Swedish hard-rockers The Graviators have a new 7" coming out via featuring the new cut "Häxagram" off the band's upcoming album due out this fall b/w the exclusive b-side "Big bust". 300 copies: 150 on purple, 150 on green.
Swedish retro hardrockers The Graviators have signed with and will be releasing a new album this coming fall.
The Graviators will touring Europe this December in support of St. Vitus:
12/07 - Underworld, London (UK)
12/09 - Z-7, Pratteln (CH)
12/10 - Magnolia Club, Milano (ITA)
12/11 - Locomotic Club, Bologna (ITA)
12/12 - Explosiv, Graz (AUS)
12/13 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
12/14 - K17, Berlin (GER)
12/15 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
12/16 - VK, Brussels (BEL)
12/17 - Eindhoven Metal Meeting, Effenaar (NL)
12/18 - "Night of Doom“ Festival, Stuttgart 11 (GER)
12/19 - Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig (GER)
12/20 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
12/21 - Underground,Cologne (GER)
They also have a 2LP on the way this winter to be released by and a 10" split with labelmates Brutus that will be out in the fall. More details when I get them.
The GraviatorsThree million! That answers the question: how many bands do The Graviators sound like? There's not really much else to say but, for the purpose of letting you all know exactly what you're getting, let's do a little exercise. By the end of this review you will know exactly what the The Graviators sound like, and I'm not even going to describe their music. Let's begin. Look at your CD collection. Check out all your treasured '70s-inspired doom/stoner albums, bookended with Black Sabbath and Pentagram. There's a load of them, right? A good percentage sound pretty similar, but there are a few in there who are doing something a little bit different. They've got the old-school fundamentals, yet they have an original, goosebump-inducing take on the style. They're awesome! They're constantly crumbling plaster off the ceiling. But the others are just good. They might get one listen a year, just for a wee change. But, not long in, you get a reminder as to why they only get one listen a year and you put something else on. As I sit here listening to The Graviators -- again -- I'm pretty sure it's not one I'll ever listen to again. I don't say that because it's a bad album; it's just that there's an abundance of better. Maybe I'll give it another spin in a year or so, just for a wee change.
- John Norby
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Agent Side Grinder - The screams
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
04. The Skull Defekts - Millions
05. Torpedo - Accelerate
06. TALK 2
07. Donkeyboy - Ambitions
08. Haust - Skate rock
09. Ikons - The hawk
10. Dyno - Deliverance
11. TALK 3
12. Monzano - Waterways and altitude
13. Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
14. The Graviators - Back to the sabbath
15. Sonic Ritual - (Don't wanna) Feel alright
16. TALK 4
17. Oskar Schönning - Farsan
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
"Back to the sabbath?" Seriously dudes? C'mon, at least try to be original. Which is not to say I don't dig full-on Black Sabbath worship, I guess I just want to hold on to the illusion I'm hearing something new. Regardless, The Graviators do what they do and they do it well enough. I was just out driving around with the album cranked and it felt totally satisfying, like a good hard-rock listening experience should. Perhaps not one for the ages, but it's alright for now.
The Graviators - Back to the sabbath
Check out Swedish hard-rockers The Graviators and their new video for "Back to the Sabbath", kind of a self-explanatory title if you're wondering what they sound like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfRK5bhe3H0
The band's self-titled debut will be out in November via Transubstans Records.
Transubstans Records has confirmed that they will be releasing a new self-titled album from Swedish occult hårdrock/doom act The Graviators this coming November. Renown sludgerock producer Billy Anderson is mixing and mastering the release and Thomas Tjäder (At the Gates, In Flames, The Haunted) will be handling the group's first video.
