Grave Pleasures
Grave Pleasures is a Finnish post-punk band from Helsinki. They started in 2010 under the name Beastmilk. The original members were Mat McNerney, Valtteri Arino, Johan Snell, and Dimitri Paile. They released a self-made demo called White Stains on Black Tape in 2010, followed by the EP Use Your Deluge in 2012. Their debut album Climax was recorded in Salem, Massachusetts with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou and released in 2013 by Magic Bullet Records. The band drew attention from major labels, with Sony showing interest in a Columbia Records deal.
In 2015, after tensions, Snell and Paile left. Linnéa Olsson joined as a second guitarist, but McNerney and Arino relaunched the band as Grave Pleasures. They added Uno Bruniusson on drums and Juho Vanhanen from Oranssi Pazuzu as a session guitarist. With this five-piece lineup, they recorded Dreamcrash in May 2015 with producer Tom Dalgety. Dreamcrash was released in September 2015 in Europe, with North America handled by Metal Blade in November 2015.
The current members are Mat McNerney, Valtteri Arino, Juho Vanhanen, Aleksi Kiiskilä, and Rainer Tuomikanto. Grave Pleasures has released music through Columbia, Metal Blade, Svart, and Magic Bullet, and remains active.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 07:16 (CET).