The Sacramento-based quintet GRAVESHADOW – who deftly mixes symphonic/gothic metal with elements of doom, thrash and epic progressive power metal – have built asteady following in the Western United States in recent years through regional tours and performances alongside the likes of Arkona, Children of Bodom, Apocalyptica, Marty Friedman, Death Angel, Flotsam and Jetsam and Anvil. After self-releasing an EP in 2014, the group signed with Belgium’s Mausoleum Records for the release of their debut full-length, 2015’s acclaimed Nocturnal Resurrection, praised by Metal Temple as an “epic melody of steel with a fusion of what we all love in metal.”
In 2017, the group signed with M-Theory Audio and continued to tour aggressively while also working on their second album, Ambition’s Price. Packed with crushing guitars, beautiful keyboard melodies, thundering bass, earth-shattering drums and powerful vocals that range from operatic highs to unearthly growls, the album’s music creates a rich and dynamic atmosphere that is ripe for storytelling. Whether it is a tale of personal struggle or of fantastical creatures, the listener is sure to find themselves immersed in a world apart.
Produced and mixed by Armand John Anthony (Night Demon, The Fucking Wrath, Gygax), and mastered by Colin Davis at Imperial Mastering (Deeds of Flesh, Decrepit Birth, Origin), “Ambition’s Price” features stunning cover artwork by Serbian fantasy graphic designer Dusan Markovic (Jag Panzer, Mystic Prophecy, Seven Kingdoms). Highlights include the stunning “Hero Of Time” (which features a guest solo by Anthony), the epic three-part “Call of the Frostwolves” and the powerful “Doorway To Heaven.”
GRAVESHADOW – managed by Jeff Keller for The Artery Foundation (Destruction, Arsis, Sirenia) – is poised and ready to leave a lasting impact within the metal community. With an electrifying stage show and a sound as large as the Dragons of Westeros, they are as talented as they are unforgettable
Graveshadow
Sacramento, California/ United States of America
Featuring World-Class Vocalist
Heather Michele
(METAL GODS and METAL LEGENDS)
“Ambition’s Price”
Friday the 13th- April 13th 2018
M-Theroy Audio
Cat# M-020
KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM
TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2018
TOP 100 ALBUMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRUE METAL
AUGUST 16TH 2012 — PRESENT
KICK ASS METAL RATING
100 OUT OF 100 BLOOD DRIPPING SKULLS
PERFECT HEAVY METAL
FUCKING ESSENTIAL
KILLER METAL AS FUCK ARTWORK BY
Dusan Markovic
THE IMMORTALS OF METAL ON THIS TIMELESS MASTERPIECE ARE
Heather Michele – Vocals
William Lloyd Walker III- Rhythm Guitars
Aaron Robitsch-Lead Guitars
Roman Anderson – Drums
Ben Armstrong – Bass
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Valerie Hudak – Orchestration/Keyboards
As a GOTHIC METAL-age / AVANT-GARDE-age/ DEATH METAL-age Publication. These ages started in 1993/ 1987 / 1990 respectively. We cover any World-Class Heavy Metal artist, no matter the genre, and no matter what part of the World, they come from. As a specialized press for Scandinavian and Norwegian Gothic Metal/ Horror Metal/ Dark Metal/ Avant-Garde Metal, KILLER GODLY KICK ASS METAL comes from all over planet metal.
Heavy Metal BIBLE Chapter Graveshadow
All the KICK ASS METAL is interconnected, through the history of the genre.
All bands featured in these pages are World-Class Heavy Metal artist. And on a live front Graveshadow is one of the greatest live bands of the Golden Age of True Metal which has it beginnings with the Nerovsa “2012” EP and The Abnromality “Contaminating The Hive Mind”.
Last night at one the KICK ASS METAL offices, at all 5 we have the top 700 metal albums of all-time, in Military Lockers on Wheels, in the event of a “act of god” which is a insurance term, grab the relevant most important albums in the genres’ history, roll it out the door…. I opened that thing up, in one of our offices and fuck yea, Graveshadow “Nocturnal Ressurection”it was there, like i knew it would be!!! Graveshadow “Ambitons Price” will be added to these top 700 albums of all-time box, each sub-genre we have a Sacred 700 and from these styles we choose a top 100 from each sub-genre.
