Los Angeles based collective The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown is back and breaking bounderies again with their new single ‘Wrong Side of the Law’, featuring Ellen Alaverdyan and Dino Jelusick!
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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
Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven announced their new album ‘Midnight Sun’ to be out in October via V2 Records, featuring their take on eleven of her favorite songs about the night! First single ‘Night Air’ of Jamie Woon is out now!
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Rock trio HAIM has announced their upcoming new album ‘I quit’ set for release in June on Polydor Records and shared the new single ‘Down to be wrong’!
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Dutch groove rock outfit Redikin has recently unveiled that they signed with Wormholedeath for the release of their highly anticipated debut album ‘The Crux’!
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Miss Velvet has released her bold, cinematic ‘Triptych’ EP via Mother Ride Records, but not before unveiling her electrifying new single and video ‘Pistols At Dawn’!
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Finland’s largest rock festival Rockfest is back this summer at a new location, and has just before the weekend completed the line-up with the addition of Manic Street Preachers, D-A-D, Millencolin, H.E.A.T., Crownshift, Sara, Awake Again and Toivo-Olavi!
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Papa Roach kicked off their massive “Rise of the Roach tour” earlier this week, but not before they unleashed their latest single ‘Even If It Kills Me’, a track showing off their alternative rock roots that made them famous!
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London-based rock band on the rise The Molotovs signed with UK independent label Marshall Records to continue to bring their explosive rock music into this world, becoming part of the new generation of Marshall music!
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British rock icons Skunk Anansie released their brand-new single ‘An Artist Is An Artist’, their first new music in almost 3 years, out now via FLG! Catch them on their European and UK tours this spring!
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Swedish Captain Black Beard will decide ‘When It’s Over’ and that time is definitely not now! They just unleashed the single and music video for the upcoming album set for release via Mighty Music! Get ready for some “disco AOR”!
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Photo Reports
TOTO recently played a show at a full Nokia Arena in Tampere together with Christopher Cross, marking the end of their ‘The Dogz Of Oz’ European Tour. The evening delivered a great feeling of nostalgia.
THUNDERMOTHER’s ‘Dirty & Divine Tour 2025’ brought together an almost 100% female rock night. Together with COBRA SPELL and VULVARINE a great night of classic heavy and hard rock is traveling around Europe and we got to see them in Stuttgart on the first leg of the tour. The tour will go on with the second leg, kicking off on 21 March 2025. Get your tix soon, it might sell out fast.
This year’s “Motocultor across Europe Tour” kickoff show was at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, headlined by Moldovan favorite Infected Rain and support acts Semblant, Elyose, Miruthan, and Skin On Flesh!
Every year we like to look back at the amazing shows we captured, and in 2024 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered bands like Vola, Apulanta, Marko Hietala, Cyan Kicks, Stam1na, Kotiteollisuus, Blind Channel, Cyhra, Sigh, Everwave, Sonata Arctica, Neonfly, Altamullan Road, Avatar, Raskasta Joulua, Beatrix, Battle Beast, Steve ‘n’ Seagulls, Áilu Valle, Amoc and Trio Boogiemen mostly in Tampere, Finland!
The tradition at GrimmGent is for all photographers to set up our personal collection of our favourites. Always an illustrious collection, sometimes with shots that haven’t even been published here. This is my Tom Treuten selection of highlights in 2024.
With their 5th album ‘Attracted To Danger’, THE NEW ROSES are currently on tour in Europe. With MOONSHOT from Finland as the support act, the German rockers are thrilling the masses. At their gig in Stuttgart, we had the pleasure of witnessing this amazing rock performance.
Vola’s ‘Friend of a Phantom’ tour passed through Finland last week and hit Tampere’s Pakkahuone on Tuesday November 5th. It was a filled with emotion, not only from Vola, but also the support acts Feather Mountain and Charlotte Wessels. This almost overwhelming rollercoaster ride of emotions was brought to us by TuskaLive.
The last weekend of October, Apulanta played two glorious shows at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland in front of a huge crowd of fans, and joined by Lahtis Sinfonia Orchestra. A show that somehow felt simultaneously simplistic and very grand, with a well-thought-out light show and setlist featuring rarely played tracks live!
Smash Into Pieces were back in Finland a while back, and we got to see their show at Tampere’s Pakkahuone, where they played in front of a full house alongside Cyan Kicks. A wonderful night of good music and atmosphere, hosted by Live Nation Finland.
Time to celebrate 35 years of psychedelic stoner rock: we caught MONSTER MAGNET at one of their stops on their anniversary tour, bringing us together with support DAILY THOMPSON a night full of psychedelic infused Stoner-Rock at LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart, Germany! And they showed that they’re still an excellent live band and still the benchmark against which established and upcoming bands must measure themselves.
Interviews
We had the chance to ask Amanda Somerville a couple of questions about her latest release with Trillium and her life in the music industry!
After tasting many interesting beers from No Science brewery, we went to find the man behind the brews to have a chat about his creations!
After tasting many interesting beers from No Science brewery, we went to find the man behind the brews to have a chat about his creations!
We talked with the organisation of Roadkill Festival in Belgium to figure out what they’re all about!
We talked with the organisation of Roadkill Festival in Belgium to figure out what they’re all about!
A talk with guitarist Andreas about Grande Royale’s new album, inspirations and roadtrip habits.
We talked with John Baizley about his music, new guitarist and dealing with constant pain in the rock ‘n’ roll life.
A talk with Joel andd Niko about how they’re planning to take on the world with their “violent pop revolution”. Spoiler: it’s not only with their looks…
We talked with vocalist Maja Shining about touring, their music, inspiration and being empowering to women and girls in the music business!
Gig Reports
What better to fill up a Saturday night than going to see some of the best local bands that Finland has to offer with The Empire Strikes and Temple Balls?
Swedish Fatboy set up shop in On The Rocks and turned Helsinki into a Southern American rockabilly hotspot!
Rock ‘n’ roll, good vibes and good music… Camu and his friends brought the house down!
The LA rap rockers of Crazy Town came to bring some of their Californian sun to Finland!
Before the full Rockfest madness kicked off, we got a night of quality rock music with Rainbow!
Rocking the Monday blues away with The Vintage Caravan and Black Mirrors!
A night of Swedish rock ‘n’ roll on a Finnish stage with Backyard Babies and Satan Takes A Holiday!
Enter Shikari is a band of extremes. They’ve switched back and forward between styles and genres and we witnessed their newest show. As It Is was there to warm up the crowd and delivered!
Twenty years. Two decades. Almost an entire generation. That’s how long long the Beglian rockers of Triggerfinger have been around. That calls for a celebration, right?
The Beast In Black is back ‘From Hell With Love’ and set the stage, venue and every single fan ablaze!
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