{"id":20655,"date":"2023-10-17T11:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=20655"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:19:11","slug":"album-review-graveyard-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=20655","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Graveyard – 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every time Graveyard<\/strong> releases an album, it\u2019s like Christmas for me.\u00a0 I never know what I\u2019m going to get, but I know it won\u2019t suck.\u00a0 Maybe one will be better than the other.\u00a0 One year, it\u2019ll be the equivalent of getting a rad-ass stereo console, yet another year might be like getting a couple of records to play on said console.\u00a0 While Graveyard will never gift me a pair of lame-ass socks or a sweater, they always keep me guessing and anticipating.\u00a0 As much as I covet those Graveyard albums dearly, their 2012 release Lights Out was the primo gift, but the release of \u201c6\u201d has changed that.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say that if Lights Out was the stereo console for me, 6<\/strong> <\/em>is, without a doubt, the new car I always wanted.<\/p>\n

In the past, Graveyard\u2019s albums have opened with serious, no fucking around bangers.\u00a0 I pressed play and braced myself but unexpectedly was greeted with the melancholy, somber, floating vibe of \u201cGodnatt.\u201d\u00a0 This is very reminiscent of the older, moody Graveyard that was present on their Hisingen Blues album but much more refined.\u00a0 Just hearing this song is enough to show how much Graveyard has cultivated its sound to create something that bears their own signature.<\/p>\n

Just as I was dipping into that spacey, ethereal vibe, \u201cTwice\u201d hit hard and shook me completely out of the vibe.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, I don\u2019t dislike this song at all, but the placement of this song jarred me, and by the time I figured out what was happening, the song was over.\u00a0 I think \u201cTwice\u201d is a good tune, but it seems so out of place with the rest of the album.\u00a0 On its own, it sounds great, but as a whole, it just seemed to stick out like a sore thumb.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll Follow You\u201d is a fantastic groove-oriented rocker that beckons to the Lights Out album, but as with \u201cGodnatt,\u201d it has the band\u2019s sound coming across as much more confident and rooted in their own foundation but in my opinion, it\u2019s \u201cBreathe In, Breath Out\u201d that is the real showstopper here on 6<\/strong> <\/em>.\u00a0\u201cBreathe In, Breathe Out\u201d is where Graveyard encapsulates their influences and creates something that can only be described as the \u201cGraveyard Sound.\u201d\u00a0 Leaning a bit heavier on The Doors influence than other bands, this song had me sinking into my chair and hanging on every melody and lyric from the smokey, whiskey-soaked voice of vocalist\/guitarist Joakim Nilsson.\u00a0 I also feel that this is where Graveyard sounds like an entity more than ever before.<\/p>\n

6<\/strong> <\/em>continues, and song after song, it became clear to me that this is my favorite Graveyard album to date.\u00a0 Everything about this album is what I love about all of the Graveyard albums packaged together into one collection.\u00a0 6 has Graveyard playing more like a unified entity than ever before.\u00a0 The subtle volume dynamics between drummer Oskar Bergenheim<\/strong>, bassist Truls Morck<\/strong>, and guitarist Jonatan Larocca-Ramm<\/strong> create dramatic tension, bringing about a truly remarkable listening experience.<\/p>\n

Graveyard is a band that will never cease to confirm their existence as one of my all-time favorite bands, and 6<\/strong> <\/em>has set the bar incredibly high for these guys.\u00a0 6 is hands down the greatest gift that Graveyard has given me yet, and I will cherish this one forever.<\/p>\n