As far as top 100 albums, Graveshadow will be on the top 100 albums of 2015/ 2018 list, BOTH “Nocturnal Ressurection” & “Ambitons Price” both are KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUMS, TOP 100 albums of the current GOLDEN AGE OF TRUE METAL August 16th 2012 top Present….for hopefully i can petition the hall of fame committee here, to have Graveshadow moved into other top 100 list….but for now, these are the KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME achievements. Here are other achievements Graveshadow has in life since there foundation in 2013
2016 “Sammie” (Sacramento Area Music Awards) winner for best Metal band
2016 “Sammie” nominee for “Artist of the Year” and “Release of the Year”
2015 “Sammie” nominee for best Metal band
KICK ASS METAL has everything in common with Metal Maidens Print Editions and webZine, THE GODLY Sonic Cathedral webZine, Avant-Garde Metal Print Editions, as well as the work of George L. McHard….keep in mind i am influecend from the acutal heavy metal press of the actual era of heavy metal and i visit no WEBZINE unless they had a print edition from 1981 to 1991, i never stop reading the actual heavy metal press after the internet-age of 2004 happened.
Was reading a Fanzine all-night when listening to this album Graveshadow “Ambitions Price” all-night!!!!
Seeing these METAL GODS and METAL LEGENDS Graveshadow, share the stage with Anvil (GODS/LEGENDS), Night Demon (GODS/LEGENDS)…whoa !!!!
Easily one of the best concerts I have seen in 2017 for sure a top 25 concert of that year, i see tons of my favorite favorite artist live, and Graveshadow RULES on Stage….hopefully they are around this part of planet metal the upcoming years
Heather Michele is one of my favorite World-Class Vocalist of all-time, and Graveshadow is one of the most convincing metal live acts around these days, if your a insane metal maniac die-hard true fan of Heavy Metal with Symphonic/ Gothic/ Doom elements of Power Metal/ Thrash Metal mixed with then Graveshadow is our highest recommendation, in the Heavy Metal realm. The Symphonic/ Gothic element of heavy metal comes from classical music, which I have been a fan of since May 17th 1967….lifelong fan of this style of music.
On November 13th 2015
Graveshadow unleashed on Planet Metal, “Nocturanl Ressurection”
one of the best Heavy Metal/ Symphonic Metal/ Gothic Metal styled albums of that year, decade, and is a GOLD STANDARD album in this style. GOLD STANDAND is a NOUN and means the best, most reliable, or most prestigious thing of its kind. In this case were talking about a GOTHIC Metal/ Symphonic Metal album as a GOTHIC METAL-age HEAVY METAL publication. I cover all GOTHIC & GOTHIC METAL across every specturm ROCK/METAL/CLASSICAL/AVANT-GARDE. If this belongs more on the Symphonic Metal Heavy Metal History list, then so be it. As a GOTHIC/AVANT-GARDE metal based publication. This for sure is a KICK ASS METAL album and belongs in these pages just as much IF NOT MORE THAN ANY OTHER BAND IN THESE PAGES !!!
As a heavy metal fan since 1978, we listen to alot of KEYBOARD based heavy metal a true believer of this style, since those heavy metal albums like that were released in the early 1980’s. And without a doubt Valerie Hudak, is a top-notch World-Class Keyboard Player in our GENRE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Like i said earlier, I have Graveshadow “Nocturnal Ressurection” and “Ambitions Price” were added to the top 700 most important Heavy Metal albums of all-time list, and is shelved in every Music Library in all my houses. Keep in mind there are 7 top 700 heavy metal best albums list (heavy, power, thrash, death, black…) aka Sacred 700’s and from that 4,900 albums i made a top 700 albums military footlocker in the event of a “act of god”….these album is in the same box as Vintage Metallica, Iron Maiden……you know these pages inside out, you will figure it out!!!
