Finland’s melodic dark metal masters Soulfallen returned after 13 years of silence with the new single ‘Thousandfold’, a track from their long-awaited upcoming fourth album, set to be released next year with Inverse Records!
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News Posts
Finnish modern hard rock outfit Øutline releases new single ‘Bite the Bullet’, the first single from their upcoming EP, set for release in 2026 via Inverse Records!
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Finnish dark folk act Nobody recently released the ‘Pompeii’ single as a taste of the upcoming EP ‘Jesus Ain’t Cumming’, set for release in a couple of weeks with Inverse Records.
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Finnish masters of melancholy Kaunis Kuolematon released their latest album ‘Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli’ with Noble Demon last week and shared a video for ‘Rauniot’ to celebrate.
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A couple of friends of the site are bringing something quite new to Finland with Ankea Festival, to take place next summer in Tampere, giving a space for music that isn’t as much represented at festivals overall with a focus on alternative rock and progressive metal! The first dozen of names confirmed is already pretty impressive with Ihsahn, God Is An Astronaut, Oranssi Pazuzu, Kaelan Mikla, Green Carnation, Circle, A.A. Williams, Bruce Soord, Earthside, Ihlo, Vermilia and Virta!
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Michael Monroe shares another single with ‘Disconnected’, building up excitement for the upcoming new studio album ‘Outerstellar’, set for release in February 2026 via Silver Lining Music!
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The Rasmus release a video for ‘Banksy’, a track inspired by the renown artist and from the latest album ‘WEIRDO’ out via Better Noise Music!
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Finnish black metallers Dark Divination revealed the new track ‘Pride of Victory’, the second one unveiled from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Liitto hengen ja veren’, set for release in December via Signal Rex!
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Finnish rock sensations Ginger Evil shared an official live video for the track ‘Last Frontier’, taken from their debut album ‘The Way It Burns’, released earlier this year via Frontiers Music!
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Finnish garage rock greats Sweatmaster offered another bite from their upcoming fifth album ‘More!’ with a video for the title track! The album is set for release via Svart Records in January 2026!
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Album Reviews
Hexvessel have pulled a new set of songs from their sleeves for the new album ‘Kindred’. The best magical forest folk from Finland you can find…
With ‘Alloy’ Svart Records continues its quest to make all of Skepticism’s back catalogue available again.
Finnish outfit Norrhem has crafted a remarkable combination of melodic black/folk metal with their release ‘Koitos’!
Santa Cruz is back with a new line-up and a new sound. You can read the review of ‘Katharsis’ here.
By one of the many lakes in Finland, Jasmin Saarela, leading lady in psychedelic supernauts Jess & the Ancient ones, has written her first solo record ‘Under the Red Light Shine’. a hauntinly beautiful record full of soul and melancholy.
Wheel brings you a sound that is very much inspired by Tool, but with a great personality and great songwriting skills!
Devil Worshipper takes you on a demented and emotional ride littered with sin and temptation. And Satan, of course Satan!
In 2018 The hellish intronauts of Oranssi Pazuzu and Dark Buddha Rising came together for a one off event, commissioned for the Roadburn Festival, ingeniously monikered The Waste of Space Orchestra. Syntheosis is the studio interpretation of that psychotropic interdimensional journey.
If you only want distorted guitars, then Battle Beast’s latest is 50/50 for you. If you want to hear the art of composing and the use of different elements that are mastered by the band, then this album will most definitely touch you.
In case you missed out on the original birth death doom as a genre or are just feeling a bit nostalgic, have a listen to Asphodelus’ “Stygian Dreams” which takes you back to the mythical times of the early nineties
Interviews
A video interview with Hannes Kett from Shiraz Lane about the past, the present and the future! Check out the full conversation!
Watch the video interview we had with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about their new upcoming album ‘No Absolution’!
A short and fun talk with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society at Tuska 2019 about playing live, their first single for ‘No Absolution’ and some more tricky questions!
A last short part of us talking with Oceanhoarse, this time about the music scene, merch, metal booze and their trip to Japan! Check it out!
A conversation with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about their European tour supporting Marko Hietala from Nightwish!
Joonas and Jyri of Oceanhoarse told us why we all need to be at their own festival ‘Hoarsefest’… it includes a pretty good price to win!
A talk with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about the release of their EP ‘Voluntary Bends’!
We talked with Aarni and Jaakko from Block Buster about their new album and more!
We had a chat with Normandie about their music, touring and more!
We’ve been a long time fan of the Finnish comic book artist JP Ahonen. Mostly famous for his Belzebubs web series, he has other amazing works like ‘Sing No Evil’ (read our review of the graphic novel here). With his Belzebubs creation taking off even more with a recently released full-length album by the fictional […]
Photo Reports
Opeth released an absolutely brilliant new album with ‘The Last Will And Testament’ last year, and now they brought it to the stage all over Europe. And we in Helsinki were honored to be the first stop of the tour back in February, getting a first taste of their new work live. And with Grand Magus to warm us up, this was a brilliant night for the (metal) music lovers among us! An event by Fullsteam Agency
Mixing classical music and metal is a well tested concept by now. The Rock Orchestra did a great job when they came to Tampere-Talo on Monday the 7th of April.
Finnish rock up-and-comers Ginger Evil made a proper introduction to Helsinki at the KULT Club with a release show celebrating their debut album released earlier in the year with Frontiers Music, and we saw it was good!
Pictures of a sold-out night with melodic metal legends Dark Tranquillity, gothic metal institution Moonspell and German promises Hiraes at Ääniwalli in Helsinki!
Noora Louhimo Acoustic Experience played a wide variety of songs during their gig at Telakka in Tampere last week. From rock covers, Battle Beast songs over to some of Noora’s own work, the show had something for every taste.
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.
"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
Frank Zappa
Hip hop legend The Game dropped by Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, Finland to celebrate 20 years of ‘The Documentary’ with his fans. And what a party it was!
The pictures of the Enemy Inside show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland.
Silent Planet came back to Europe with their “Superbloom” headline tour and brought with them Like Moths To Flames, VEXED and Avoid! We caught them in the beginning of February at Korjaamo in Helsinki for a great night of metalcore and alternative metal! Brought to us by TuskaLive!
Last month, both of our home countries met at a great event with some of the top of the underground metal scene like Unhoped, Rapid, Galvanizer and the very first appearance in Finland of the Belgian speed metallers of Bütcher!
Jonne Aaron seemed to radiate joy and happiness throughout his entire performance last week at Tavara-Asema in Tampere, Finland. I wish all artists would enjoy performing as much as he seemed to enjoy this gig.
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