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    If you STILL can't get enough of Ilja Jalkanen . . .

    . . . and for that matter, Markku Näreneva, check out the Iconofear 2003 (recorded in 2002) demo, Dark, if you haven't already done so. The whole thing (along with some of their later, post-Ilja & Markku recordings) is downloadable here : http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=41612 I'm...
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    If you can't get enough Ilja Jalkanen...

    ...(and who can?), check out his bluesy side project: The Original Slowhand and The Evil Minions Radically different from Kiuas, of course, but worth hearing.
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    New Treibhaus Album

    As reported by Deutsche Musik, another "electro-metal" masterpiece from Hannover's Treibhaus will hit the music world by the end of this summer, on Kneeve Records. Entitled Feinbild, this second album will feature the great blend of drive and danceability that characterized their debut...
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    Sinisthra - Debut Album Out Now

    "Last of the Stories of Long Past Glories," the first full-length from Finland's Sinisthra, is out now on Arise Records. The band, whose frontman, Tomi Joutsen, recently completed his first tour as Amorphis vocalist, describe their music as "basically metal, drawing from a wide source of...
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    This Haven - "My Year Zero" - Brilliant Metal

    This Haven are a very special Swedish quartet whose music takes the best qualities of melodic metal, along with some prog, stoner, and hardcore, and distills them into a highly original style all their own. Creativity, ambition, and an exceptional understanding of sound dynamics inform their...
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    Awesome Sounds from Hannover

    I would like to invite you to check out Treibhaus, from Hannover. Their music is a delicious blend of hard, smooth, and sophisticated: crunchy guitars, acoustic drums and electronic sounds; rhythms ranging from industrial to almost classical; slinky melodies and heavy riffs--some industrial...