The new album from the Von Hertzen Brothers will be released in Finland TOMORROW 14 May. Click Here to order it online (worldwide shipping). Also, you can listen to 2 new songs from the upcoming album on their Official Myspace.

The Jade will be touring Germany with Matthau Mikojan this coming October. The following dates have been confirmed:

10.10. 2008: LOGO, HAMBURG, GERMANY
12.10. 2008: BLUE SHELL, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16.10. 2008: DIE RÖHRE, STUTTGART, GERMANY
17.10. 2008: WILD AT HEART, BERLIN, GERMANY
18.10. 2008: FOUROOMS, LEIPZIG, GERMANY

The 69 Eyes have announced their summer festival dates for this year! Most of the dates are in Finland this time around, but there’s a few in other locations around Europe. The band’s Official Site has more information (click on the button next to the festival date).

08.06.2008 Open Air Festival Chayka, Kiev, Ukraine
14.06.2008 Myötätuulirock, Vantaa, Finland
20.06.2008 Himos Festival, Jämsä, Finland
21.06.2008 RMJ2008, Pori, Finland
28.06.2008 Peace & Love Festival, Borlänge, Sweden
03.07.2008 Castle Fest 2008, Belgrade, Serbia
05.07.2008 Ruisrock, Turku, Finland
06.07.2008 Simerock, Rovaniemi, Finland
12.07.2008 Hegyalja Festival, Budapest, Hungary
18.07.2008 Wanaja Festival, Hämeenlinna, Finland
19.07.2008 Rockperry, Vaasa, Finland
08.08.2008 Summer Darkness, Utrecht, NL
09.08.2008 Jyväskylä Rockfestival, Jyväskylä, Finland
23.08.2008 Finfest 2008, Bratislava, Slovakia

Bloodpit announced today that they are back from their “break” and that they were never broken up.

From their myspace:

BLOODPIT recovered: The cassette is rolling again

Public word got it all wrong — Bloodpit has not called it quits.
The Finnish chart topping rock band had it rolling last summer but after having a rough period of time, they had to take a time-out. They will now continue their career, stronger than ever. The new lineup will be announced 10th of July.

Bloodpit guitarist Paavo Pekkonen comments the band’s current position:
“I would not use the word comeback, since none of us ever said we have split up. The Off The Hook-tour ended to a complete dead end last summer, but despite all that we played a few cover gigs as a trio with Aleksi and Alarik last fall. Everything felt really good while playing live and rehearsing the covers, so we started to make new songs. We
realized quite fast, that it sounded like Bloodpit all the way.”

Bloodpit will only play one show in Finland this summer. The event will take place in Dog..s Home, Tampere, Thursday 10th of July. There will be a press conference held at Dog’s Home on the same day, where Bloodpit will reveal the new members and their future plans. Presale tickets to the gig can be bought from Backstage Alliance’s webstore, www.bsa-store.com, starting Monday 2nd of June 9.00 am.

Backstage Alliance will release a brand new Bloodpit EP entitled
“Recovered” 1st of October 2008. Pre-sales of the new EP will also
start at BSA-store on the 2nd of June.

Bloodpit will tour in Europe next fall and in Finland (in addition to the the 10th of July show), the band has confirmed to play Musiikki & Media, the annual Finnish music trade fair arranged in Tampere 23-25.10.2008.

www.bloodpitband.com
www.myspace.com/bloodpit

You can now listen to Left Behind, the first new song off Poisonblack’s upcoming album, A Dead Heavy Day, on their Official Myspace page. Looks like the album is set to be released on 1 September in Europe, and if the first song is any indication, the new album sounds a lot more like Sentenced than either of their previous albums did. Check back here for the US releases date, and more information as soon as it is available.

The Von Hertzen Brothers are set to begin their summer tour next week. Most of the dates are in Finland, but here they are for anyone who happens to be there:

May:
Fri 16.05. Yo-talo, Tampere, Finland
Sat 17.05. Lutakko, Jyväskylä, Finland
Thu 22.05. Henry´s Pub, Kuopio, Finland
Fri 23.05. Klubi, Turku, Finland
Sat 24.05. Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland

June:
Sat 07.06. Heinolan Valot Särehtii 2008, Heinola, Finland
Fri 13.06. Provinssirock, Seinäjoki, Finland
Sat 14.06. Virgin Oil Co, Helsinki, Finland
Sat 21.06. Himos Festival, Himos - Jämsä, Finland
Fri 27.06. Riihimäki Rock, Riihimäki, Finland
Sat 28.06. Yano Bar, Järvenpää, Finland

July:
Sat 05.07. Ruisrock, Turku, Finland
Sun 06.07. Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Thu 10.07. Tammerfest - Pakkahuone, Tampere, Finland
Fri 11.07. Amarillo, Kotka, Finland
Sat 12.07. Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, Finland
Sat 19.07. Sunset Beach Party, Karkkila, Finland
Sat 26.07. Kisapuistorock, Lahti, Finland
Thu 31.07. DBTL, Turku, Finland

August:
Fri 01.08. Kokkola Rockfestival, Kokkola, Finland
Sat 02.08. Ankkarock, Vantaa, Finland
Fri 08.08. Jyväskylä Rockfestivaali, Laajavuori, Finland
Sat 09.08. Club Teatria, Oulu, Finland

Click here to buy tickets.

You can now preview Negative’s new album, Karma Killer, at MTV Finland. I haven’t listened to it yet, but I’m sure its great!

Also, if you happen to be in Finland, Negative is making a few in-store appearances this week:

7 May 05.00-07.00pm CityAnttila, Helsinki
8 May 05.00-07.00pm Sokos, Tampere
9 May 05.00-07.00pm Anttila, Turku

So apparently this was done by Undercover New in Australia. Hell if I know why its on the nypost.com but really ..do we need to question!

Looks like Entwine are in the studio working on their sixth..um studio album. Hiili Hiilesmaa is producing the album which should be released sometime after summer.

They have also released some tour dates..but your butts will have to be in Finland to see them!

July 05 - Sysmä, Pajularock
July 18 - Ähtäri, Club B-52
July 24 - Joensuu, Bepop
July 25 - Oulu, QStock
July 26 - Kuopio, Kuopiorock
July 27 - Lahti, Kisapuistorock

Ahh….Qstock *longing*..

Before POTF played the MusExpo, they made a quick stop over that the house of the Finnish Consulate. This is a brief clip of The Ultimate Fling.

Psst…interview still coming…its a long story..