A sequel, Heavy Trip 2 (2024), has since been released, following the band as they try to escape a Russian military base after a gig gone wrong. Early reviews suggest it captures the same chaotic energy.
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The band’s signature song, “Heavy Trip,” is a crushing, mid-tempo death metal anthem with a riff that would make Entombed proud. When Turo finally unleashes his growl on stage, it’s powerful—not a parody. The film respects that for these characters, metal isn’t a joke; it’s their religion. A sequel, Heavy Trip 2 (2024), has since
But nothing beats the original. Heavy Trip is a film about how it’s never too late to be who you were always meant to be—even if who you were meant to be is a growling, corpse-painted death metal maniac with a stolen van and a dead body in the back. Let us know your favorite scene in the comments
In the frostbitten, forest-choked heart of northern Finland, a band of long-haired, middle-aged dreamers spends twelve years perfecting a single, brutal song. They have never played a real show. They have never had a fan outside their small town. They are Impaled Rektum , and their story—told in the 2018 film Heavy Trip (original Finnish title: Hevi Reissu )—is one of the most surprisingly heartfelt, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely heavy movies ever committed to celluloid.
★★★★½ (5/5 on the Metal Scale) “Heavy Trip is the feel-good film of the year about stealing a corpse, crossing international borders illegally, and screaming about blood. You will laugh. You will cry. You will bang your head.” — Metal Injection