The first trailer for Heavier Trip, the sequel to the Finnish film Heavy Trip, has just been released. The movie continues the story of IMPALED REKTUM, an underground blackened death metal band on a quest to perfect their unique sound: symphonic, post-apocalyptic, reindeer-grinding, Christ-abusing, extreme war pagan, Fennoscandian metal. You can check out the trailer below.
Variety reports that Doppelgänger Releasing, the genre-focused label of Music Box Films, has secured North American distribution rights for Heavier Trip, while Charades is managing the world sales rights.
Released in 2018, “Heavy Trip”, a triumphant celebration of Scandinavian black and death metal, introduced us to the group which, for various reasons, had been stuck for 11 years practicing in a basement. The movie ends with IMPALED REKTUM finally performing in front of a receptive metal audience. The sequel, per writer/directors Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren, opens a few years later with IMPALED REKTUM in jail and with an offer to play Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival. Unprepared and imprisoned, the band refuses the festival slot. However, the guitarist’s father goes ill and is in dire need as the family home and slaughterhouse are about to be demolished. Cue the music: time to get out of jail!
The world premiere of Heavier Trip will be announced soon, with a theatrical and home entertainment release set for this November.
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