Special road report by Mark Gromen In Sonic Pump Studios, on the outskirts of Helsinki, AMORPHIS premiered their latest twelve track opus for an assemblage of foreign journalists, as well as homegrown fans. Even the album artwork is still in transition, as an egg hovers in the clouds above a groove of snow covered pine trees, the familiar arche...

According to an updated from Night Elves, Finland's VERENPISARA's fourth album, Eilinen On Kuollut, will be released on February 23rd. The band's three previous albums are Aamunodottaja (2002), Happosadetta (2003) and Irtileikattu (2005). In a recent interview in Inferno (found here) Santeri Kallio reveals the band start...

Finnish metal bands CHILDREN OF BODOM and AMORPHIS will team up for a four-date tour of Japan in June. The dates are as follows: June 14 - Shibuya-Ax - Tokyo, Japan June 15 - Club Quattro - Nagoya, Japan June 17 - Namba Hatch - Osaka, Japan June 18 - Bay Hall - Yokohama, Japan CHILDREN OF BODOM's new album, "Relentless Reckless...

Finland's AMORPHIS has launched a brand new YouTube channel, which can be accssed by clicking here. It currently features 11 videos, spanning the band's entire career. As previously reported, Amorphis is currently hard at work on their new, as yet untitled album, which will "tell the story of the most important characte...

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have issued the following update: "The [new AMORPHIS] album recordings are advancing straight and smoothly (whatever that means...). We are now working on the vocals and again we have Marco Hietala [NIGHTWISH, TAROT] producing Tomi [Joutsen, vocals]. This time everything else has been done at Sonic Pump Studi...