GRAVEYARD — Hisingen Blues (review)

GRAVEYARD — Hisingen Blues album cover Album · 2011 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Hisingen Blues" is the 2nd full-length studio album by Swedish hard/heavy rock act Graveyard. The album was released through Nuclear Blast Records in March 2011.

The music on "Hisingen Blues" is hard/heavy rock with deep roots in late sixties/early seventies hard rock. I´d especially mention Led Zeppelin as an inspiration. The riffs are hard rocking and blues based, the rythm section is organic and lead vocalist/guitarist Joakim Nilsson has a raw vocal delivery somewhere between Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) and Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin). The album features an organic sound production and what sounds like an analogue recording to me and that´s greatly enjoyable and suits the music well. While there are certainly raw and hard rocking moments on the album like the energetic opener "Ain’t Fit To Live Here" and "RSS", the band also take the tempo down and display how dynamic they can be too. A track like "Uncomfortably Numb" is a good example of this.

"Hisingen Blues" is a great release and a recommended purchase for fans of hard rocking heavy rock. The music is undeniably retro in every way possible, so don´t expect to hear anything here that you haven´t heard before. However what you can expect is to be blown away be the sincerity of the affair and the powerful delivery of the music and that certainly counts as plusses in my book too. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Too bad the cover artwork isn´t bigger here on MMA, because this one is a beauty!!!
Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
This band sounds like they were around at the same time as Led Zep... that's how authentic their sound is.
bartosso wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Led Zeppelin mentioned = my curiosity aroused! I'm going to check that for sure.

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