Review – Orcus Chylde – Orcus Chylde
When I first came across Orcus Chylde, it was while poking around on Kadavar’s Facebook page. I noticed Orcus Chylde was tagged so my instincts kicked in to check them out. There were a few songs posted for sample on Facebook and naturally I listened. What I heard I liked. It had that nice retro sound that I really dig. Of course liking what I heard, I let the band know to keep The Soda Shop in mind of a review copy when the album was ready. Fast forward until last week when the CD arrived in the mail. Oh was I giddy. I put it on in my truck to listen to while I drove to work. I wasn’t sure what it was I was hearing but it wasn’t what I was expecting. I wasn’t sure if it was all that it was cracked up to be. It wasn’t.It was better.
While I was expecting some heavy retro rock ala Graveyard, what I got was a sort of a hybrid between Graveyard and Witchcraft. The vocals even (more…)
Review – Kadavar – Kadavar
I think I may have found the next big thing here. Kadavar has been featured here before as somewhat of a preview of things to come. The vinyl finally made its way into my hands, while I was waiting anxiously for it, I found it to be worth the wait.
This 3 piece from Germany play heavy psych/psych blues ala Graveyard, Brutus, and a little bit of Witchcraft. The riffs rock and roar, they’re hypnotizing and very damn catchy. The album opens with “All Our Thoughts” which is akin to Graveyard’s “Satan’s Finest.” “Black Sun” is a riff lovers dream, the tempo goes up and down throughout, more of a verse, chorus, verse deal but is very fitting. “Forgotten Past” is a bit slower paced but still has some excellent and catchy riffs. The solo towards the end kicks some serious ass. “Goddess of Dawn” starts off with this really thick and heavy riff. (more…)
GRAVEYARD: New Video Interview Posted Online
via Blabbermouth
Riff-Mag.com conducted an interview with Axel Sjöberg (drums) of the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD on March 22 in London, England. You can now watch the chat below.
GRAVEYARD was honored with the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” award at the Swedish “Grammis” gala, which was held on February 14 at Kungliga Operan in Stockholm.
The nominees in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category were as follows:
* GRAVEYARD – “Hisingen Blues”
* HAMMERFALL – “Infected”
* IN FLAMES – “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”
* OPETH – “Heritage” (more…)
GRAVEYARD: New Video Interview Posted Online
via Blabbermouth
Planet Mosh TV conducted an interview with Joakim Nilsson (guitar, vocals) and Jonathan Ramm (guitar, vocals) of the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD on March 22 in London, England. You can now watch the chat below.
GRAVEYARD was honored with the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” award at the Swedish “Grammis” gala, which was held on February 14 at Kungliga Operan in Stockholm.
The nominees in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category were as follows:
* GRAVEYARD – “Hisingen Blues”
* HAMMERFALL – “Infected”
* IN FLAMES – “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”
* OPETH – “Heritage”
* THE HAUNTED – “Unseen” (more…)
GRAVEYARD Wins Swedish ‘Best Hard Rock/Metal’ GRAMMIS Award
via Blabbermouth
GRAVEYARD was honored with the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” award at the Swedish “Grammis” gala, which was held last night (Tuesday, February 14) at Kungliga Operan in Stockholm.
The nominees in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category were as follows:
* GRAVEYARD – “Hisingen Blues”
* HAMMERFALL – “Infected”
* IN FLAMES – “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”
* OPETH – “Heritage”
* THE HAUNTED – “Unseen” (more…)
Graveyard Announces European Tour Dates
via Metal Underground
Sweden’s Graveyard has announced new upcoming European tour dates for this coming March. Commented the band:
“After finishing an absolutely amazing year camp Graveyard was supposed to tour the US and then slow down and start working on songs for the next album. But after an great tour with the gods of Motörhead, a couple of great dates with the legends in Deep Purple and a sold out show in our hometown of Gothenburg we figured that we weren’t quite done with the touring just yet. With that said we’re glad to inform you that Graveyard are getting back in the van and will as always be beyond ready to bring you one more round of Graveyard live!!!”
