Finnish fierce hardcore band KIROT fights forward at full speed with “Kaasu Pohjaan”

There’s something about the raw cold of Finland that makes its way into the music—something real, sharp-edged, stripped of excess. Earlier this year, standing in the heavy quiet of Ruka, not far from Oulu, I felt that same weight. A stillness before the storm. But Kirot doesn’t do stillness. Their third recording, Kaasu Pohjaan, kicks the door in. Released online in November 2024 and on tape via Electric Alaska and Ketunkolo Records in February 2025, this is a hardcore record sharpened into a weapon. Short, fast, direct. The lyrics don’t just call out injustice; they refuse to let it sink