It seems sometimes that the market for hard rock in America has become so twisted and corroded that in order for a solid amp-worship outfit to get an album out, they need to masquerade as a heavy-metal band. I'm talking about bands like Uncle Acid, and, of course, Graveyard. Graveyard are signed to Nuclear Blast, for no particular reason other than they happen to be Swedish and vaguely sound like Black Sabbath. In 1977 they would have been radio darlings—their riffs are catchy as well as skull-crushing, and their soulful vocal lines hide disaffected and paranoid political sentiments. More simply: Graveyard kick ass. by Joseph Schafer