

The band toured Europe extensively in the 2000s and recorded their first studio album in more than 30 years, 2016’s Walking in the Shadows, followed by 2019’s At the Gates.Įarlier this year, the band toured South America, but in June Grimmett posted a note to American fans lamenting that the band would be unable to make it back to the States due to limited club slots in the wake of the pandemic.


Grimmett re-formed Reaper as Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper in 2006 using musicians who performed in his solo band, who backed him on the 2007 solo album Personal Crisis. thrash metal band Onslaught on their 1989 album In Search of Sanity, and then recording four albums with the more melodic hard rock band Lionsheart in the 1990s and early 2000s. The band split in 1988, with Grimmett going on to front U.K. The latter was replaced by drummer Mark Simon on the band’s 1985 follow-up, Fear No Evil, with RCA Records releasing 1987’s Rock You to Hell. Drawing sketch style illustration of the evil grim reaper or death with scythe and torn hood on isolated white background. Grim Reaper Wearing a Fireman Firefighter Helmet Hat with Fire Axe Smoke and Fire Tattoo Drawing Black and White Digital Art. Their debut album, See You in Hell, was released in 1983, with a lineup that featured iron-lunged screamer Grimmett on vocals, founding guitarist Nick Bowcott, bassist Dave Wanklin and drummer Lee Harris. Grim Reaper formed in Droitwich, England, in 1979 after winning a local battle of the bands, which landed them a contract with Ebony Records.
