History & Biography The Berlin, Germany-based act was assembled as a duo in 2016. A record appeared in 2018. Grin was confirmed for Hoflärm Open Air in the year 2023.
Germany-based doom and sludge band Grin had a new album, called Acid Gods, through The Lasting Dose Records on May 30th 2025. Coincidentally, an English rock band called Acid Era had a song called Grin in 2023.
The couple is also responsible for an imprint called The Lasting Dose Records. Jan records bands at Hidden Planet Studio as well.
Reviews GRIN - ACID GODS - TLD 
A duo without guitars. Anticipated hating this as much as the dreaded Necromantia, but no one is that bad and neither is Grin. Acid Gods is certainly sludge, but the music is not exactly metal. Think more along the lines of High Tension meets Godflesh. There is a distorted bass, booming drums and processed chanting standing in for vocals. This is an album of liturgy if the religion were ophiolatry and the practitioners were acid tripping serial murderers. The song Nocturno has an obvious doom vibe with riffs that are pseudo-reminiscent of Black Sabbath. Silvers is longer and goes through several coils ranging from the atmospheric to Saint Vitus. Wild Eyes is less a song and more a modern movie sound effect.
The vocals are distorted, the music proceeding mid-paced processed and the vibe, well, untested. One last thing: The band must possess the world's most ironic monicker. - Ali "The Metallian"
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