Grenouer

Grenouer currently is one of a few Russian extreme metal bands that are recognized worldwide. The band name originates from Grimoire, the textbook of magic, yet as a matter of fact it was strongly modified. The band has released six full length albums (through different labels - Locomotive Records, Copro Records, Casket Music, Irond, More Hate, CD Maximum, Moon Records), toured extensively in Russia and abroad, participated in some open air festivals and cooperated with noted sound producers, such as Anssi Kippo or Mika Jussila. GRENOUER started in the first half of 90’s in Perm city as a complete underground act performing mid tempo death metal, came through line up changes and crash development and finally obtained recognition by fans. In the beginning of 2000’s Grenouer relocated to Saint Petersburg and at the same time began to update music, changing death metal through death’n’roll groove and further on for more sophisticated modern and progressive metal comparable to Meshuggah, A Life Once Lost, Sadist, Strapping Young Lad, Cilice or Gojira without the really fast stuff. Yet most recently Grenouer changed again, switching to rockmetal sound. Grenouer’s albums got positive reviews in press like Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Rock Sound, Hard Rock, Legacy. Grenouer played together with many famous bands such as All Shall Perish, Anathema, Behemoth, Cephalic Carnage, Cradle of Filth, Despised Icon, Entombed, Gloomy Grim, Hate, Malignant Tumour, Neurosis, Novembre, Pain, Primordial, Pro Pain, Psychotic Despair, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, Sworn Enemy, The Berzerker, Textures, Testament, Tiamat, Trail of Tears, Warbringer and many more. Grenouer songs appeared on CD compilations (Fear Candy, RAMP, Adrenaline Rush, Cop-Off, Slot Fest, Winter Session, RA, Ru Zone, Iron March, 30 Covers of A-Ha, A Tribute to Godflesh etc.) and were air-played by independent radio shows; videos were shown on MTV2, A One and various metal channels.