Dawn of Solace is gearing up to release their 4th album ‘Affliction Vortex’ in February 2025 via Noble Demon and shared last week yet another single with ‘Fortress’!
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Finnish melodic death metal band Defiled Serenity is set to release their debut album ‘Within the Slumber of the Mind’ in February 2025 via Inverse Records and shared a second single and video with ‘Exiled to Infinity’!
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Rising Finnish alt-metal force Luna Kills announced their highly anticipated album ‘DEATHMATCH’ set for release in April 2025 via SharpTone Records and shared another track with the new single/video ‘sugar rush’!
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Old school Finnish speed metal band Arched Fire released their latest single ‘Northbound Train’ with Inverse Records, a track that is both a tribute to their roots and journey and possibly a mark for an end of an era!
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Finnish metal band Black .44 are back after nine years and shared a first single and video ‘Again’ from the upcoming sophomore album ‘Bloodlines’, set for release in February 2025 via Inverse Records!
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Tony Kakko’s Himmelkraft unveiled their first single and lyric video ‘Uranium’, a taste of what is to come with their self-titled debut album set for release in March 2025 via Reaper Entertainment!
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Helsinki-based rock outfit East Electric released their latest single ‘Killer On The Run’ a while back, a third track from their upcoming debut album!
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Some weeks ago, Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim shared the 2nd single and title track of their upcoming debut full-length ‘Resist’, set for release early 2025 via Inverse Records! Join them and guest vocalist Stam1na’s Antti Hyyrynen in their resistance against all oppression!
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Finland’s celebrated Von Hertzen Brothers announced a new European run for 2025 in support of their recently released album ‘In Murmuration’!
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Finnish band Heathen Hearts finally recorded and released their take on the Turbonegro classic ‘All My Friends Are Dead’! Without Turbonegro the band would have never started, so this is a quite monumental occasion for them!
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Photo Reports
Last week, Cyhra, together with NeonFly, started off their short Finland tour at Tampere’s YO-Talo with a blast of a show organised by Nem Agency.
The Nordic weeks in Rock over Germany have been going on. Just a week after a fabulous BEAST IN BLACK tour stop in Stuttgart, another headliner from Finland’s power-metal top-notch acts conquered another concert venue in town with a show deluxe: BATTLE BEAST on their ‘Circus Of Doom Over Europe Tour 2024’. Support was given by INDUCTION and SAINT DEAMON.
Whenever Finnish bands travel around in other parts of the world, we tend to try catch them live at least once. The “Glory and the Beast” tour brought together three of the most exciting bands in the European power metal scene: Brothers Of Metal, Gloryhammer and our Finnish friends of Beast in Black. The tour enthralled fans throughout Germany with a spectacular blend of epic melodies and high-energy performances. See and feel the power of this night of their stop-over in Stuttgart, Germany!
Last Monday, TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management brought the carnival to town. To be precise, the Swedish band Avatar and along with them Æther Realm from the USA. Avatar played a very fun show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, including magic tricks, balloons and of course some good old heavy metal.
At the end of January, Battle Beast and Merta came through Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a powerful sold out show presented by Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events.
Besides starting the new year properly looking to the future, this month we’re also still looking back at all the awesomeness that 2023 brought us. One of those awsome things was the already 3rd edition of the by Bloodred Hourglass curated festival Black Box Mikkeli. They were able to bring a killer line-up again on the 2nd day of their event with besides a fantastic show by themselves, Insomnium, Gaerea, Balance Breach, I Am Your God and Lastout!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Welcoming events that try to bring something different and out of the norm to Finland, we went to the second night of the club festival Hellsinki Techfest with Sirkuit Preiker, Khroma, Balance Breach and Hacktivist back in September for some killer music and high energy!
Lord of the Lost wrapped up their year with a mini tour in Finland, that ended with a sold out gig at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere, with as support Rain Diary and Gothminister. An event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management that served as the perfect last show in 2023 for our photographer!
Without question, the biggest deathcore band in the world, Lorna Shore made their stop at Jäähalli, the biggest venue in Helsinki, bringing their biggest stage production yet to a sold out crowd on their “The Pain Remains EU Tour”, and with them they had Rivers of Nihil, Ingested and Distant, resulting in massive pits from start to finish!
