The GRIMM Reader

A book that is basically nothing fancy, just like the writer and main subject in it. Harley Flanagan doesn’t try to make things look or sound prettier than they were and shares the craziness that was (and is) his life through all the stories he gathered!

An extensive depiction of an often overlooked chapter in the black metal history: Finnish black metal!

The story of a struggling musician, trying to get his band to make it big, at the same time keep his life together and fight an ancient evil…

A short history of everything that Brian Slagel and Metal Blade Records did for heavy metal and why “Heavy Metal will never die!”

Stories

What happened to All That Remains’ Oli Herbert, who’s responsible and whose side are you on? Don’t be like sheep, get up to date with this crash course and educate yourself on the facts!

A little overview of great metal, rock and industrial soundtracks from big horror franchises in the 21st century!

Cocktails en lekker eten op een leuke locatie, verwacht wel niet al te veel gitaren die door de speakers knallen…

Join Grimm for a tour in a small Greek town with a lively local scene

Have they found the key to surviving?

Hallowed Be Thy Ink

A tattoo dedicated to a band that meant a lot in Nera’s life: Harakiri For The Sky…

Hallowed be thy ink talks about the magic combination between metal and tattoos. In this column we share the stories of people with metal- and/or band tattoos, why they got them and how this band/music style made them stronger. Furthermore, we talk with metal artists about every aspect of their inks and tattoo art in […]

Lists

2017 was again a massive year for music of all makes, I’ve done my best to narrow it down to the 10 releases that suck with me the most the past year…

2017 has once again been an excellent year for black metal music. I’ve presented my top albums along with a list of notable releases in the genre!

2017 seems to be the year one-man projects had the biggest impact on C’kes listening habits!

A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…

Black, blacker, blackest…

A bit of everything, but all high quality stuff!

A lot of groove to be found in this list!

GRIMM & Chill

A documentary about how far the reach of black metal is, what it means for people from different countries and their struggle to be able to play the music they love so much…

A movie about dealing with loss and teenage angst through our beloved metal music…