As a Gothic Metal fan i am a huge fans of Heather Michele’s work from GraveShadow especailly because i am a huge fan of the Beauty and the Beast Vocalist configuration, and her twist on this style is highly enjoyable, because she offers a savior solution for ALL GOTHIC FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE FUTURE….and Heather Michele’s Growls are some of the best in that style, and this comes from a TOTAL Cradle of Filth/ Abnormality / Threatre of Tragedy….etc metal fanatic.
I do own the Helion Prime “Helion Prime” 1st ALBUM
Is Sarah Teets on this TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME LIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOP 100 albums 20th century and 21st century for the TOP 100 albums on this list if a album is out of print, it is not a top 100 album, band that are active like MindMaze are on the top 100 list…..
ABATTOIR • Vicious Attack
ABNORMALITY • Contaminating the Hive Mind
ABNORMALITY • Mechanisms of Omniscience
ACCEPT • Restless and Wild
ACID • Acid
ACID • Maniac
ACID • Live in Belgium
AGENT STEEL • Skeptics Apocalypse
AGENT STEEL • Mad Locust Rising
ANACRUSIS • Screams and Whispers
ANNIHILATOR • Alice In Hell
ANTHRAX • Fistful of Metal • Megaforce Records • MRI 069
ANTHRAX • Armed And Dangerous • Megforce Records • MRS 05
ANTRHAX • Spreading The Disease
ANVIL • Metal on Metal
ANVIL • Forged in Fire
ANVIL • Live in Concert
ANVIL CHORUS • Thought Crimes
ANVIL CHORUS • The Killing Sun
ARTILLERY • Fear of Tomorrow
ARTILLERY • Terror Squad
ATHEIST • Piece of Time
ATHEIST • Unquestionable Presence
ATTACKER • Battle At Helms Deep
ATTACKER • The Second Coming
ATTACKER • Standing The Test of Time
ATTACKER • Giants of Canaan
ATTACKER • Sins of the World
AVATARIUM • Avatarium
AVATARIUM • The Girl With The Raven Mask
AVATARIUM • Hurricanes and Halo’s
BATHORY • Bathory
BATHORY • The Return…
BITCH • Damnation Alley
BITCH • Be My Slave
BLACK SABBATH • Mob Rules
BLIND ILLUSION • The Sane Asylum
BLOODLUST • Guilty As Sin
BLESSED DEATH • KILL OR BE KILLED • Megaforce Records • MRI 1369
BLITZKREIG • A TIME OF CHANGES
CACOPHONY • SPEED METAL SYMPHONY
CAGE • Astrology
CANDLEMASS • Nightfall
CANDLEMASS • Ancient Dreams
CANDLEMASS • Tales of Creation
CATHERDRAL • Supernatural Birth Machine
CARNIVORE • Carnivore
CELTIC FROST • Morbid Tales
CELTIC FROST • Emperor’s Return
CELTIC FROST • To Mega Therion
CHASTAIN • Mystery of Illusion
CHASTAIN • Ruler of the Wasteland
CHASTAIN • The 7th of Never
CHASTAIN • The Voice of Cult
CHASTAIN • For those Who Dare
CHASTAIN • In A Out Rage
CHASTAIN • Surrender to No One
CHASTAIN • We Bleed Metal
CHASTAIN • We Bleed Metal17
Children of Technology • Future Decay
COVEN • Witchcraft Reaps Souls and Destroys Minds
COVEN • Jinx
COVEN13 • Worship New Gods
COVEN13 • Destiny of the Gods
CIRITH UNGOL • Frost and Fire
CIRITH UNGOL • King of the Dead
CRUCIFIED BARBARA • In Distortion We Trust
CRUCIFIED BARBARA • ‘Til Death Do Us Party
CRUCIFIED BARBARA • The Midnight Chase
CRUCIFIED BARBARA • In the Red
CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER • Convicted
CULPPRIT • Guilty As Charged
CYNIC • Focus
DARK ANGEL • We Have Arrived
DARK ANGEL • Darkness Descends
DARK ANGEL • Leave Scars
DEAF DEALER • Keeper of The Flame
DEF DEALER • Journey Into Fear
DARKNESS • The Gasoline Solution
DEATH • Scream Bloody Gore
DEATH • Leprosy
DEATH • Spirtual Healing
DEATH • Human
DEATH • Individual Thought Patterns
DEATH • Symbolic
DEATH ANGEL • Act III
DEATH STRIKE • Fuckin’ Death
DEEP SWITCH • Nine Inches of God
DEMONA • Metal Through The Time
DEMONA • Speak With The Devil
DESTRUCTION • Infernal Overkill
DESTRUCTION • Under Attack
DESTUCTOR • Maximum Destruction
DREAM DEATH • Journey Into Fear
DOCTOR BUTCHER • Doctor Butcher
DORO • Fist In The Air
EDGE OF PARADISE • Mask
EDEGE OF PARADISE • Perfect Shade of Grey
EDGE OF PARADISE • Immortal Waltz
EDGE OF PARADISE • Alive
EXCITER • Heavy Metal Maniac
EXCITER • Violence & Force • Megaforce Records
EXCITER • Exciter • Double Play Classic • Heavy Metal Maniac • Violence & Force • 1989 CD —Caroline/Megaforce Records
EXHORDER • Slaughter In the Vatican
EXODUS • A Lesson in Violence • October 30th, 1984 Advance Cassette
EXODUS •Bonded By Blood
EXODUS • Pleasure of the Flesh
EXODUS • A Lesson In Violence (Live @ Studio 54 + March 1986 Paul Baloff Demos)
EXODUS • Another Lesson In Violence LIVE
EXODUS • Bonded By Baloff (A.L.I.V Remastered + Bonus Tracks)
EXUMER • Possessed By Fire
EXUMER • Rising By The Sea
FATES WARNING • Night On Brocken
FORBIDDEN • Forbidden Evil
FORBIDDEN • Twisted Into Form
The GATHERING • Mandylion
The GATHERING • Nightime Birds
GRAVE DIGGER • Heavy Metal Breakdown • Megaforce Records
• MRI 869
GRAVE DIGGER • Witch Hunter • Megaforce Records • MRI 1169
GRIFFIN • Flight of The Griffin
HAWAII • One Nation Underground
HALLOWEEN • Don’t Metal With Evil • October 30th, 1984 Advance Cassette Original Artwork
HALLOWEEN • Don’t Metal With Evil
HALLOWEEN • No One Gets Out!
HALLOWEEN • No One Gets Out! • Molten Metal Records Version features the “Vicious” Demo
H-BOMB • Coup de metal
H-BOMB • Attaque
HELL • “Hell” 1982 CD Demos Come on 2011 CD album
HELLION • Screams in the Night
HELLION • The Black Book
HELLION • Will Not Go Quietly
HELLION • To Hellion And Back
HEATHEN • Breaking The Silence
HEATHEN • Victims of Deception
HEATHEN • Recovered
HIRAX • Raging Violence
HIRAX • Not Dead Yet (Raging Violence) on CD
HOLOCAUST • The Nightcomers
ICE AGE * Breaking The Ice
IMAGIKA • Imagika
IMAGIKA • Worship
IMAGIKA • And So It Burns
Imagika • Devil on Both Sides
Infernäl Mäjesty • None Shall Defy
Infernäl Mäjesty • No God
INSANITY • Death After Death
IRON MAIDEN • Iron Maiden
IRON MAIDEN • Killers
IRON MAIDEN • The Number of the Beast
JAGUAR • Power Games
JAG PANZER • Ample Destruction
JUDAS PREIST • Killing Machine
JUDAS PRIEST • Hell Bent for Leather
JUDAS PRIEST • Unleashed In the East
JUDAS PRIEST • British Steel
JUDAS PRIEST • Painkiller
KING DIAMOND • Fatal Portrait
KING DIAMOND • Abigail
KING DIAMOND • Them
KREATOR • Endless Pain