Dates are as follows:
15.03. GER – Hamburg – Knust
16.03. GER – Berlin – Postbahnhof
17.03. GER – Osnabruck – Bastard Club
18.03. GER – Cologne – Underground (more…)
Top 20 of 2011 – Jake’s Picks
Shortly after I wrote last year’s Top 20 list, I knew it was going to be interesting to write this year’s. I’ll be honest, I didn’t hold out much hope for 2011 after the year that 2010 was. There were several huge releases in ’10 that I figured would put it on top for, at least, a few years. Sure, there were a few heavily anticipated releases I knew were coming in ’11 like Graveyard‘s Hisingen Blues, but that still paled in comparison. It wasn’t until this year started to go along that it was clear that 2011 was just as good, if not better, than 2010. This was helped along by several amazing hidden gems that were discovered throughout the year. I must have had fun discovering and enjoying all of this music because 2011 flew by faster than any year in recent memory.
In comparing last year to this year, I did find something curious. Last year, Bill and I shared similar lists with 10 matching entries with several of those in nearly identical placements on our lists. This year, things are a bit different. I only count 7 matches, and only 2 with a similar position. Consider the additional albums on this list an early Christmas gift from the cosmos.
As always, the creating of these lists are extremely hard, and I hate to leave some very deserving bands off of a list like this. Unfortunately, I can’t include every amazing album on this list. This year’s list has been worked on all year. I’ve meticulously arranged albums as I’ve listened to them throughout this year, continually going back to adjust their standings. Some bands have moved up, some have moved down, and some have flew to the top, seemingly out of nowhere. (more…)
Top 20 of 2011 – Bill’s Picks
Well it’s that time of year again. Time to name my favorite albums of 2011. 2011 brought us a lot of good stuff by a lot of great bands. 2011 also brought on a lot of surprises from bands that were really unknown until their material was released or well afterwards. Bandcamp played a huge role in music discovery for me. It turned out hundreds of great albums not only released in 2011 but in years past as well. This list, my favorites as well as honorable mentions, is no way a complete list of what was released this year. There is just to much out there that I don’t either have time to get to, never heard of or won’t discover until well after this year is completely over. I know there’s going to be a few surprises. Let it be known that I listened to a LOT of new albums this year and picking my top 20 out of the hundreds was very hard to do.
20. 
The Sade – Damned Love – (review) I really didn’t know what to expect when this one came across my desk but I needed to check it out. And check it out I did. I was pretty damn impressed that I listened to the album at least 10 times in a row. In my review I stated “The majority of the album is all alchchol fueled hard rock. Throughout my listening of the album I couldn’t help but think that this is what Social Distortion may sound like if they were more rooted in 70′s hard rock as opposed to their punk roots.” Granted it’s been a few months since I’ve listened to it, it still has a strong spot in my top 20.
NEW ALIVE RECORDS COMP “WHERE IS PARKER GRIGGS?” OUT JAN. 10TH!
ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS TO RELEASE LABEL COMPILATION WHERE IS PARKER GRIGGS? JANUARY 10TH IN LTD. VINYL AND DIGITAL FORMATS
COMP TO FEATURE EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM RADIO MOSCOW, HACIENDA, BUFFALO KILLERS, BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES & MORE!
RADIO MOSCOW (FEATURING PARKER GRIGGS) TO JOIN FORCES WITH GRAVEYARD FOR STATESIDE WINTER TOUR!
Where Is Parker Griggs? is a collection of songs from the Alive Naturalsound label, with EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL by HACIENDA, RADIO MOSCOW, BUFFALO KILLERS, BLACK (more…)
RADIO MOSCOW ON TOUR WITH GRAVEYARD IN JANUARY!
01/07/12 KURE 88.5 In-Studio Session, Ames IA
01/07/12 DG’s Taphouse, Ames IA
01/09/12 Ultra Lounge, Chicago IL (more…)
Graveyard Add More Dates To Early 2012 U.S. Tour
via PRP
A number of shows have been added to Graveyard‘s early 2012 tour with Radio Moscow. You can find the revised schedule with the new dates in bold below:
01/12 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
01/13 Boston, MA – Middle East
01/14 Philadelphia, PA – Northstar Bar
01/15 Baltimore, MD – Golden West Cafe
01/16 Washington, DC – DC9
01/17 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
01/18 Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
01/19 Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall
01/20 Nashville, TN – Exit/In
01/21 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (more…)
The Soda Shop Podcast This Saturday!
