Band:	Graveyard
Album:	Graveyard
Style:	Hard rock, Blues rock
Release date:	September 10, 2007
Guest review by:	Marcelo Hissa

01. Evil Ways
02. Thin Line
03. Lost In Confusion
04. Don't Take Us For Fools
05. Blue Soul
06. Submarine Blues
07. As The Years Pass By, The Hours Bend
08. Right Is Wrong
09. Satan's Finest

Guitar, bass, drums and vocals; this is all that it takes to make genuine rock. Nothing against pompous keyboards, eloquent choirs, and verbose production, but we gotta agree that sometimes less is more. If you don't believe what I'm saying, just listen to the self-titled debut album from Graveyard. Rock as it should be: simple, but full of feeling.

From Sweden comes one great band that deviates from the standard heavy metal Gothenburg scene. Entitle as you like: hard rock, blues rock, stoner rock; nothing changes the fact that we are facing good ol' rock. "Evil Ways" opens smoothly, but it doesn't take too long until we hear their real evil rock ways: these are direct songs with distorted solos allied with great rock vocals, all inserted in well coordinated relation between the bass and drums.

For those who want to hear the hard side of Graveyard, take a step forward to "Lost In Confusion" and be amused by the vocal technique of Jonatan Ramm. "Submarine Blues" goes the same way, and despite its short duration (2:20), that's plenty of time to engage the listener in this rock voyage.
If it's blues rock that you crave, go to the suggestive "Blue Soul," that actually teaches you what it's like to play rock while having a blues soul. "As The Years Pass By, The Hours Bend" and "Right Is Wrong" (this one being a bit heavier) are also loaded with blues feeling.

Closing the album we face the stoner side of Graveyard: "Satan's Finest". A lesson in how to develop a good song, it starts slowly, involving the listener then accelerating a pinch (after all this is rock), and keeping a good supportive riff with the singular vocals that have the ability to interact with the oscillations of pace all the way. To the final touch, we close with a simple solo, but one that resonates deep in the listener.

Graveyard began their musical career with a categorical, direct and visceral rock album. An album that will never sound dated, good music will always be contemporary. The definitive proof that rock only needs four instruments to be awesome.