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Mikko: He finally got what he wanted – a cello. And now, he’s had it for some time, and got bored with it.

Life: There was time before there was life.

Em&Comm: Counting sheep to fall asleep, anyone?

Love: Cheesy one. When you’re with people you love, you can’t see time go by, but you always know where it went, because you keep the memories o it all

Janne: How does beard grow? …with time…

Kris: With time, he either got worse, or better, so their relationship has not been entirely good, but he’s doing ok now

Jussi: Aikasi On Nyt, their first single off Kultakalat, means “Your Time Is Now”

Hate: With lots of Time, Hate has been known to get worse and consume people.

PK: As he is a ghost, as in not alive anymore, PK is outside the effects of time. And it kinda annoys him to be stuck unchanging.

Jyrki: He doesn’t quite look his age, and well, he’s Elvis.

Jonne: The actual Jonne is looking a lot less like a girl than he used to, so closet!Jonne is blaming time for being “turned” into a boy.

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You know, if I keep revisiting comics like that to get links, I might just get nostalgic enough and take it all up again >_>

                          

Well, what she said, basically

Sooooo… who guessed?

What do you think of Time?

                          

There goes his regular exercise.

                          

BUSTED.

                          

Be careful what you wish for…

…because you might just get bored when you get it.

                          

On to the news! There’s lots!!

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Apocalyptica has recently released the video for “Broken Pieces” featuring Lacey Mosley from the American rock band Flyleaf. You can watch it off YOUTUBE. You can also see the making of the videoclip, as well as some new webisodes,on their WEBSITE.
They will be on a short tour in North America from November 25th until December 18th (playing Montreal on December 2nd – and I’m heeeeeeere T_T), followed bywhat seems to be, at the moment, a two-month break.

Bloodpit is still on hiatus, but Alarik is now also part of Jalava (CountryPopFolkAmericana, of their own description), which you can hear on their MYSPACE. You can also become a fan on FACEBOOK.
(You can also check out his other band, The Cloudycators, on their MYSPACE)

There is finally some fresh news about Flinch! They released their first single “Roosa”, which you can listen to on YOUTUBE and buy on METELI.NET.
Become fan on their FACEBOOK PAGE, where you can see a few new promo pics: ONE, TWO, THREE.
By the way, if you’re going to dismiss them because you didn’t like their previous work, think again. I love “Roosa”, and I’m definitely not a fan of Ville’s voice :3

It’s done! “Watch Out!”, the upcoming Lovex album, has been mastered and will soon be released. Their WEBSITE is being revamped, so keep an eye on it for more info ;D
In the meantime, you can go to their Royal Artist Club MOBILE BLOG for some videos from a fewrecent shows in Russia. Note Vivian’s and Theon’s new haircuts. Discuss.

It’s finally time to get Naked again! Their new single “Back to haunt you” has been released last month, and you can see the video for it on YOUTUBE. Note: this is their first videoclip in color! Enjoy!
You can buy the single and pre-order the new album, “Double Down”, through one of the links on their WEBSITE. “Double Down” is being released on Wednesday (10th of November), so you know you want to get your hands on it ;D

Negative is still surfing on the Neon wave (pretty image, don’t you think). A few more concerts in Finland this year, among which the now traditional New Year’s HulluPoro convert in Levi (INFO at the bottom of page).
I’ll be in London, England at that moment, enjoying 2 more hours of 2010 ;D
They will continue the European tour in January. Info on their WEBSITE.

Drums are done recording for the new Nightwish album! All is going smoothly, from their recording diaries, so we can keep counting days until the unspecified release date! (doesn’t that sound pointless )
While you’re impatiently waiting, you can check out the new Escapist Competition on Tuomas Holopainen’s OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Entries are open until November 21rst.
If you understand Finnish, Anette and Tuomas are featured in a 7-page + pics article in October’s Soundi Magazine (Finland). They’re still in stands!
I will spend the next 4 months using my basic Finnish skills, my dictionary and my friends to translate it

***Private Line just surprised the world with the news that their new album, “Dead Decade”, is ready for release O_O From their FACEBOOK FANPAGE. I’m very much looking forward to that…

If you want to turn the page on 2010 in style, Reflexion will be playing a concert in RAVINTOLA CASA in Kiiminki, Finland, on the last hour of December 31rst and into the first one of January 1rst. The concert will be recorded and filmed

The past month was spent in South America by Sonata Arctica. Starting next Monday, they will release a part of their video recordings of the tour every week. You can watch the trailer for it on YOUTUBE.

