Graveyard’s new full-length album »6« out now via Nuclear Blast Records; lyric video for »Bright Lights« streaming!
Swedish rockers Graveyard have just released their new full-length album »6« on September 29th, 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records.
To celebrate the albums release, Graveyard also dropped a lyric video for »Bright Lights«.
Tracklist:
01. Godnatt
02. Twice
03. I Follow You
04. Breathe In, Breathe Out
05. Sad Song
06. Just A Drop
07. Bright Lights
08. No Way Out
09. Rampant Fields
Courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records:
Graveyard release their brand new album »6« via Nuclear Blast Records on September 29, 2023. »6« is easily identifiable as the most striking, original album of Graveyard’s story so far. A gently lysergic blend of desolate guitars, simmering Hammond and lithe, nimble bass and drums, the Swedes demonstrate a lightness of touch that they have only hinted at in the past. To coincide with the albums release, the band have also revealed a visualiser for the track »Bright Lights«.
The band comments ”It took it’s not always so sweet time, but the day for 6 to be released is finally here. Now let it spin.”
Watch the visualiser for »Bright Lights« now on YouTube!
Purchase the album and stream on all platforms now HERE!
The album was recorded at Silence Studios and Don Pierre Studios and was produced by Don Ahlsterberg, who previously worked with the band on »Graveyard« (2007), »Hisingen Blues« (2011) and »Lights Out« (2012).
»6« is easily identifiable as the most striking, original album of Graveyard’s story so far. A gently lysergic blend of desolate guitars, simmering Hammond and lithe, nimble bass and drums, the Swedes demonstrate a lightness of touch that they have only hinted at in the past.
About Graveyard:
As enduring and authentic as an old school leather jacket, Graveyard have long since mastered the art of rock’n’roll. Formed in 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, their shared passion for hard rock, psychedelia and the eternal bedrock of blues marked them out from the start. Led by vocalist/guitarist Joakim Nilsson, they opened their account with their now seminal self-titled Tee Pee Recordings debut in 2007, showcasing fiery chemistry and some wildly imaginative songwriting. Subsequently snapped up by the mighty Nuclear Blast Records, the band’s rise to prominence was swift and irresistible.
In 2008, guitarist Jonatan Ramm expanded the ranks, joining Nilsson, bassist Rikard Edlund and drummer Axel Sjöberg for the recording of second album »Hisingen Blues«. A critical smash that more than lived up to the hype, it established Graveyard as rock’n’roll heavyweights. A thunderous, soul-stirring live band, with subtlety and swagger in equal amounts, they spent the next decade keeping fans of loose-limbed and earthy rock music in a near-constant state of rapture. From the rootsy clatter of 2012’s »Lights Out« to the magical, muscular grooves of 2018’s »Peace« (taking in the sepia-tinted folk doom of 2015’s »Innocence & Decadence« along the way), Graveyard have made some of the most vital and vivid heavy rock of the 21st century. All eyes and ears are on their next move.
Fast forward to 2023. Graveyard have completed their latest full-length recording and memories of gloomy lockdown are fast fading. This band has evolved yet again, both in terms of personnel and on a profound musical level. Simply titled »6«, the band’s sixth studio record may be instantly recognisable as the work of Nilsson and his comrades, but this is a very different kind of Graveyard album. The second record to feature a line-up of Nilsson, Ramm, bassist Truls Mörck and drummer Oskar Bergenheim, it is slower, more soulful, more introspective and a little darker than its predecessors. The new songs reflect the fragile aftermath of a ruinous global sickness, drawing more inspiration than ever from the blues in the process. But despite its melancholy overtones, »6« still sparks and flashes with many moments of riff-driven euphoria. Ultimately, Graveyard are operating on instinct alone.
Armed with their darkest but most accessible album yet, Graveyard have weathered a few years of isolation and frustration and come back braver, bolder and more bluesy than ever. Reinvigorated and surfing on waves of inspiration, they are ready to take their new songs out on the road, where the real magic happens and the rock really rolls. For fans of the truly authentic, »6« is mandatory, medicinal listening. Now watch this thing grow.
Graveyard is:
Joakim Nilsson – Vocals, Guitar
Jonatan Ramm – Vocals, Guitar
Truls Mörck – Vocals, Bass
Oskar Bergenheim – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well