Metal Shock Finland (World Assault )

2021 will be the year where 22 outstanding bands will be performing live at the very first edition of the virtual festival GRIM FEST 2021. The festival will be streamed on YouTube and shared to various social media portals, on Saturday, 14th August.

Sharing the festival with these talented bands we will be having 22 major music celebrities sending their special shout outs to both bands and fans alike. The idea behind this is to entwine both major and upcoming artists in a single showcase to deliver one simple message to: Stay Safe! Stay Metal! Each celebrity is coupled with an artist and will be delivering their message with each band performance.

Some of the major celebrities partaking are: The Maltese nationals Noel Mifsud & Mike Bugeja (Rock DJ / Journalist), Frank Godla (Metal Injection), Sakis (Rotting Christ), Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride), Flegias (Necrodeath), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania / Ardours), Tina Gunnarsson (Hexed), Axxel (Stallion), Marc Storace (Krokus), Guernica Mancini (ThunderMother), Rob Moschetti (M.O.D / Pro Pain), Marcelo Leal (Ill Nino), Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder), Frank Calleja (Beheaded / Slit / It Came from the Desert), Diva Satanica (BloodHunter / Nervosa), Ingar Amlien (Crest of Darkness), Zel (Ancient), Jørgen Munkeby (Shining / Emperor), Justin Biggs (Sorcerer), Rob the Witch (Necronomicon) & Tony Dolan (Venom Inc). Industry professional Matt bacon of Dropout Media will be presenting the fest!

The participating bands are:

1st Band: Ghost on Mars – Italy : Melodic Dark Metal
Celebrity message by Mike Bugeja / Rock DJ / Journalist

2nd Band: Aether – Poland : Epic Melodic Death Metal
Celebrity message by Frank Godla (Metal Injection)

3rd Band: Ephemeral – Greece : Melodic Death Metal
Celebrity message by Sakis (Rotting Christ)

4th Band: Æolian – Spain : Melodic Death Metal
Celebrity message by Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride)

5th Band: Black Therapy – Italy : Melodic Death Metal
Celebrity message by Flegias (Necrodeath)

6th Band: Moonshade – Portugal : Melodic Death Metal
Celebrity message by Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania / Ardours)

7th Band: Re-Armed – Finland : Melodic Death Metal
Celebrity message by Tina Gunnarsson (Hexed)

8th Band: Dangerous times for the dead – Holland : Heavy Metal
Celebrity message by Axxel (Stallion)

9th Band: Upper Lip – Malta : Nostalgic Hard Rock
Celebrity message by Marc Storace (Krokus)

10th Band: Jet Jaguar – Mexico : Nostalgic Heavy Metal
Celebrity message by Guernica Mancini (ThunderMother)

11th Band: White Walls – Romania : Dynamic Prog Metal
Celebrity message by Rob Moschetti (M.O.D / Pro Pain)

12th Band: Align The Tide – Malta: Active Metal Core
Celebrity message by Marcelo Leal (Ill Nino)

13th Band: ABYZZ – Germany: Thüringen Death Metal
Celebrity message by Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder)

14th Band: Tortharry – Czech Republic : Death Metal
Celebrity message by Frank Calleja (Beheaded / Slit / It Came from the Desert)

15th Band: Satarial – Russia : Russian Black Metal
Celebrity message by Diva Satanica (BloodHunter / Nervosa)

16th Band: Saħħar – Malta : Ruinous Black Metal
Celebrity message by Ingar Amlien + one track performance by (Crest of Darkness)

17th Band: Two Face Sinner – Peru : Death Black Metal
Celebrity message by Zel (Ancient)

18th Band: Tableau Mort – UK : Necroman Black Metal
Celebrity message by Jørgen Munkeby (Shining / Emperor)

19th Band: Forsaken – Malta : Epic Doom Metal
Celebrity message by Justin Biggs (Sorcerer)

20th Band: MartYriuM – Malta : Death Black Metal
Celebrity message by Noel Mifsud / Rock DJ / Journalist

21st Band: Gorilla Monsoon – Germany : Hell Rock / Metal
Celebrity message by Rob the Witch (Necronomicon)

22nd Band: Necronomicon – Canada : Blackened Death Metal
Celebrity message by Tony Dolan (Venom Inc)

All bands are fully geared up to deliver an explosive live performance at the GRIM FEST 2021!

Presented by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media)
Produced by Nick Grima MGT (Management & Booking)
Prod/ Editing by Marton Saliba (Terrier Sound Studio) 
​PR by Keith Morash (Infecting Cells PR) & Leo Heresy (Heresy Metal Media)

Connect with GRIMFEST: https://www.facebook.com/events/168507815196663