The dark psychedelic underground in Tampere, Finland is one of the most vividly creative musical collectives in the scene on the planet today, with such bands as Oranssi Pazuzu and Dark Buddha Rising both considered masters of the uncharted territory in metal. Sprouting from the confines of the joint rehearsal space Wastement comes Atomikylä, a psychic joining of forces of members from both bands. Atomikylä is liberation through sound. It is the nightside of the collective unconscious and a means of escape from the confines of norm and comfort. Smashing walls with a wall of sound, Atomikylä are set to release their second album, Keräily, through Svart Records.

Atomikylä took their name (“nuclear village”) from a village of abandoned barracks in Tampere. The barracks were originally used to house workers constructing a nuclear power plant in the ’80s, after which they were dragged to the roadside in suburban Tampere and abandoned. Populated for years by drunks and junkies, the small shunned village was demolished a few years ago. The band Atomikylä dwells in a similar mental setting – radiant but lowly, dangerous and unpredictable, barred from normal life.