News Posts

Vaim Hull

Tuska shares first batch of names for 2026, spearheaded by the 2 confirmed headliners Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens!

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Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!

We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.

Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!

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Vaim Hull

Battle Beast unveil fourth single ‘Angel Of Midnight’ from upcoming album ‘Steelbound’

Finland’s power metal force Battle Beast presented their fourth single ‘Angel Of Midnight’ from their upcoming and highly anticipated album ‘Steelbound’, out next month via Nuclear Blast Records!

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Vaim Hull

Epic symphonic power metal force Memories Of Old return with new single and video ‘Fly Away Together’

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Epic symphonic power metal force Memories Of Old is striking back with their latest single ‘Fly Away Together’ from their upcoming album ‘Never Stop Believing’, out next month via Limb Music!

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Vaim Hull

Elettra Storm releases ‘Blue Phoenix’ video single from upcoming album

Power metal phenomenon Elettra Storm releases ‘Blue Phoenix’, the first single taken from their upcoming new album ‘Evertale’, out next month with Scarlet Records!

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Vaim Hull

Epic symphonic power metal force Memories Of Old returns with new single ‘Guardians of the Kingdom’

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Epic symphonic power metal force Memories Of Old returns with new single ‘Guardians of the Kingdom’, the first track from their upcoming album ‘Never Stop Believing’, set for release in October via Limb Music!

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Vaim Hull

Raven Black unleashes dual darkness with 2 new tracks

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Raven Black recently unleashed dual darkness with the 2 new tracks ‘Cry of the Raven’ (channeling her struggles with mental health) and ‘Dead’ (a vampire-themed power metal track)!

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Vaim Hull

Induction release music video for futuristic new single ‘Dark Temptation’

Modern power metallers Induction release music video for futuristic new single ‘Dark Temptation’, out with Reigning Phoenix Music!

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Vaim Hull

Battle Beast dropped new single ‘Here We Are’

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Finnish heavy metal powerhouse Battle Beast dropped their new single ‘Here We Are’ in the beginning of this month, another track from the upcoming anticipated album ‘Steelbound’, set for release in October via Nuclear Blast!

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Vaim Hull

Elettra Storm announced their new album ‘Evertale’ to be out in October

Elettra Storm is ready to further take the power metal scene by storm with their upcoming second album ‘Evertale’, set for release in October via Scarlet Records!

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Vaim Hull

Alcatraz announced the first confirmed names for 2026

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As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!

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Album Reviews

Anna Brödel

Sonata Arctica – Clear Cold Beyond

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With ‘Clear Cold Beyond’ Sonata Arctica are re-visiting their faster and heavier roots and will delight older fans, while possibly surprising some of their more new fans. Out via Atomic Fire Records (Reigning Phoenix Music) since last Friday!

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Tom

Evergrey – A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)

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‘A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)’ proves that even after 25 years of existence, Evergrey still has the ability to impress.

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Maxime G.

Power Paladin – With the Magic of Windfyre Steel

Get ready to go on a magical journey with Power Paladin’s debut album!

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Annet W.

Crusade of Bards – Tales of the Seven Seas

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Crusade of Bards create this mix of power metal, symphonic metal, folk touches, and even gothic and pagan touches. It’s all there, and it all blends in beautifully together.

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Anna Brödel

Battle Beast – Circus Of Doom

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Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast just released their new album »Circus of Doom«, on which they perfected their usual sound while still adding a lot of new flavours into the mix. Definitely recommended.

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GRIMM Editorial Team

Bloodbound – Creatures of the Dark Realm

The excellent 9th album from Swedish power metal band Bloodbound quickly became one of my favorite ones of 2021!

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GRIMM Editorial Team

FireForce – Rage of War

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The fourth album from Belgium’s combat metal unit FireForce is a really tasty slab of heavy metal!

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Nele

Vexillum – When Good Men Go To War

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With their second album ‘When Good Men Go To War’ Vexillum takes us on an epic and heroic adventure. Are you ready to set sails and join them?

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Sjorven

Adamantis – Far Flung Realm

Adamantis brings us a power metal release that doesn’t surprise but heralds the great bands of the genre!

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Nele

Orden Ogan – Final Days

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After a few delays, German heavy metal band Orden Ogan‘s new album ‘Final Days‘ has finally been released in March 2021. This album, a dark sci-fi concept, is once again produced by Sebastian ‘Seeb’ Levermann (vocals). “After creating a Dark Wild West scenery for ‘Gunmen’ and having storylines about monasteries in moorlands, apocalyptic ice worlds […]

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Interviews

Sjorven

Interview Pär Sundström (Sabaton) Part III

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In the last part, we grilled Pär about the Sabaton live shows, History Channel and a couple of other things…

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Sjorven

Interview Pär Sundström (Sabaton) Part II

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We had the honor to interview Pär Sundström from Sabaton about the upcoming release The Great War.

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Sjorven

Interview Pär Sundström (Sabaton) Part II

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We had the honor to interview Pär Sundström from Sabaton about the upcoming release The Great War.

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Miss.Ery
Sjorven

Interview Pär Sundström (Sabaton) Part I

We had the honor to inteview Pär from Sabaton and talk about a whole bunch of things. Sit back and have fun.

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Miss.Ery
Sjorven

Interview Pär Sundström (Sabaton) Part I

We had the honor to inteview Pär from Sabaton and talk about a whole bunch of things. Sit back and have fun.

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Wouter

Unleash the Archers

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Unleash the Archers band photo

It was a great pleasure to sit down with Brittney from Unleash the Archers to tackle questions of education and experience, emancipation and the ultimate point of skiing along a mountain.

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Vaim Hull

Organization Headbanger’s Balls Fest

A look in the mind of the people behind…

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Ilse

Gloryhammer

A fun chat with our own super heroes Hootsman and Angus McFife!

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Wouter

Argus

With a winning formula of classic metal drenched in a doomy athmosphere, Argus is one of the more exciting bands hailing from the American underground. On the second date of their recent European tour, Grimm jumped at the opportunity to talk about the group’s songwriting routines, recent line-up changes and upcoming album.

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