Vivisektio releases a new full-length album after a break of more than 10 years.Vivisektio, founded in Äkäslompolo in 1983, managed to operate for only three years. The band from the foothills of Lapland was one of the northernmost hardcore punk bands in the world. The band, which performed mostly north of the Arctic Circle, only played a dozen gigs, the southernmost of which was at Pietarsaari's punk festivals in the summer of 1985. Vivisektio didn't get any recording done, but ended up as a question on Trivial Pursuit due to its exotic home location.Vivisektio was founded a second time in Oulu in 2008 with a new singer and drummer. As a musical line, the band still has the hardcore of the early 80s, with anarcho and post-punk influences from the same era. Vivisektio released their debut album in 1984 (Roku Records 2011, followed by two EPs and participation in the compilation album of the legendary Maximum Rock'n'Roll magazine. In the spring of 2022, Vivisektio released an album containing demos recorded in 1985.Since their new arrival, Vivisektio has toured Europe and played in a total of 12 countries. Although only one of the band members lives in Äkäslompolo anymore, the band's lyrics often have a Lapland perspective and deal with, among other things, the ongoing natural destruction in Lapland.Svart Records will release the band's second album, Uusi normala, as a 500-track black vinyl edition and digitally on September 16, 2022.
