Lights Out [Black/White Split Vinyl]

by Graveyard

Overview

After emerging on the scene as talented but copycat retro-metallers on their eponymous 2007 debut (inspired primarily by compatriots Witchcraft), Sweden's Graveyard appeared to find their calling as born-again bluesmen on their 2011 sophomore album, Hisingen Blues, swapping Pentagram for Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac as idols to aspire to, arguably to the bettering of their career prospects. This theory gains credence with the comparatively speedy gestation and late-2012 delivery of the quartet's third long-player, Lights Out, which shows a Graveyard committed to simultaneously refining recent efforts and taking a few new chances with their sound. To wit: urgent, quasi-metallic offerings such as "An Industry of Murder," "Seven Seven," and the simple but irresistible "Endless Night" rub friendly shoulders with groovier efforts like "Fool in the End," "The Suits, the Law & the Uniforms" (bonus points for its skronking Stooges/"1970" sax), and the wonderfully laid-back "20/20 (Tunnel Vision)." Meantime, "Goliath" roars into view fueled by Steppenwolf's "I like smokin' lightning" swagger all the way, and you can thank Led Zeppelin's incomparable genre-straddling ways for influencing both the exquisite minor-key slow blues of "Hard Times Lovin'" (think "Since I've Been Lovin' You") and the lush, orchestral strings and Mellotron-laced "Slow Motion Countdown" ("No Quarter"). Just as importantly, all of the above are aided and abetted by Joakim Nilsson's ever-improving vocals, which previously felt equally insecure and histrionic somehow, when they weren't dragged down by painfully immature lyrics. Needless to say, Nilsson's development is crucial if the boys in Graveyard are to mature into the roles of dyed-in-the-wool bluesmen that they seemingly aspire to in years to come, but, for the moment, Lights Out suggests they are capable of producing compelling work even as they become increasingly comfortable in their own skin. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/2023
Label:	Nuclear Blast
UPC:	4065629696375
Rank:	35204

Tracks

1. An Industry of Murder
2. Slow Motion
3. Countdown
4. Seven Seven
5. The Suits, The Law & The Uniforms
6. Endless Night
7. Hard Times Lovin'
8. Goliath
9. Fool in the End
10. 20/20 [Tunnel Vision]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Graveyard   Primary Artist
Nils Dahl   Piano,Mellotron,Fender Rhodes
Martin Holm   Saxophone
Sjoeberg Ridderstroem   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Graveyard   Composer
Axel Sjoeberg   Composer,Lyricist,Group Member
Joakim Nilsson   Composer,Lyricist,Group Member
Jonatan Ramm   Composer,Lyricist
Rikard Edlund   Composer,Lyricist,Group Member
John Roenneklev   Road Crew
Henrik Walse   Artwork,Cover Art
Andy Siry   A&R
Jesper Olsson   Representation
Magnus Larnhed   Management
Anders Bergstedt   Photography
Hans Olsson Brookes   Mastering
Anthony Paolercio   Representation
Erik Sjoeberg Ridderstroem   Road Crew
Tobbe Lorentz   Representation
Fredrik Jakobsen   Road Crew
Don Alsterberg   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Isse Samie   A&R
Ronnie Kaellback   Road Crew
Jonatan Larocca-Ramm   Group Member