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GRAVE – Announce special 20th Anniversary concert for “Into The Grave” debut album

Posted by Stargazer on October 27, 2011
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Swedish old school Death Metal originals GRAVE, who recently signed a new worldwide deal with their initial home Century Media Records, have checked in after a long North American tour – alongside Blood Red Throne, Pathology and Gigan – with an update from their camp’s activities, starting with a brief tour re-cap:
 
“So back in dark, cold and rainy Sweden again after a successful North American tour. We had a great time and many great shows. Since we haven’t headlined the US since 1996 we didn’t know what to expect but I must say that we were pleasantly overwhelmed by the response from our fans. This gave us the kick in the nuts and the motivation to get back over there again in a near future. A huge special thanks to our kickass roadcrew: T-Wayne, T-Bone and The Colonel.”
 
Next up, GRAVE will be playing a very special Stockholm hometown show for the 20th Anniversary of the release of their “Into The Grave” debut album. The show takes place on November 12th at Kulturhuset in Stockholm / Sweden and will be supported by General Surgery (20th Anniversary of the “Necrology” debut EP) and also Vicious Art (last gig ever!). The band comments as follows:
 
“Right now we’re preparing for an epic night of old school madness. November 12th we will play a very
special Anniversary gig at Club Distortion/Kulturhuset here in Stockholm. The classic “Into the Grave” album will be run through from “Deformed” to “Banished to Live”, plus another handful of classic tunes.
Support acts are the mighty Vicious Art and General Surgery. Be there or be square…”
 
Next up, GRAVE will be busy working on their upcoming studio album effort, marking the 10th studio album in the band’s history and can also announce a line-up change in their rhythm guitar department. But read it from GRAVE’s Ola Lindgren himself:
 
“The plans for our next studio album is also already in the works. We will start writing and arranging songs in November and enter the legendary Studio Soulless again in early January. We also have a very cool idea for a special bonus disc, more on this later. Stay tuned for video diaries and sneak peeks which will be updated all through the process. Album #10 is scheduled for release by Century Media Records before the summer 2012.
 
Last but not least in this small update we want to inform you that our guitarist Magnus Martinsson is no longer in the band. But don’t worry ladies, we will keep goin’. Magnus has played with us since 2008 and did some epic tours/shows with us. We took this joint decision after going through plans for next year and we needed to address this within the band before we start the new album process. There aren’t now and have never been any hard feelings between us and we wish him the best in any future endeavors. See Magnus statement below…
 
We’ve recruited Mika Lagreen (Facebreaker) for the Stockholm Anniversary gig and he should fit right in since he already handled the stage left axe on our latest European tour. He will of course also be with us through the new album process and upcoming shows/tours.”
 
Magnus Martinsson posted the following additional message about the amicable split:
 
“Hello all you death metal heads!
 
I’d like to inform you that myself and the rest of the band have come to the mutual decision that I will no longer be a member and guitar player of Grave. People develop on and off the field, and sometimes in different directions, and I feel I can’t fully commit to the bands upcoming and intense touring plans. So the time has come for me to pass the torch. No drama or bloodshed has occurred and I wish the guys all the best for the future.
 
It’s been a great time since I joined Grave back in 2008; I have many amazing memories from our gigs, tours and travels together, and all amazing fans and friends out there. We’ve toured all over the world, toured together with great bands/guys like Nile, Misery Index, Belphegor, Krisiun and Vader, just to mention a few. It’s been a blast! 
 
But don’t worry folks; I won’t stop playing music. Check out my new band Overtorture. Alle ska döj!“
 
Next to the mentioned North American tour, GRAVE have mercilessly toured all across Europe with acts like Misery Index or Obituary in the past year in order to promote their latest album “Burial Ground”, but were also playing special live-sets for the 20th Anniversary of their “Into The Grave” debut album-release at selected festivals/events…
 
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GRAVE: Quality, Multi-Camera Footage Of Cleveland Concert

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 11, 2011
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Quality multi-camera footage of Swedish death metallers GRAVE performing the song “For Your God” on September 7, 2011 at Peabody’s in Cleveland, Ohio can be seen below (filmed in 1080p high definition by Ken Kitt and Kim Schleeper; edited and produced by Ken Kitt for GRAVE and Vidz-R-Us.com).

