AN NCS PREMIERE: GLOOMY GRIM — “BORN IN FIRE 2026”

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May 132026
 

(written by Islander)

This is a song premiere that requires historical context because it is a musical celebration and memorial by the bandmates and family of a man taken from the world too soon.

The history begins in 1995 in Finland when Agathon started the black metal band Gloomy Grim as his solo project. In time he gathered other musicians around him, and over the following decades Gloomy Grim released seven albums, assorted shorter works, and several compilation records.

Over that time Agathon (aka Ykä) also became a key figure in other groups, including Airdash, Soulgrind, Thy Serpent, and Corporal Punishment, and he also performed on recordings by Barathrum and Walhalla, among other bands.

Agathon passed away from cancer in 2022. A memorial concert has now been organized, and it will be held at the Hellsinki Metal Festival’s See You In Hell club Bar Loose on August 6, 2026.

But in addition to that, a group of labels will release an album called Gloomy & Grim: A Tribute To Agathon on June 6th — a date that would have been Agathon’s 58th birthday and is the 30th anniversary of the release of Gloomy Grim’s first demo.

The final song on that album is a re-recording of Gloomy Grim’s “Born In Fire“, and that’s the track we’re premiering today. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: GLOOMY GRIM — “THEY ARE WAITING”

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Apr 272021
 

 

It seems, as wise people have said for millennia, that all good things must come to an end. And so, after a career that has spanned a quarter-century, the Finnish symphonic black metal band Gloomy Grim will be releasing their final album later this month.

This new and last release is entitled Agathonomicon, and it includes 10 tracks that revel in darkness and horror. So far, two singles from the album have emerged, and today we bring you a third one — “They Are Waiting” — before Satanath Records and MurdHer Records jointly issue the entire release on April 28th. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: GLOOMY GRIM — “STARS ABOVE ME”

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Oct 052018
 

 

On October 20th GrimmDistribution (Ukraine) and MurdHer Records (Italy) will release a new EP by the Finnish symphonic black metal band Gloomy Grim entitled Obscure Metamorphosis, and today we present the second track in the EP’s running order, “Stars Above Me“.

This makes the third year in a row when we’ve premiered music off different releases by this band, but a few words of introduction might still be warranted for those who are encountering their music for the first time. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: GLOOMY GRIM — “REIGN”

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Jun 042017
 

 

Almost exactly one year ago we premiered a song from The Age of Aquarius, the latest album by the Finnish horror-prone black metal band Gloomy Grim, and today we have yet another premiere from the band, but one uprooted from the distant past. It appears on a compilation entitled Fuck The World, War Is War!, which is a combining of the titles of the two early demos that it encompasses: The first five tracks on this new compilation come from the band’s first demo, Fuck The World, Kill The Jehova! (1996), and the next three tracks first appeared on the second demo, Friendship Is Friendship, War Is War! (1997).

When the first demo was recorded during the upheaval of black metal’s second wave, Gloomy Grim was the solo project of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Agathon. By the time the second demo was recorded, he had drawn to his side the female vocalist Whisper Lilith as well as guitarist Mörgoth and bassist Torso. The song we’re premiering today — “Reign” — was the final track on that second demo. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: GLOOMY GRIM — “A LADY IN WHITE”

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May 262016
 

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On June 6, Satanath Records will release a new album named The Age of Aquarius by the Finnish horror-prone black metal band Gloomy Grim. To whet your appetite for the album, today we bring you the stream of one of the new songs, “A Lady In White“.

This premiere marks Gloomy Grim’s first appearance at our putrid site, and so a word of introduction may be in order. The band first took shape in the mid-’90s as the solo project of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Agathon. Since then, Gloomy Grim evolved into a full band and have released six albums (including this new one), along with a few shorter releases. They have consistently been inspired by horror movies and their soundtracks, as well as by the darkness of life in general.

(Fair warning… there’s a band photo after the jump that’s NSFW.) Continue reading »