Danish heavy psych/post-punk band Lucid Grave share new single »Nightblade«, title track of their forthcoming concept album!
Copenhagen, Denmark based heavy psych/post-punk band Lucid Grave share the second single »Nightblade« taken from their upcoming concept album, »Nightblade (An Original Score By Lucid Grave)«, set to release on January 14th, 2027 via Virkelighedsfjern.
»Nightblade« is now available on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Intro: Black Cat Radio 99.9 FM – Where The City Never Sleeps Hosted by America Lugo
02. Nightblade
03. Final Kiss
04. Desert Boys
05. (Alley Cats Bar Entrance)
06. Tokyo Coffee House Fire 1986
07. Chamber
08. (Cold Soil Theme)
09. Lovers Beneath
10. (Midnight Escape)
11. New Town
12. (Theatre Scene)
13. Behind The Curtain
Courtesy of Qabar PR:
Copenhagen-based Lucid Grave presents their sophomore record, »Nightblade (An Original Score By Lucid Grave)«, the soundtrack to a film that never existed. With Nightblade, the Danish six-piece moves beyond the doom and psych/stoner-rock of their 2022 debut, »Cosmic Mountain«, into something stranger and more cinematic, yet the music remains dark, seductive, physical, and unapologetically alive. The band describes their new sound as “a fever dream of gothic rock, LA post-punk/new wave, ’80s alternative music, and dark disco, with a touch of our doom and psychedelic roots.” The album will be released through Virkelighedsfjern on vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital platforms on January 14, 2027, with a release show at Lygtens Kro in Copenhagen that same evening.
Lucid Grave emerged from the underground communal house and punk venue Ungdomshuset in the dying days of 2017. The current lineup brings together musicians of different ages, cultural backgrounds, identities, and life experiences, including trans and non-binary members, making the band as diverse in its people as it is in its sound.
Lucid Grave is first and foremost a live band. Their shows are intense, physical and emotionally charged – moving between darkness and euphoria, vulnerability and aggression. The band’s visual universe draws heavily from gothic and punk culture, 80s nightlife, underground cinema and the seductive aesthetics of the dark side of the dance floor. They have built a strong live presence in Copenhagen, sharing stages with international acts including Deathchant, Witch, Tower and Horror Vacui, as well as performing in connection with Copenhell and A Colossal Weekend.
On the new album, »Nightblade (An Original Score By Lucid Grave)«, Lucid Grave steps into a dark, neon-lit world of underground clubs, broken hearts, obsession, violence, and escape. Short cinematic interludes appear before selected tracks, introducing new scenes and drawing listeners deeper into the imaginary film. The songs unfold like scenes from a lost 1980s cult movie – sometimes seductive, sometimes melancholic, sometimes unsettling, but always driven by a restless sense of movement. Post-punk guitars collide with gothic melodies, synths, disco grooves, punk energy, and new wave atmospheres.
At the center of the story is a woman running from love, loneliness and herself. Moving through unfamiliar cities, underground dance floors and doomed relationships, she leaves a trail of broken hearts behind her. Romance becomes obsession, heartbreak becomes violence, and the line between victim and villain gradually disappears.
From the disco-lit finality of »Final Kiss« to the cemetery romance of »Lovers Beneath«, the paranoid voices of »Chamber« and the neon-soaked escape of »New Town«, each track adds another piece to the world of »Nightblade«. The result is an album that doesn’t simply tell a story – it creates a place.
A place where the clubs stay open until morning, where love can turn deadly, where nobody is entirely innocent, and where the night always has one more secret to reveal.
Welcome to »Nightblade«!
Pre-order »Nightblade (An Original Score By Lucid Grave)«:
lucidgrave.bandcamp.com (LP, CD, MC and Merch)
Upcoming Shows:
Jan 14, 2027 – Lygtens Kro, Copenhagen, DK (Nightblade Release Party)
March 6, 2027 – Vaterland, Oslo, NOR (w/ Gloombound)
Credits:
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marcus Ferreira Larsen at No Masters Voice.
Cover by Mateo Correal.
Intro voice over by America Lugo.
Midnight Escape version of »Final Kiss« by Skyggejæger.
Lucid Grave is:
Sammy Soul – Drums
Casper Nilsson – Guitar
Nikoline Andersen – Guitar & Keys
Malene Pedersen – Vocals
Ellisiv L. Berg – Synthesizer
Yasin Saif – Bass
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well