GRAVE is currently headlining a North American tour with support from BLOOD RED THRONE, PATHOLOGY and GIGAN. The band’s official tour blog can be found at this location. Source: Blabbermouth.net

GRAVE Frontman Taps TRIPTYKON Drummer For GREY HEAVENS Project

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 1, 2011
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Guitarist/vocalist Ola Lindgren of Swedish death metal veterans GRAVE has tapped TRIPTYKON‘s Norman Lonhard to play drums on the upcoming recording from Lindgren‘s solo project called GREY HEAVENS. Ola says, “I’m super-stoked and I’m sure it will be amazing!”

Lindgren in 2009 stated about GREY HEAVENS, “For many years I have had plans to do a project to explore different sides of extreme music with ideas that simply would not fit in my main band.

“This is a more dark and experimental side of my musicality and shows a different approach to metal than just the straightforward death metal that has been my main inspiration and which has resulted in the eight GRAVE albums in the past 21 years.”

Three demo songs from GREY HEAVENS — “Primitvs”, “Abandoned Quest” and “Grey Heavens” — can be streamed HERE. Ola said about the two-year-old recording, “The drums for this promo are programmed, everything else is played/screamed and recorded/mixed by me.”

Source: Blabbermouth.net

GRAVE Members Join Forces With OBITUARY Guitarist In REDSCREAM

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 11, 2011
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Three members of the legendary Swedish death metal band GRAVE have joined forces with Florida-based guitarist Ralph Santolla (DEICIDE, OBITUARY) in a brand new group called REDSCREAM. The project is currently writing material in Stockholm while seeking a lead singer to complete the band’s lineup.

Regarding how REDSCREAM came together and its future plans, the group tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET, “In April, OBITUARY, GRAVE, and PATHOLOGY toured Europe together on the ‘Metal Chainsaw Massacre’ tour. Everyone involved agreed that it was one of the best, most fun tours we had ever done, and the chemistry on the bus was really good. The ‘Late Night Party Crew’ (Trevor Peres, Ronnie Bergerstål, Oscar Ramirez, Tobbe Cristiansson, Ralph Santolla, Ola Lindgren, and Tim Tzsieconanovichski) also found we all loved the same classic rock, classic metal, and Southern rock. After many nights of cranking THIN LIZZY, RIOT and DEEP PURPLE, the guys in GRAVE and Ralphy decided to form a band and call it REDSCREAM (cheap wine). Well, now Ralph has been in Stockholm for a month and we’ve been writing like crazy. Today we actually finished our fourth song.

“It’s hard to describe a sound, but every day before practice we listen to hours of IMMORTAL, DEF LEPPARD, DIMMU BORGIR, KATY PERRY, SCORPIONS, KISS, RAINBOW and TRIPTYKON. Strange but true!

“We have another week of work, then a break for the GRAVE U.S. tour, then we will spend the whole month of October writing and meeting with prospective singers.”

REDSCREAM is:

Ralph Santolla (DEICIDE, OBITUARY) – Guitar
Ola Lindgren (GRAVE) – Guitar
Tobias Cristiansson (GRAVE) – Bass
Ronnie Bergerstål (GRAVE) – Drums
[To Be Announced] – Lead Vocals

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/redscreamofficial. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Grave: Sign new worldwide deal with Century Media Records; Touring North America in August/September

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 7, 2011
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CENTURY MEDIA has issued the following press release:

Following Iced Earth and Borknagar, Century Media Records is proud to welcome back another band under the family’s wings: GRAVE. One of the very first Swedish Death Metal bands alongside Nihilist, Morbid and Treblinka, the band initially released their first demo in 1986 under the bandname Corpse, before they switched to GRAVE in 1988 and throughout all these years, they haven’t changed their style very much, while other companions left the true Death Metal path along the way, to bigger or less success. But it’s GRAVE’s longevity and consistency that survived any trend since the late 80’s and established them as one of the most important Death Metal bands ‘Now and Forever’.

