It’s Friday, almost beer-o’clock and the editor-in-chief’s taken some well-deserved time off, which has left the metal editor alone in the office and up to no good. So here’s a healthy SpaceScan-dose of dirty hard rock from Finland and Iceland to kick-start your weekend, courtesy of Crystal Rain and Dust respectively.

Crystal Rain (SF)
Crystal Rain hail from Hel(l)sinki, Finland. They have a couple of demos under their leather belts but still haven’t reached the big breakthrough. Which they deserve, because their Paradise Lost/Type O Negative/Sentenced-ish goth rock is really cool. What’s even more cool is the fact that they have a female bass player, which you don’t see that often. Which is a shame, as they look way better in leather pants than the male ones… Hey, what’s wrong with being sexy?!

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Dust (ISL) (Photo)
Dust describe their music as a mix of metal, rock and powerpop. That’s pretty spot on. It’s aggressive, yet grandiose and the choruses are instantly singalong-able (if we pretend that “singalong-able” is an actual word). In fact, Dust is kind of similar to bands like Nickelback – only much less annoying – and might make it big in USA. They are touring California and Nevada right now supporting their second album ‘Radio Killer’.

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