Sweden’s Graveyard Calls It Quits

The band announced the news with a joint statement on its Facebook page. Although the outlook looks grim, Graveyard didn’t totally close the casket on the possibility that the band could rise once again.

Here’s the statement in full, which was signed by all four members: guitarist/vocalist Joakim Nilsson, guitarist Jonathan Ramm, bassist Truls Mörck, and drummer Axel Sjöberg.

“Dark clouds above the graveyard today.

“Due to the all so classic reason ‘differences within the band’ the Graveyard is as of today officially closed. This is the unfortunate final decision we’ve had to make after going through a period of struggling n juggling with personal issues. Things have gone out of hand and now our energy is very low. As a direct result of this we’re sorry to say that all scheduled touring is cancelled.

“Graveyard have always been more about the music than the talking and that approach is the way we intend to deal with this situation also. What we can say is that we don’t know if and when the Graveyard will re-open and return in full force.

“Stay tuned, stay awesome & No endless night in sight.”

Since forming in 2006 Graveyard released four studio albums. Its most recent, Innocence & Decadence, was released in 2015.

Although Graveyard’s Facebook page describes the band’s sound as a mix of classic heavy rock, blues and psychedelia, Nilsson told Pollstar during a 2014 Q&A that rock ’n’ roll sums things up.

“I would say we’re a straightforward rock ’n’ roll band,” Nilsson said. “We don’t really do anything funny with the music. … I really can’t get the word in English, but you know when you’re trying to overcompensate things?  I think it’s more interesting to see a band that doesn’t do that.  That’s what we do too, try not to overcompensate things.  Just try to make the songs as good as possible, focus on that.”

He added, “I think putting labels [on the music] is for the fans, is for the media – we don’t really care.  We just try to play our music as good as possible.  I guess the ‘‘70s throwback music’ thing is because all of us in the band listen a lot to old music, and have listened to it all our lives.  At the same time it’s unfair to call it ‘‘70s throwback music’ because we listen to a lot of other music … everything in between.”

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