Finnish melodic death metal band Admire The Grim is set to release their debut EP, Rogue Five, on January 13th, 2023 via Inverse Records. They have released their first single, "Rogue Five"; check out the official video below.

Guitarist Jani Loikkanen comments: "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."

Tracklist:

"The Flood"
"Mad Queen of the Second Sun"
"Admire The Grim"
"Rogue Five"

 The band comments on the beginnings of the group:

"In the turn of 2020-2021, childhood friends Jani (guitar) and Kalle (bass) started to write songs and plan putting a band together. They asked friends to join and soon Sirja (guitar) and Tommi (drums) jumped in. Lastly, Katri (vocals) found her way to the group and the band was complete.

After some get togethers and song writing sessions started relentless rehearsing (not forgetting the parties at Kalle's house ofc). We all had very different backgrounds in both music and life, which eventually somehow proved to be a fully functional chaos. The soundscape of our music bases heavily on '90s and '00s melodic death metal, but each of us have thrown in our individual musical backgrounds in search of the band's sound. We feel like we've developed so much in just over a year and still (and forever) progressing."

Line-up:

Katri Snellman - vocals
Jani Loikkanen - guitar
Sirja Ojaniemi - guitar
Kalle Raatikainen - bass
Tommi Vante - drums