I *DO* have stuff in the works, so, don’t despair!

In the meantime, have a music post

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Apocalyptica are still on tour now somewhere in the world. They have been playing new songs live, and the videos found their way on the net…
Sacra and Beautiful (Youtube, opens in a new window)

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No new from Bloodpit, but Alarik has new projects, The Cloudycators (MySpace and Facebook) and Jalava (MySpace).
Antti and Pietu also have a new project, Ravín And The Deceivers. They have neither a MySpace or a Facebook, but you can try to find online where they might be playing =3

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Negative is still touring, and this Friday they’re at Nosturi in Helsinki. Pinkass and I are going =3 Yes, yes, I promise we’ll behave =3

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This is actually making my night. Speaking of night, Nightwish just posted the answers to the latest Nightmail. Dead gameboy batteries is a good justification for starting to read =)

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Personal recommendation: I got my hands on the new Poets Of The Fall album, Twilight Theater, and I love it. So does Pinkass. Marko recently has a throat infection and they had to postpone a few shows, but hopefully he’ll be back in no time

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Now this will be old news for some of you, but I have to write it anyway
Many months ago, our dear Pinky Sir Christus announced that he quit his band (I don’t actually remember which one it was – SnoWhite?) to work on another project.
And so he did!
A few weeks ago, a new band went public: The Salvation (Facebook, MySpace).
Now don’t get too excited, there’s no music posted yet.
BUT. It looks pretty serious. For one, the other guitarist of the band is none other than Jack Smack from Private Line. For two, they’re already signed to Hype Records. For three, their manager is Tommi Liimatainen himself, who, after seeing Kris’s course to hell during the old Negative days, must have had a damn good reason (other than, he’s a damn good guitarist) to take this up again.
They are set to record this summer, and though many are hoping, no plan for a Tammerfest appearance has been made so far. They do encourage you to contact the festival’s organization though.
To celebrate the new band, Tommi has offered the city of Turku many hundred of thousand euros to blow up one of the bridges over Aurajoki. Though it’s been decided in the past few days that the bridge, currently out of order as the sides have partially sunk, would be replaced, no word has been issued on what would happen to the old one.
How exciting. I went to Turku with a friend around Easter and we took pics of the bridge. We officially crossed a new line: bridge stalking.
Stay tuned.

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Finally, Uniklubi have been in the studios for a while now. You can follow their diary on the forum, in Finnish and in English.

                          

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Apocalyptica have announced the title of their new album: 7th Symphony. Which is such a very fitting title, as it’s their 7th album
As a new album comes out touring starts again! First dates are in Finland, starting with Savonlinna. Of course, they’ll be coming near me, but in the middle of the week, so it means I won’t be able to see them. *sighs*
For all the dates (hopefully some near you! and more convenient than in my case >_>) click HERE.

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Bloodpit is currently on a creative break.
Not completely sure what it means but we just have to wait. Hopefully new material soon
In the meantime, Alarik is having fun with a new band, The Cloudycators. According to their Facebook page, they’re currently recording a new song. You can here them on their MYSPACE.

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Day Eleven put their third album out, Matador, at the end of January. It’s quite awesome, obviously (my favorite off it is Montage =3). GO GET IT!

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Negative are preparing for the coming of their 5th album, Neon, in June (Finland: June 2nd). The first single, End Of The Line, is speeding up chart now!
(In my opinion it’s promising to be a very good album )

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Nightwish didn’t really put anything news out there in a while, not directly concerning the band anyway. However, the Nightmail has been reopened (until today, sadly, it’s now closed) so the next answers will be published in the beginning of April.
In related news however, Anette proudly announced last week that she’s halfway through her pregrancy (surprise!) and that everything is going great. At 38, she’s already a proud mother to a boy who will be 9 by the time the new baby arrives. Though she insisted that it does not change anything regarding Nightwish, she has decided to push back the release of her solo material to an ulterior moment. Recordings for the new NW album will begin this fall, but she will probably only record her vocal in the beginning of 2011.
Marco, on his side, has been having fun in women’s swimming suits and braiding his hair. No, he’s not any madder than he always was. He’s just directing a choir for the Finnish TV show Kuorosota (“Choir War”) and seems to be enjoying himself very much. You can watch him on Nelonen if you’re in Finland, or HERE if you’re not.

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Poets of the Fall released a new video a month ago now (“Dreaming You Wide Awake“) and damn, do I love that man’s voice <3 Their new album, Twilight Theater, is coming out on March 17. Stay tuned!

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Private Line still haven’t updated their website from like, 2 years ago or something? They played Trashfest III in Helsinki last week though, which I couldn’t attend as I was being sick in Sweden. If anyone got pics or a review of it, feel free to send links or such ^_^

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Finally, Sonata Arctica is currently touring North America, which is absolutely awesome since I’m not there to see them /sacrcastic. Check HERE to see if you’re on their way! (ARGH! Club Soda in Montreal! That was my first venue ever, for The Rasmus concert…. T_T)

                          

I mentioned the Bloodpit Intergalactic community to a friend – after converting her to their music, win – and she asked, “What is that, Bloodpit in space?”
And then I cursed cause I already have a long list of ideas D:

But! Here it is anyways. First original comic posted here

Btw, It’s BEER floating away from Paavo.

                          

(click to enlarge)

Please note the following:
the curtain poles and decoration made with clothes hangers;
the pictures on the walls from Closet Inc;
the toilet signs;
Jussi scurrying away on all fours;
Masa’s flushed look;
Rumors noticing the previous 2 events.

Also,
Closet Bar only serves iced tea. Don’t ask why.
The bartender is PB (Phantom Bartender).
[yes, it's PK, but you know, he needed a part-time job, and he deals well with annoying customers]
Rumors were made for that job.

                          

Full credits to Caitlin/Dvine Insanity for this one!
You can see her version of the event HERE.

The idea: in the new Bloodpit song, “The Price To Pay” (to which you can listen HERE), Caitlin pointed out that the chorus sounded like he was saying ‘coat’ instead of ‘call’.

Interesting images ensued =)

Also, the t-shirt Aleksi is wearing is not related to the ‘inc’ of Closet Inc, but to Incredible Nothing, with who he plays. Check them out on www.inctheband.com =)

                          

Alarik had seem to be all thrilled by Commodore when they met. But he needed a little accesorizing… ;D

                          

I let you guess what happened.
Well, let’s just say that 3 of the Bloodpit guys (forever Bloodpit guys in my heart) got very… friendly with the sheep.
Deeper realisation sank in a bit later. Ahah.
But no, that’s not exactl how it happened. But it’s always funnier in here.
You know that.
That’s why you’re here.
Aren’t you?

                          

This is a feature in two parts, one for Close Inc and this one for Eurobands. Their simultaneous publication on their respective site brought me the most visitors within 24 hours so far in the Closet’s 4-year history.

Among the featurees, 3 characters from worlds foreign to the Closet: Cat Casino (who, I learned later, actually DID sport a flaming sunburn at the time) from Swedish goth band Deathstars; Josey Strandman, from Finnish band To/Die/For; and Big Boy, Swedish/German musician featured on Eurobands (about who I can’t find anything anymore >_>).

You can find Closet’s part HERE.

Link to original post on Eurobands

To/Die/For on MySpace

Deathstars’ website

                          

Sometimes you get what you asked for…. but not exactly.

                          

Matthau once said that Alarik doesn’t need to shave because no hair grows on his face anyway.
Now about that haircut…..