Crib45

Alternative metal / Post-metal / Experimental band from Helsinki, Finland (Slow and heavy, just like the actor John Candy)

Crib45 is an experimental alternative metal outcome of what started out as a grunge band, but evolved into a collective group of musicians sharing one vision. An collective group of minds sharing one voice. In shorter terms and most importantly, an collective. Like every working group of musicians, there are always a driving force behind it, that keeps everything going. In Crib45 that force is the core that consists 7 constant members and around that core there are group musicians that variates based on the purpose and event. Crib45's core contrives from Janne Pappila, Jussi Saarelma , Sami Kurppa, Jussi Personen, Filip Franck, Teemu Mäntynen and Ville Suovaniemi. Around that core, the collective builds up from Antti Hokkala, Maija Sipiläinen, Salla Matusiak and varying musicians that passes the torch forward to next one. Since there are more than one path to travel, we feel that Crib45 shouldn't be tied down under one acquired band form, just like the music shouldn't be tied down under acquired verse-chorus form. At the same time we are not trying to invent the wheel again, but just trying to explore different paths while traveling our journey. After almost 10 years since the birth of the origin grunge band, our journey is still in prologue. Much is yet to come and new grounds waiting to be explored... ..

Crib45 was founded in early 2002 and started out as a grunge band. but along the way the music started to change into more and more darker and crushing direction until finally becoming what is today. Band's music has been described as "slow and really heavy, just like the actor John Candy" and as a "soundtrack to your suicide", but in a positive manner. In their music Crib45 aims to combine crushing metal parts to calming and soothing interludes that stretches even to jazz and bossa nova. Hypnoticly flirting Crib45 that utilizes post-metal elements in their music takes Finnish alternative metal one step closer to somber beauty and the debut album Metamorphosis presents the band in their whole grinding austere and intense & orchestral passion.

Ville Suovaniemi
Jussi Saarelma
Jussi Pesonen
Janne Pappila
Teemu Mäntynen
Sami Kurppa
Filip Franck