Grave Robbert haven’t let all the hardships of 2020 put a long hold on anything developing with the band. They have only kept releasing music and have made big plans for 2021! Just in the last month or so, they got to celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of their music video “The Ecstasy of the Night”, as well as the first anniversary of the first album release “The Nightmare Begins.” The official lineup for Grave Robbert currently comprises of founder Rob Törnqvist, Erwan Lengliné, and Kenneth Lindström.
Grave Robbert is currently working on a web shop that will be released very soon. This launch will feature tickets, CD’s, and a unique set of shirts. All the shirts will have the coffin Grave Robbert logo on the front; one is normal plain black, one is distressed with grey and black, and the other is the same coloring and distressed look, but it’s a crop top. The shop will also have tickets to the newly-announced Gravefest UK, with more information on the festival coming with the rest of the launch. Early in 2021, we'll also be expecting Grave Robbert to officially launch their website as well as a second full Grave Robbert album!
“From Transylvania with Love” is the first of a few new cover songs released by Grave Robbert. This is a finished studio recording cover of British horror punk band Al. B. Damned. I love the use of suspense building up to those lightning-shot drums and piercing guitar for this intro I really like how it’s easier to hear the words with Robbert’s voice on this song; this is such a good rendition of the song! The drums makes some great fills, and the background vocals brilliantly contrast with the deep gravelly lead vocals. The artwork features Dracula’s castle in Transylvania on a postcard, on an old desk with a rosary and an old book. I love the detail of incorporating different imagery from a horror aspect of the country.
“Here There Be Witches”, though it’s a cover of Creature Feature, has such an atmosphere about it, which is something I consistently love about this band is their theatrical element in their songs! The wind whispers around, the kick drum slowly beats, and the guitar plays a spooky sounding riff in a high octave that feels so synchronous with Halloween. Robbert’s deep, ghoulish vocals start singing about how the people tell if someone is actually a witch or not. The spooky melody evolves and has such a great spin throughout the song, and the whole rest of the tone of the instruments flow together to be eerie and mysterious. This is a soundtrack for a witch hunt. This song artwork shows a beautiful witch with a fire ablaze behind her. It looks like there are different stakes protruding from the ground under the fire.
I love Robbert’s vocal rendition in “Xanaxtasy”; it definitely sounds unique compared to Wednesday 13's version. The guitar solo is so bright and fresh, just only too short! This is a song I’d have fun seeing live! This version of the song has such a great groove with a slightly grittier edge than the original Wednesday 13 version. The artwork for “Xanaxtasy” is simple with the title on a table where pills are being poured on. The contrast with the black and white is well done and I like how the Grave Robbert logo balances out the rest of the photo. The lyric video has vibrant, neon signs and colors accompanied with a brick wall in the background; the Grave Robbert logo looks awesome in the style other neon styles too.
Here's looking to next year and new music from Grave Robbert!
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