News Posts

After unveiling the Bright & Black project, where metal music and orchestral music meet, and the first track ‘Nidhugg’ a few weeks ago, now there is also a music video for the song!

The new project Bright & Black, where symphony orchestra meets metal music, with contributors from bands like Apocalyptica, Opeth, Watain, Entombed AD, and Meshuggah, unveiled a first glimpse of the upcoming album (out early next year) with the track ‘Nidhugg’!

Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!

The legendary Swedish black metal outfit Watain unleashed another single and video with “We Remain” in anticipation to the release of their new album!

Abbath and Watain announces a massive European co-headline tour in 2022, aptly named “Chariots Of Fire”!

The lineup announcement for the 15th anniversary edition of Hellfest (2020)! Are you excited yet? We sure are! Check which bands have been announced!

In some months you’ll get to read the story of Rotting Christ while you try to stay warm inside…

One of the most prolific names in the music photography world has signed with prominent metal and rock label Season of Mist!

The new year has just started and here we are again with a whole list of new releases to look forward to!

The line-up for next year’s Steelfest Open Air is complete and you can feel the darkness and evil already approaching!

Photo Reports

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Fleshgod Apocalypse, Benediction, Lord of the Lost and Watain!

Year 2023 is closing out and we at GRIMM have our sights set for next year and all the amazing shows and festivals coming up, but before that, let’s look into this past year in photos once again with a selection of Emerik’s favorite pictures, going from extreme and underground, to legendary bands like Nocturnal Sorcery, Horna, Nunslaughter, Merrimack, Pensées Nocturnes, Sex Messiah, Kalmankantaja, VV, Sick Of It All, Lordi, Michael Monroe, The Hellacopters, Possessed, The Mission, Lorna Shore, Kuvotus, Ingested, Voivod, Sodom, Watain, Burst, Full Of Hell, Demolition 23, and Brujeria!

Pictures of the performances of Pentagram, Burst, Priest, Déluge, Fit For An Autopsy and Watain on the indoor stage of Hellsinki Metal Festival!

An unholy celebration of Christ’s Death with Watain and Obnoxious Youth? Sign us up! Check out the pictures of this blasphemous night!

Steelfest 2018 was again a weekend filled with underground music celebrating black mass and pagan rituals. Check out the pictures we took at the event!

Festival Reports

The first edition of Hellsinki Metal was absolutely epic, find some of the most memorable performances here with Pentagram, Priest, I Am Morbid, Bury Tomorrow, Emperor, Fit For An Autopsy and Watain!

2 days of celebrating darkness, pagan spirits, satan and underground music… Check out the full report of Steelfest 2018 here.

Our beloved Winter mass!

Previews

The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…

A little look on how one of the best underground metal festivals is like…

Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2016 will take place on the 16th and 17th of December in the Effenaar, Eindhoven.

Lists

If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!

As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!