This Saturday on Grip of Delusion Radio betwee 3-5 EST make sure you check out The Soda Shop’s latest Podcast. We used to run a featured called Swedish Sunday where we would feature a different Swedish band. From time to time we would venture a little bit out of the country into neighboring countries and the feature would be called Scandinavian Sunday. This Saturday it returns. We once again pay tribute to some of the great bands in Podcast form. Make sure you tune in and listen! Fet!
01 Switch Opens – “Express Death” from Switch Opens (2009)
02 Noctum – “Mistress” from The Seance (2010)
03 Dozer – “Born A Legend” from Through The Eyes of Heathens (2005)
04 Blowback – “Dead Mans Blues” from Eight Hundred Miles (2009) (more…)
Graveyard To Tour US With Radio Moscow
After months of overseas arm wrestling plus a little bit of back-island voodoo shenanigans that we can’t even begin to comprehend, we’re proud to announce that the GRAVEYARD guys are finally back. Here. As in “gonna play the States again.” Which forces us to ask, “America, ARE YOU READYYYYYYYY?!?!?!”
GRAVEYARD To Support MOTÖRHEAD In Germany
via Blabbermouth
Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD will support MOTÖRHEAD on the German leg of their European tour in November.
Commented GRAVEYARD: “This year is getting more and more unbelievable for us. As it if it wasn’t enough that we got the chance to open for [IRON] MAIDEN in our hometown, now we’re gonna go on tour with the essence of rock ‘n’ roll — MOTÖRHEAD!! Once again we feel deeply honoured to get a sort of approval to step into rock history by opening for MOTÖRHEAD. And when you’re talking about MOTÖRHEAD, there’s no way of getting around talking about Lemmy. That cat has always been an inspiration to us, all the way from Sam Gopal to MOTÖRHEAD. Not only musically through his combination of psychedelia, rock and punk. But also through his relentlessness, something we hold very high in the GRAVEYARD camp. But let’s not forget that we also get to go on tour with a fellow Gothenburger — Mikkey Dee — the magic stikks wizard!“
GRAVEYARD will support MOTÖRHEAD on the following dates:
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Five Albums That Changed My Life
Noisecreep has an article that I stumbled across recently where they have a different person tell about 5 albums that changed their life. I thought it was a very interesting article and wondered what 5 albums changed my life. I thought about it for a little bit and here’s what I came up with.
Michael Jackson – Thriller – You may be laughing, maybe not. Back when Thriller came out I was 8 years old, in 2nd grade, the M in MTV still meant music and Michael Jackson was everywhere you looked. At 8 years old you’re very influenced by what your friends like, say and do. It’s part of how you grow up. I was no different. Since everyone in my class and all my friends like Michael Jackson, I guess I had to too. Thriller was the first album that I remember listening to, front and back, over and over again. It was the first LP that my parents bought me, aside from the kids oriented LPs back in the day. It was the picture disc too. I listened to it so much that the grooves in the vinyl were starting to wear down. Even after the fad had passed and my friends moved on, I still listened to Thriller. (more…)
Graveyard To Re-release Self Titled Debut
This just came through from Nuclear Blast Europe
2011-07-15 00:00 – Swedish classic rock superstars GRAVEYARD just posted a new song from the upcoming re-issue of their self-titled classic debut album.
Surf to http://listn.to/nuclearblasteurope to check out the „Evil Ways“.
Furthermore, the renewed artwork of the album has been released.
„Graveyard“ will be released on August 19, 2011 and will be available as digital download, CD and two different vinyl editions.
GRAVEYARD: ‘Hisingen Blues’ First-Week Sales Revealed
via Blabbermouth
“Hisingen Blues”, the second full-length album from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD, sold 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 48 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
“Hisingen Blues” entered the official chart in Sweden at position No. 1. The CD, which was released in North America on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records, was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100 percent analog by Don Alsterberg (JOSÉ GONZALES, JUNIP, SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.
“Hisingen Blues” track listing:
01. Ain’t Fit To Live Here
02. No Good, Mr. Holden
03. Hisingen Blues
04. Uncomfortably Numb
05. Buying Truth (Tack Och Förlåt)
06. Longing
07. Ungrateful Are The Dead (more…)
Graveyard To Play Bonnaroo 2011
Per the band’s Facebook status:
When Swedish doom/stoner outfit Norrsken split up in 2000, its members birthed two new bands: Witchcraft and GRAVEYARD, a group that effortlessly fuses classic rock, blues, jazz, folk, and psychedelia into one soulful howl.
