Swedish blackened viking metal trio Månegarm are unleashing their much-awaited studio album ‘Edsvuren’ with Napalm Records this Friday and shared the single ‘En blodvittneskrans’ in anticipation!
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News Posts
Folk/prog metal legends Vintersorg are releasing their new album ‘Vattenkrafternas Spel’ in September via Hammerheart Records and have just unveiled the latest single ‘Störtsjö’!
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Ukraine’s pagan folk metallers Natural Spirit return after a 5 year hiatus with their new single ‘Swamp’, now available on all streaming platforms!
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Australian symphonic folk metal revelation Valhalore recently unleashed a music video for ‘Within The Fire’, a track from their latest album ‘Beyond The Stars’, out with ROAR. But not only that, they are coming for a visit to Europe in support of Aephanemer, bringing them all over the continent, including Finland and our very own venue Asgaard Gentbrugge in Belgium! Don’t miss out on this!
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Last week, Swedish metal vikings Månegarm shared their majestic new music video for the single ‘Rodhins hav’ from their much-awaited new album ‘Edsvuren’, out later this month via Napalm Records!
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Swedish metal legends Vintersorg have returned with yet another new epic single ‘Efter Dis Kommer Dimma’ from the upcoming album ‘Vattenkrafternas Spel’, an album that has been 8 years in the works and will be out in September via Hammerheart Records!
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Hoist the sails! Crank the volume! Pirate metallers Calico Jack’s new EP ‘Jack Speak Shanties’ is out now via Rockshots Records, and to celebrate they released a video for the song ‘Wellerman’!
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Italian folk metal outfit Balt Hüttar leads the charge with the new video and single ‘Tanzerloch’, the title track fo their upcoming album set for release in September with Rockshots Records!
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Vintersorg return with a brand-new studio album ‘Vattenkrafternas Spel’ in September via Hammerheart Records and share now a first offering with ‘Malströmsbrus’!
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Swedish viking metal pioneers Månegarm shared a music video for the new single ‘I skogsfruns famn’, the epic opening track from their upcoming new album ‘Edsvuren’, out via Napalm Records at the end of August!
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Festival Reports
SaariHelvetti is back! The island of hell brought a line-up with only Finnish bands again and we had no complaints, not one bit!
Report of the first day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020 during the pandemic!
Sun, metal, beers and an ice skating rink as festival grounds. Dynamo Metalfest has it all. Day 1 report!
The very last day of Belgium’s biggest yearly metal event with the very last (we promise) show of Kiss!
Yet another day of discovering new talent and enjoying timeless classics. Top that with a RATM after party, and you’ve got yourself a fine second full day at Graspop Metal Meeting 2019.
GRIMM was present at Hellfest 2019, to enjoy some great shows and report on how of an amazing experience it was, yet again!
Read about the magic of Wacken Winter Nights: a winter folk/pagan metal festival in Wacken, Germany!
We got the opportunity to take part in a unique event at a historical site with music and tons of other activities. The highly interesting and often almost magical bands helped celebrating viking history, paganism and the beauty of nature.
Tuska 2017 promised to be a huge party for metal and rock lovers. With their 20th anniversary they geared up to make it one hell of a celebration…
It’s oh so quiet, it’s oh so hot…! This year’s edition was one of heat, historical events and many records!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!
Pictures of the second day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Finntroll, Spiritbox, Dio Disciples, Testament, Epica and Europe!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Pictures of the artists on the Radio City and OPEN AIR II stage of the last day of Tuska 2024, with Warmen, Fixation, Eivør, Bury Tomorrow and Brothers Of Metal!
Pictures of the artists on the main stage of the first day of Tuska 2024, with Lord of the Lost, Alestorm, Kerry King, Dimmu Borgir and Pendulum!
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XII was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Kroda, Infernal War, Ved Buens Ende, Délétère, and Corpsessed!
An alternative way to celebrate Easter weekend with Rytmihäiriö and Finntroll at their stop at Tavastia in Helsinki on the “Jesus är död, nu ska vi dricka” tour!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
The Polish black metal institution Batushka brought their unholy sermon to the halls of Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo and brought with them the Russian pagans of Arkona, the pretty epic Canadian Aeternam and Latvian vikings of Varang Nord!
Lists
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
The month of April brings us not only Spring in full bloom, but a long list of stellar releases. Here is a selection of those we’re looking forward to the most!
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
Last month of 2021, still some releases coming in December that are most anticipated by our team of writers!
12 more releases of March 2021 we have been looking forward to for a while! Check it out!
It wasn’t all bad in 2020. Although it seemed like that sometimes. An example are these awesome albums that were released this year. The bands couldn’t tour, but I’m sure they will the first moment they can. Enjoy!
A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…
After endless debating the list is done with one clear winner!
