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band from

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. Formed in 2010, Grave Pleasure's previous incarnation, Beastmilk, released a demo followed by an EP, and later debut full-length '' Climax''. Members Mat McNerney and Valtteri Arino continued the band in 2015 as Grave Pleasures, following Johan Snell and Paile's departure with the group. With new members, Grave Pleasures released ''

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'' months later.

History

Formation as Beastmilk

Beastmilk was founded in 2010 by

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, Johan Snell, Valtteri Arino and Paile in

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. The band name came about because McNerney and Snell read White Stains by Aleister Crowley, and wanted "to have a dialogue about what it means to be a man and go through all these male emotions... It was sort of a conversation on what is your father’s milk, what is your mother’s milk and so on." It also came out of Snell's interest in liquids and how it affects society. The band later self-released a demo, ''White Stains on Black Tape'', in the same year. The demo was well received including from musicians

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of Darkthrone and

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. On April 2, 2012, Beastmilk released an EP ''Use Your Deluge'' under Finnish label Svart Records. In June 2013, the band went to Salem,

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to record their debut full-length '' Climax'', with Converge guitarist

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at his own recording studio GodCity Studio. ''Climax'' was released on November 29, 2013, under the

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label.

Name change with new lineup

Following the positive reception of ''Climax'',

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was interested in offering Beastmilk to join the label under Columbia Records. At the time of the offer, there were tensions between Snell and the rest of Beastmilk. Former The Oath guitarist Linnea Olsson joined Beastmilk in August 2015, shortly after the departure of drummer Paile. Linnea Olsson toured with the band as their new second guitarist in October 2015 when they joined In Solitude. In 2015 the group moved on without Snell, leaving McNerney and Arino the original members of the band. McNerney and Arino took the name Grave Pleasures. The band recruited former

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member Uno Bruniusson on drums and Oranssi Pazuzu's Juho Vanhanen as session guitarist. As a five piece, including Vanhanen, Grave Pleasures recorded ''

'' in May 2015 with producer

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. Dreamcrash released on September 4, 2015, in Finland,

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, Switzerland and

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and October 2 in the

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by Columbia.

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handled the North American release of Dreamcrash for its November 13, 2015 release.

Members

* Mat "Kvohst" McNerney - Vocals * Valtteri Arino - Bass * Juho Vanhanen - Guitars * Aleksi Kiiskilä - Guitars * Rainer Tuomikanto - Drums

Past members

* Johan "Goatspeed" Snell - Guitars * Dimitri Paile - Drums * Linnea Olsson - Guitars * Uno Bruniusson - Drums

Discography

* '' Climax'' (2013) * ''

'' (2015) * ''Funeral Party'' (2017; EP) * '' Motherblood'' (2017)

References

External links

Grave Pleasures Official Website
Musical groups established in 2010 Finnish rock music groups Finnish post-punk music groups {{Finland-band-stub