Devoid of any musical formula, GRAVEYARD’s bellbottomed brand of ‘70s-era rock music reeks of authenticity. With musical influences spread throughout different genres and eras of time, GRAVEYARD are the fission & fusion of Black Sabbath with Led Zeppelin and they’re set to take you on a journey to a long-lost decade of true musicianship.
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Review – Graveyard – Hisingen Blues
The Swedish 4 piece are back. Graveyard released their self titled debut in 2007 to critical acclaim. Now they have released their 2nd album titled Hisingen Blues recently released through Nuclear Blast Records. So how does a band follow up a great debut record without falling into the sophomore slump category? Well if you’re Graveyard, you certainly don’t believe in any “slump.” Hisingen Blues packs the same punch that the self titled did.
The sound, if you’re not familiar with the band, is 70’s based psychedelic blues rock. Those who have heard and liked their self titled will be pleased that the band has stuck with the same winning formula. It doesn’t appear that they tried to take the self titled into a new direction. The toning and effects of the guitars haven’t change. To say that this is just an extension album would be taking it the wrong way. Hisingen Blues sports its own identity. It starts of fast with the track “Ain’t Fit To Live Here.” “No Good, Mr Holden” is next which is a bit slower paced and mellow but has it’s (more…)
GRAVEYARD: ‘Hisingen Blues’ Video Released
via Balbbermouth
“Hisingen Blues”, the new video from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD, can be viewed below. The song is the title track of the group’s second full-length album, which will be released in Europe on March 25 and in North America on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100 percent analog by Don Alsterberg (JOSÉ GONZALES, JUNIP, SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.
“Hisingen Blues” track listing:
01. Ain’t Fit To Live Here
02. No Good, Mr. Holden
03. Hisingen Blues
04. Uncomfortably Numb
05. Buying Truth (Tack Och Förlåt)
06. Longing
07. Ungrateful Are The Dead
08. RSS (more…)
Graveyard – Hisingen Blues for USA Pre-Order
You read correctly folks, Nuclear Blast USA now has Graveyard’s new album, Hisingen Blues, up for pre-order on their online store! Pre-orders ship the week of April 12th, so you can receive the album the day it drops!
Pre-order it here!
Hong Faux To Open For Graveyard
Nik from the Swedish stoner rock band Hong Faux has just wrote me to inform me that the band will be opening for Graveyard at Södra Teatern, Stockholm on the 24th of March. Anyone lucky enough (I’m jealous) to attend gets to see one of Sweden’s premiere up and coming bands open for Graveyard. If you haven’t heard Hong Faux yet, make no haste, head over to their Bandcamp site, listen to (and purchase) their EP and look forward to a full length later this year. (more…)
GRAVEYARD: ‘Hisingen Blues’ Track Listing Revealed
via Blabbermouth
“Hisingen Blues”, the second full-length album from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD, will be released in Europe on March 25 and in North America on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100 percent analog by Don Alsterberg (JOSÉ GONZALES, JUNIP, SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.
“Hisingen Blues” track listing:
01. Ain’t Fit To Live Here
02. No Good, Mr. Holden
03. Hisingen Blues
04. Uncomfortably Numb
05. Buying Truth (Tack Och Förlåt)
06. Longing
07. Ungrateful Are The Dead
08. RSS
09. The Siren (more…)
GRAVEYARD: ‘Hisingen Blues’ Trailer Released
via Blabbermouth
A trailer for “Hisingen Blues”, the second full-length album from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD, can be viewed below. The CD was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100 percent analog by Don Alsterberg (JOSÉ GONZALES, JUNIP, SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. It will be out in Europe on March 25 and in North America on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The band shares details about the album artist, Ulf Lundén: “We wanted a cover that wasn’t your average rock/metal cover, and our friend Ulf Lundén was just the right guy to do it. We had seen his work for his own band, BOMBUS, and we knew he had a wild imagination. So we just let him loose. He put us up against the green screen, took his photos and that was that. A couple of weeks later, he showed us what he had done. We were astonished by his work, a perfectionist indeed. We got what we asked for, a cover that isn’t average. Rich with details, swamp/jungle feeling, weirdness and a lurking evil feel to it.”
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