Uniklubi are continuing their touring in support of their latest album, “Kultakalat”. You can see the next concerts on their WEBSITE.
Also, they recently released the video for their new single “Maailma Puhaltaa”, which you can view on YOUTUBE.
(I’m aiming to make drawings to hopefully get signed on Friday at Tampere’s YO-Talo show – if I can make them in time >_>)

The 69 Eyes will soon be embarking on an acoustic tour in Finland during November and December. See tourdates on their WEBSITE.
I will be at their December 18th’s show in Valkeakoski

                          

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Apocalyptica released their 7th Symphony album at the end of August, and the video for their single “End Of Me” (feat. Gavin Rossdale from Bush) a bit before that. Check your local music store for the album, and the video below for a bit of Apocalyptica madness
They have recently wrapped up a tour in North America (including a date in Quebec City at a festival with Rammstein TT__TT) and are preparing for their upcoming European one, starting in October. Check out the tourdates HERE.

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According to their Twitter, Day Eleven is in the process of writing new material. They are also preparing their next shows at the beginning of October, on the 1rst in Tampere at Amarillo, and the 6th in Helsinki, at Club Liberté.

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2 years after their last album (Irrallaan), Flinch is finally entering the studio to work on the next one. No info on a release date yet.

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Very much absent this summer, Lovex has been slowly but surely recording their next release. They just started mixing the album, be patient

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Our favorite small-animal-eating haired singer is finally back with news! Naked‘s fourth album, “Double Down”, has a release date scheduled for early November. They will soon shoot a new video (“In color this time!”) for the first single. They also have a brand new website, which you should keep checking for more news like the following video.

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Negative has been touring much this summer, following the release of their (AWESOME) album Neon. Next they are preparing to embark on a German tour, starting at the very end of September. Tour dates on their website.
In addition to shows, Jonne has been busy on his own – well, almost – learning how to drive. HERE is a video (iltasanomat.fi) of it. Ville has also been learning, and do notice how he got out of the way when Jonne returned >8)
The band is also in the works of making the video for their next single, “Jealous Sky”, which should feature artwork from fans, according to their request for some 2 weeks ago. Looking forward to that!

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On break after a very intensive and exhausting tour for Dark Passion Play, Nightwish has been hiding at their summer camp to rehearse and record demos of their next album. Anette has joined them this month, as she was taking care of her newborn son =) You can read the Camp Diary HERE.

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Missed Private Line the 4 times they played in 2009, or the 4 times they played this year? Never fear: they’re playing Trashfest in March again this year right, next March, I guess you’d have figured that out, for the 4th edition of the event. Though it’s not showing up on their website (which still shows June’s gig as “upcoming”), they appear on the Trashfest part of Mama Trash’s website. Also playing, The Salvation and Iconcrash.

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If you live in Austria, Germany or Switzerland, and haven’t bought your copy of Poets Of The Fall‘s “Twilight Theater” album, you will be able to buy it at a local music store: the official release is set for October 29th.

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Reflexion sadly doesn’t have any more gigs this year, but luckily they’re writing new stuff. Looking forward to it

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“Kultakalat”, the upcoming Uniklubi album, will be released on the 22nd of September. The first single for it, “Aikasi On Nyt”, got the video treatment, which you can see below.
You can also see new promo pictures on their website.

                          

I am currently trying to crash-draw pics for Negative to sign when I go see them next Friday, so I haven’t had time to draw a comic for tonight.

However, because my computer is full of random drawings, here’s a few for you

Here’s Teemu wondering how he’ll ever put on this shirt. I mean, the big head…?
(originally part of the No Can Do series)

Those are the first Closet drawing I’ve done of Apocalyptica. Paavo looks retarded/psycho XD

An Edward Scissorhands sketch I have yet to finish….

Emily dreaming of Tony and Tuomas.

And finally this, requested by Forestdream:

A few years ago, Negative was on tour in Germany, and being Finns, they partied much. At some point, Rumors leaked that they’d somehow ended up in a brothel and lost a few thousand euros cash. I imagined Tommi’s reaction (as he’s their manager) and drew this XD

Do note that Tommi’s arms are so long that he could touch below his knees without bending in two XD
(of course I have no idea if any of that happened, because it was Finnish press and it matters little to me if a story is true or not, as long as it’s decent comic material 8D)

Next week I’ll probably be posting other doodles, as well as, hopefully, photos of the signed pictures ;D

                          

Mikko actually played contrabass on the title “Beautiful” on the upcoming Apocalyptica album. In live shows, he’s actually been playing his part on a cello – so I guess he won

Do you have ANY idea how really not easy it is to draw my characters face down on the ground? XD

                          

Also: Run, Mikko. Run.

Prompted by this picture, published by the band on their Facebook page:

, and Michi, who gives me too many comic ideas