Emerald Forest and the Blackbird entered the official Finnish charts at position 2 and the independent record store charts at position 1! The week 6/2012 Finnish album sales top 3 are:

1. LEONARD COHEN - OLD IDEAS
2. SWALLOW THE SUN - EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD
3. ADELE - 21

The complete charts are available at http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2012/6, and the independent record store charts at http://www.rumba.fi/swallow-the-sun-johdatti-uutuusvyoryn-rumban-listalle-29577/

Thank you so much for pre-ordering and buying the album!! See you at shows, our touring schedule can be seen here.

You can stream the new album EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD for a week at Inferno Magazine's website here! Enjoy, and feel free to share the link as much as you can! Remember that you can pre-order the CD or 2LP with an exclusive shirt from Record Shop X!

We are very excited to present you our Finnish tour with our good friends of The Man-Eating Tree! The tour consists of 11 shows around Finland, starting from our home town Jyväskylä, including many cities and venues we haven't played in a while and ending at Nosturi, Helsinki. The dates are as follows:

 19.1.2012 Spinefeast at Sea *
 10.2. Jyväskylä, Lutakko
 11.2. Oulu, Nuclear Nightclub *
 17.2. Finnish Metal Expo *
 18.2. Kuopio, Henry's Pub
 23.2. Tampere, YO-Talo
 24.2. Kouvola, Rytmi-Katti
 25.2. Joensuu, Kerubi
 2.3. Turku, Klubi
 3.3. Vaasa, Amarillo
 9.3. Helsinki, Nosturi

* without TMET

We haven't played any shows in a year, so we're really looking forward to this - see you on tour!!

We are very happy to announce that both EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD and NEW MOON will be released on vinyl by Svart Records on February 1st!!

Emerald Forest will be released as a gatefold double LP on green vinyl (limited to 400 copies) and white vinyl (200 copies). The long-awaited New Moon vinyl release will be a single LP with a special manilla sleeve limited to 500 copies.