MAMMOTH
2017. NWOFHM legends Steel Mammoth started a total punk metal war with the previous albums 'Radiation Funeral' and 'Nuclear Rebirth'. The battle plan was to destroy all enemies with two devastating albums, and then ..
TELEVISIO
2017. The debut-album of the Finnish avant-electro band Televisio, featuring Ilari Larjosto (Tähtiportti, Jesse etc.) and Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, Steel Mammoth etc.).
MARIA JA MARSIALAISET
2017. Maria Ja Marsialaiset equals hard rock and raw groove. There are echoes of '70s rock'n'roll, Finnish boogie rock from that same era, wailing proto-heavy vocal heroes, the deep voices of Catherine Ribeiro and M..
JESTERS OF DESTINY
2017. Some 30 years after the debut-album on Metal Blade's subsidiary Dimension Records, Jesters Of Destiny return with 'The Sorrows That Refuse To Drown'. Expect the kind of hard rock/metal that only the Jesters..
IRON MAGAZINE
2017. Iron Magazine is a cross-continental team-up between Danko Jones and John Calabrese from Danko Jones, and Jussi Lehtisalo and Tomi Leppänen from Circle. With such a pedigree, the resultant sound of 'Queen..
BAXTER STOCKMAN
2017. Baxter Stockman imploded in 2016. Earlier the same year the band had recorded its final full-length, 'Haul'. The album documents the final years of Baxter Stockman, when its oppressive form of noise rock mutat..
WESTERLUND JANNE
2017. After 'Marshland', the darkest blues album ever released in Finland, Westerlund is trying to find some light with this 2017 solo effort. By deploying means ranging from the choral exploration of 'So Messed Up'..
HOPEAJARVI
2017. The second full-length by this Finnish band features music that ranges from laid back -though far from serene- soundscapes to noiserocking outbursts, at times reminding of the golden days of Sonic Youth, or th..
KANSAKUNNAN YLPEYS
2017. The debut full-length by a trio from the grim north of Finland. These noise rock slackers sound like The Fall and Flipper getting mixed up in a back alley fight. And they invite you to the most depressive '90..
HUSHALLEN
2017. Hushållen sound like a band of imaginary friends. The rugged punk of the collective, driven by the buzz and burr of the fantastically fuzzy bass, is as much akin to outlaw country as it is to all individ..
HUSHALLEN
2017. Hushållen sound like a band of imaginary friends. The rugged punk of the collective, driven by the buzz and burr of the fantastically fuzzy bass, is as much akin to outlaw country as it is to all individ..
WESTERLUND JANNE/JUKKA N
2016. Split singles are rarely as uplifting and integrated as this meeting between Janne Westerlund and Jukka Nousiainen. An impressive release on 7-inch black vinyl, limited to 500 copies!
CIRCLE
2016. Finnish oddballs Circle release a notable 7-inch. This edition is limited to 350 copies on black vinyl.
SOKEA PISTE
2016. Sokea Piste consists of long-running members of the Finnish punk scene. Their experience comes to the fore on the band's second full-length, which sounds more hard-hitting, oppressive and confident than ever b..
SAKSET
2016. Sakset is a collaboration of Finnish sound artists Läjä Äijälä (Terveet Kädet, Death Trip, The Kolmas, The Sultans...), Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle) and Tomi Leppänen (Circle). T..
MOTELLI SKRONKLE
2016. The 2016 full-length from this unique band that formed in the '80s. The group's futuristic music is gut loaded with penetrating vigour that will make one's energies flow. It is minimalist campfire techno. I..
MOTELLI SKRONKLE
2016. The 2016 full-length from this unique band that formed in the '80s. The group's futuristic music is gut loaded with penetrating vigour that will make one's energies flow. It is minimalist campfire techno. It i..
CIRCLE
2016. Finnish oddballs Circle release a notable 7-inch. This edition is limited to 150 copies on transparent blue vinyl.
RIVETTE
2016. Alternative metal from Finland! Rivette is influenced by a.o. NWOBHM and traditional metal, but at the same time also mentions names s.a. The Police, Boston and Dire Straits. This 12-inch record is pressed on ..
RIVETTE
2016. Alternative metal from Finland! Rivette is influenced by a.o. NWOBHM and traditional metal, but at the same time also mentions names s.a. The Police, Boston and Dire Straits. This 12-inch record is pressed ..
RAJAYTTAJAT
2016. The sixth album by Finland's most unpredictable boogie garage/rock act. This time the material is more electronic! Double LP-version.
CIRCLE
2016. '6000 km/h Part 2' is a live recording, made during Circle's European tour in May 2015. Besides previously released material, the album captures Circle playing ferociously bold takes of previously unreleased s..
ART BEARS
2016. A reissue of the brilliant second album by Art Bears, a band/project featuring Fred Frith, Chris Cutler en Dagmar Krause, formed in 1978 after disputes over the musical direction within Henry Cow. 'Winter Song..