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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.

If you haven’t yet taken this trip, you’re in for a wild, corpse-painted ride. This feature covers everything you need to know: the plot, the characters, the humor, the music, and why Heavy Trip has become essential viewing for metalheads and non-metalheads alike. Directed by Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren , Heavy Trip follows Turo (Johannes Holopainen), the shy, deeply committed vocalist of a Finnish death metal band called Impaled Rektum. The band practices religiously in a reinforced underground bunker, but they’ve never performed live due to a crippling combination of stage fright, social awkwardness, and sheer bad luck. watch heavy trip

Watch it loud. Watch it with friends. And for the love of all that is heavy, don’t skip the credits. A sequel, Heavy Trip 2 (2024), has since