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Soulgrind Rises From the Finnish Fog: Yes, the Axe Still Bites
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Fifteen years. A full decade and a half since the last time Soulgrind carved another notch into the frozen bark of Nordic metal. No press stunts, no reunion tours for cash ; just silence, snow, and the occasional demo passed between old friends like forbidden letters. But now, like a shadow detaching itself from the pines at dusk, they’re back. And they didn’t come back to whisper.
The first single, Jylhä Metsämies (“The Stern Woodsman”), isn’t so much a song as a statement. It’s out now: all gnarled riffs, haunting dual vocals from Tanya Lilith and Azhemin, and that unmistakable Soulgrind aura: part pagan ritual, part post-thrash poetry. The video? A monochrome dream of Finnish wilderness and silent defiance. Watch it. Then listen again. You’ll catch the layers: the gothic weight, the blackened edges, the melodic undercurrent that’s been their signature since Whitsongs.
Lord Heikkinen, the band’s architect, admits time was the real enemy. “We had the ideas, always too many,” he says. “Just never enough hours.” Tanya was in Austria, life got in the way, projects stalled. But 2024 sparked something. Old sketches woke up. New ones roared to life. The result? Ad Pulchram Mortem, their tenth album, twelve tracks deep, and sounding less like a comeback than a continuation. Like they never left, just waited for the world to catch up.
And make no mistake: this isn’t nostalgia bait. Jylhä Metsämies walks the same dark path as Kalma, Pakana, and The Tuoni Pathway, sure, but there’s fresh blood in the soil. The sound is bolder, more self-assured. It’s still impossible to pin to one genre. Call it gothic if you want, but it’s got thrash bones and black metal breath. Call it pagan, but it’s too cerebral, too layered. Soulgrind has always played by their own damn calendar.
They’re talking 2026 for live shows. Good. The world needs to hear this live: the weight of Weight of The Old Sins, the eerie circus of In The Circus of Tuonela, the wolf’s dance, the whispered curses. Until then, we’ve got this single. A promise. A warning. A return.
Not every legacy band earns the right to come back. Some should stay buried. But Soulgrind? They were never part of the scene. They were the atmosphere. And now, the fog rolls in again.
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