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Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim released their debut album ‘Resist’ via Inverse Records on January 31st 2025. Listen to the album on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/admirethegrim-album 

The band comments on the making of the album:

“The album was written in about two years. At some point we took a short break from touring and really took time for song writing and pre-production. Taking that time worked out really well and we are extremely happy with the results! We managed to unify our sound and take things a bit further musically. Even if the record is mostly about fast and aggressive playing, we do have an acoustic surprise on the record as well. The final mix by Saku Moilanen really took the songs to the next level and they sound exactly what we had hoped for.”

Guitarist Jani Loikkanen comments on the songwriting process:

“Before the album recordings I pretty much wrote songs and recorded demos for a full year with no break. Infinite amount of audiotracks still haunt me in my sleep. But after all that work, only good songs ended up on the album! It’s a privilege to be able to play guitar and write songs in this particular band.”

Vocalist Katri Snellman comments on the lyrics:

“The themes on this album are resistance and change. The lyrics consist of different viewpoints and situations related to the subject. Whether it’s about a political riot or a personal revolution in real life, a change in an individual’s life is guaranteed.”

Track list:

01. Crescent Moon
02. Resist
03. Revolutions
04. Rivers to Surge
05. Acoustic Melodies from the Past and Present
06. Choke on Your Words
07. Hypocrite
08. Mad Queen of the Second Sun
09. No Limits

Album cover by Anssi Kuivalainen

Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim will release their debut album ‘Resist’ via Inverse Records in January 2025. The album, which was crafted for two years, consists of familiar Admire the Grim tunes and acoustic surprises. Antti ‘Hyrde’ Hyyrynen of Stam1na visits as a guest vocalist on the single ‘Resist’. Album debut gig will be held at the legendary Nuijamies venue in the band’s hometown of Lappeenranta, Finland. Afterwards Admire the Grim is heading for gigs around Finland.

Admire the Grim was formed in 2021. The band released its’ well received ‘Rogue Five’ debut EP via Inverse Records in 2022. After the release the band followed up with a Finnish tour and their first gig abroad at Bloodstained Metal Fest in Estonia. 

Limited CD edition available HERE

Line-up:
Katri Snellman (vocals)
Jani Loikkanen (guitar)
Sirja Ojaniemi (guitar)
Petri Hänninen (bass)
Tommi Vante (drums)

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Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim will release their debut album ‘Resist’ via Inverse Records on January 31st 2025. The third single ‘No Limits’ is released today and it’s available on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/atg-nolimits 

Band comments:

“While writing ‘No Limits’, it was clear that this is going to probably be the most difficult song of the album and also the most difficult song that we’ve ever written. Jani wrote some amazing riffs for this one and it turned out to be a crushing song. The over-the-limit feeling and aggressive playing clicked nicely with the lyrics. A 1000 km/h over the speed limit, the song turned out fucking crazy and full of all kinds of happenings with every single instrument. Makes us laugh that we rigged ourselves with a song that’s absolutely devastating to play live.”

Guitarist Jani Loikkanen comments:

“‘No Limits’ kind of accidentally ended up sounding a bit like a metalcore song. For a long time I told everyone in the band that this song doesn’t work and I actually wanted to leave it out from the album. Petri, our bassist, told me that this should actually be a single and we’re not going to drop a song this good. After we had recorded this song and I heard the first mixed version, I started to really like it and it turned out great! ‘No Limits’ is a crazy song full of energy. Absolutely relentless, no rest for nobody.”

• Music by Jani Loikkanen & Katri Snellman
• Lyrics by Katri Snellman
• ISRC: FI-D5C-24-00003
• Single cover by Juha Tretjakov

Listen to

• the album’s first single Crescent Moon: https://push.fm/fl/atg-crescent
• the album’s second single Resist (feat. Antti Hyyrynen) https://push.fm/fl/atg-resist

Resist Track list:

1. Crescent Moon
2. Resist
3. Revolutions
4. Rivers to Surge
5. Acoustic Melodies from the Past and Present
6. Choke on Your Words
7. Hypocrite
8. Mad Queen of the Second Sun
9. No Limits

Album cover by Anssi Kuivalainen

Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim will release their debut album ‘Resist’ via Inverse Records in January 2025. The album, which was crafted for two years, consists of familiar Admire the Grim tunes and acoustic surprises. Antti ‘Hyrde’ Hyyrynen of Stam1na visits as a guest vocalist on the single ‘Resist’. Album debut gig will be held at the legendary Nuijamies venue in the band’s hometown of Lappeenranta, Finland. Afterwards Admire the Grim is heading for gigs around Finland.
 

Admire the Grim was formed in 2021. The band released its’ well received ‘Rogue Five’ debut EP via Inverse Records in 2022. After the release the band followed up with a Finnish tour and their first gig abroad at Bloodstained Metal Fest in Estonia. 

Limited CD edition Pre-order available HERE

Line-up:
Katri Snellman (vocals)
Jani Loikkanen (guitar)
Sirja Ojaniemi (guitar)
Petri Hänninen (bass)
Tommi Vante (drums)

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Finnish melodic death metal band ADMIRE THE GRIM is set to release their debut EP Rogue Five on January 13th 2023 via Inverse Records. The first single Rogue Five was released earlier with a music video. The second single The Flood is released today and it’s available on all essential streaming platforms: https://push.fm/fl/atg-flood

Vocalist Katri Snellman comments on The Flood Single:

“The Flood was the first song that we wrote together. Jani came up with the idea for the instruments and I wrote the vocal and lyric lines. The lyrics are about the feeling of drowning into your own thoughts, described with a lot of metaphors”.

Guitarist Jani Loikkanen comments on Rogue Five Single:

“My goal was to write a song that has a catchy chorus and lead parts. There’s good energy and spirit for a sweet party. I wrote the intro riff first and that set the song up for a fast paced guitar riffage. And to be honest, this is definitely a song for guitar maniacs”.

Pre-order Rogue Five EP on Bandcamp: https://admirethegrim.bandcamp.com
Pre-save Rogue Five EP on Spotify: https://push.fm/ps/atg-rogue-five

Rogue Five (EP) -tracklist

1. The Flood
2. Mad Queen of the Second Sun
3. Admire the Grim
4. Rogue Five

EP cover by Anssi Kuivalainen

Admire the Grim is a melodic death metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. The group was formed by five friends in early 2021. In May 2022 the band released its first single ‘Storm the Barricade’ and in September 2022 music video and single for ‘Rogue Five’ saw the daylight. In November 2022 the second single ‘The Flood’ from ‘Rogue Five’ -EP was released and the EP itself is published on January 2023 via Inverse Records.

Line-up:
Katri Snellman (vocals)
Jani Loikkanen (guitar)
Sirja Ojaniemi (guitar)
Kalle Raatikainen (bass)
Tommi Vante (drums)