Jens Prueter, Head of A&R Century Media Europe, comments on GRAVE’s return: “First time I saw GRAVE was in May 1992 when my friend Robert Kampf (founder of CM) asked me if I wanted to get tattooed by Vinny Daze (R.I.P.) from Demolition Hammer, who was in town with Massacre and Grave. I went to the show with the intention to get my first tattoo but was blown away by Grave’s pure Death Metal blast and ended up being way too drunk to still get inked later that night. I never tried to get tattooed again, but I stuck to GRAVE and I’m more than glad to welcome back Ola and his ‘new’ guys to Century Media.”

GRAVE’s singer, guitarist and founding member Ola Lindgren adds: “We are very happy and psyched to announce that we have signed back to our old trusty workhorse Century Media Records! After some while of negotiations and a meeting in Dortmund/Germany the week before we played Death Feast Open air, we finally sealed the new deal. The future plan is to have a new GRAVE studio album out in 2012 and we will start putting the pieces together for that this fall, after the headlining tour of North America. We are truly looking forward to working together again with some of our old friends as well as all the new staff in the CM offices worldwide!”

The photo above documents GRAVE’s victorious visit at the German office of Century Media, featuring from left to right Century Media staffers Stefan Franke, Philipp Schulte, Jens Prueter and GRAVE members Ronnie Bergerstål, Ola Lindgren, Tobias Cristiansson and Magnus Martinsson.

GRAVE originally released their debut album “Into The Grave” 20 years ago (August 1991) as the tenth album release of the back then young label Century Media. As founding member Ola Lindgren remembers in the “Swedish Death Metal” book by Daniel Ekeroth:“We sent our third demo to just every label there was. A lot of them kept in touch, such as Earache and Peaceville. But Century Media was working faster than any of them, so we just went with them without thinking too much about it. Century Media invited us down to Germany to record that single (‘Tremendous Pain’), and it was only after that we started to discuss a deal. It felt amazing for us to go abroad, so in a way they lured us into their roster! But it turned out well.”

While Century Media and GRAVE parted ways after 7 albums with the release of 2006’s “As Rapture Comes”, the band has launched the two highly acclaimed albums “Dominium VIII” (2008) and “Burial Ground” (2010) ever since. In 2010 the band’s 12CD+1DVD box-set “Death Unhallowed” (including all recordings from 1986 – 2006) was released in cooperation with Century Media and the early Corpse / Putrefaction / Grave demos have also most recently been released this year as a deluxe triple vinyl set entitled “Necropsy – The Complete Demo Recordings 1986-1991”.

GRAVE – 2011 Line-Up:
Ola Lindgren – Guitars & Vocals
Ronnie Bergerstål – Drums
Magnus Martinsson – Guitars
Tobias Cristiansson – Bass

GRAVE – Upcoming 2011 live shows:
22.07.2011 Helsinki, Finland @ Tuska Open air
27.08.2011 Rijssen, The Netherlands @ Elsrock Festival

GRAVE – North American Tour 2011 (+ Blood Red Throne, Pathology, Gigan):
30.08.2011 Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug
31.08.2011 Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
01.09.2011 Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah
02.09.2011 Trenton, NJ @ Championship Bar and Grill
03.09.2011 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
04.09.2011 Montreal, QUE @ Petit Campus
05.09.2011 Toronto, ONT @ Mod Club
06.09.2011 Buffalo, NY @ Broadway Joe’s
07.09.2011 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
08.09.2011 Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
09.09.2011 Chicago, IL @ Reggie Rock Club
10.09.2011 St Paul, MN @ Station 4
11.09.2011 Winnipeg, MB @ The Osbourne Village Inn
12.09.2011 Regina, SK @ The Exchange
13.09.2011 Edmonton, AL @ Pawn Shop
14.09.2011 Calgary, AL @ Dickens
15.09.2011 Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore
16.09.2011 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
17.09.2011 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
18.09.2011 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
19.09.2011 Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
20.09.2011 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
21.09.2011 Las Vegas, NV @ Area 702 Skatepark
22.09.2011 Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse

08.10.2011 Lichtenfels, Germany @ Way Of Darkness Festival

GRAVE have most recently toured all across Europe with acts like Misery Index or Obituary to promote their latest album “Burial Ground”, but are also playing special live sets for the 20th Anniversary of their “Into The Grave” debut album-release at selected festivals throughout 2011. Stay tuned for more old school Death Metal news and further activity…