Interviews
We caught up with the guys of myGRAIN at SaariHelvetti to have a relaxed chat about their comeback and upcoming album “V”. Check it out!
A chat with the young misfits of Wake Up Frankie about their upcoming debut EP ‘Green Is The New Black’!
The video of the talk we had with Wheel about their quick rise in 2019, some of their highlights of the year and what they think of the new Tool album…
The second part of our chat with Netta from Smackbound, this time about her personal inspirations, live shows and more!
Watch the talk we had with Netta of Smackbound about their upcoming album ’20/20′ and how it is making music with talented people!
Interview with the melodic death metallers from Re-Armed about their upcoming new album “Ignis Aeternum”.
The second part of our conversation with Mr. Lordi in which he tells us the story behind ‘Like A Bee To The Honey’ and his future in recording music.
A video interview with Mr. Lordi about the reception and concept of their latest release “Killection”! Check it out!
A video interview with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about Nosturi, the uprising of the new generation and the (Finnish) music scene.
A video interview with Prika from Nervosa about touring, inspirational guitarists, some of her favorite metal bands and playing at Rock In Rio.
Album Reviews
Finnish outfit Balance Breach is setting the tone for what metalcore could sound like and doing a damn fine job at it!
Like the drug, Opium Warlords’ “Nembutal” heals the listener of his or hers anxiety and leaves you sober and with an open mind.
With ‘Seven’, we get -surprise surprise- the 7th full-length by Finnish melodeath mainstays Mors Principium Est.
At this demonic summit of might, Proscription sets forth beyond the stereotypes with ‘Conduit’.
Tuomas Saukkonen’s Wolfheart brings the epic, desperate and dark tale of the Finnish Winter War to life with its signature “Winter metal” sound.
Finnish power metal super group Metal de Facto promises to “make power metal great again” with their debut release ‘Imperium Romanum’ and they’re not far off!
Re-Armed’s long awaited fourth album ‘Ignis Aeternum’ is here. Full of top melodic death metal tracks from Finland.
From the land of the thousand lakes comes Sunken’s debut album’ ‘From Slow Sleep Like Death’, a gloomy collection of classic death doom, full of morose melodies.
With new elements and looking back at early successes, Ensiferum created a new epic in their career and will be looked at as one of their best for sure!
Finland’s Mustasuo deliver an intense and quite memorable experience with their second full-length record, ‘Katharsis’.
Gig Reports
The old school “Brummie Hardcore Punks” of GBH came to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album ‘City Baby Attacked by Rats’ and started a riot at On The Rocks in Helsinki with support from Broken Trend and Likaiset Pikkarit!
Bokassa and Planet of Zeus brought a bunch of stoner and attitude to On The Rocks Helsinki in the beginning of September, kicking off our weekend properly!
We truly believe we got to experience the new prince of modern rock on his rise to kingdom when we got to go to his Kulttuuritalo Helsinki stop on the “Life on Mars Europe tour”! What an artist, bringing new life into rock ‘n’ roll while being a genuine and down-to-earth human being. Support came from Boy Bleach.
Gojira took over Europe on their massive ‘Fortitude’ tour with support from up-and-comers Alien Weaponry and Employed To Serve and we caught them at their show at a sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland in front of a crowd that was absolutely hungry for some good live show!
A great night of modern metal with Infected Rain and Awake Again at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
Our site is dedicated to everything rock and metal with a few sidesteps in music that appeals to the same music fans like synthwave, neo (pagan) folk, industrial,… But some of us do have a taste for music and art that goes beyond these limitations. Enter “GRIMM goes rogue”: where you’ll get a metalhead, punker, rocker,… who ventures into realms beyond their usual habitat with an open mind and give their honest opinion, views and experiences.
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Frank Zappa
A great night of hip hop beats and killer bars at On The Rocks with the legendary Jeru The Damaja, Jodarok, Bentality and Situnation.
Imperial Triumphant came to Helsinki, Finland to get our minds blown with support from the Finnish prog death act Devenial Verdict!
The rockers of The Sounds finally came back to Finland to rock the house and party with their fans and it was simply a blast!
Kaelan Mikla was back in Finland to bewitch us with their mesmerizing and enchanting music and performances.
After 5 long years, Canadian rock ‘n’ roll machine Danko Jones finally came back to the legendary Finnish rock club Tavastia!