KREATOR • Pleasure To Kill
LADY BEAST • Lady Beast
LADY BEAST • Lady Beast II
LADY BEAST •Metal Immortal
LADY BEAST • Vicious Breed
LEATHER LEONE • Shock Waves
LEATHER LEONE • II
LIEGE LORD • Master Control
LUCIFER • Lucifer I
LUCIFER • Lucifer II
MACABRE • Gloom
MALEDICTION • Condamnés
MALEDICTION • Esclave du vice
MANOWAR • Battle Hymns
MANOWAR • Into Glory Ride • Megaforce Records
MANOWAR • Hail To England
MASSACRE • From Beyond
MASSACRE • Back From Beyond
MASTER • Master
MASTER • 1985 Unreleased Album
MEDIEVAL • Medieval…aka 1983 Medieval Cassette Album
MEDIEVAL • All Knobs to the Right
MEDIEVAL • Reign of Terror
MEDIEVAL • Medieval Kills
MEGADETH • Rust In Peace
The MENTORS • You Axed For It
MERCYFUL FATE • 1982 EP
MERCYFUL FATE • Melissa
MERCYFUL FATE • Don’t Break The Oath
MERCYFUL FATE • Curse of The Pharaohs
MERCYFUL FATE Live From The Depths of Hell
MERCYFUL FATE • The Beginning
MERCYFUL FATE • Return of the Vampire
MERCYFUL FATE • In The Shadows
METAL CHURCH • Metal Church • Ground Zero Records with Bonus Track “Big Guns”
METAL CHURCH • Metal Church 1986 • CD on Elektra Records (C)1984 (P) 1986
METALLICA • Kill em ‘ All • Megaforce Records • MRI 069
METALLICA • Ride The Lightning • Megaforce Records • MRI 769
METALLICA • Whiplash • Megaforce Records • MRS 04
METALLICA • Creeping Death/Jump In the Fire Cd
METALLICA • Master of Puppets
MORBID ANGEL • Abominations of Desolation
MORBID ANGEL • Altars of Madness
MORBID ANGEL • Blessed are the Sick
MORBID ANGEL • Covenant
MORBID ANGEL • Domination
MORBID ANGEL • Entangled In Chaos
Motörhead • Ace of Spades
Motörhead • N Sleep ’til Hammersmith
Motörhead • Iron Fist
Motörhead • Another Perfect Day
Motörhead • No Remorse
Motörhead • Orgamsatron
MindMaze • Mask of Lies
MindMaze • Back From the Edge
MindMaze • Resolve
NASTY SAVAGE • Nasty Savage
NASTY SAVGE • Indulgence
NERVOSA • 2012
NERVOSA • Time of Death
NERVOSA • Victim of Yourself
NERVOSA • Agony
NERVOSA • Downfall of Mankind
NIGHTMARE • Astral Deliverance
Nightwish • Once
OBITUARY • Slowly We Rot
OBITUARY • Cause of Death
OBLIVION • From This Day Forward
OVERKILL • Feel The Fire • Megaforce Records • MRI 1469
OZ • Fire in The Brain
OZ • III Warning
OZZYOSBOURNE• Blizzard of Ozz
OZZY OSBOURNE • Diary of a Madman
OZZY OSBOURNE • Tribute
PAGAN ALTAR • 1982 Demo Cassette
PAGAN ALTAR • Pagan Altar Volume 1
PAGAN ALTAR • Judgment of the Dead
PILE DRIVER • Metal Inquisition
PENTAGRAM • Pentagram
PENTAGRAM • Day of Reckoning
PENTAGRAM • Relentless • Pentagram retitled
PENTAGRAM • Day of Reckoning/Relentless • Double CD
PENTAGRAM • Be Forewarned
POSSESSED • Seven Churches
RAVEN • All for One • Megaforce Records • MRI 269
RAVEN • Live at the Inferno • Megaforce Records • MRI 969
RAZOR • Executioners’ Song
RAZOR • Evil Invaders
REPULSION • Slaughter of the Innocent
REPULSION • Horrified
RIOT • Fire Down Under
RIOT • Thundersteel
RIOT • Privilege of Power
The RODS • Wild Dogs
RUSH • A Far Well To Kings
RUSH • Permanent Waves
RUSH • Exit…Stage Left
RUSH • Signal
RUSH • Grace Under Pressure
RUSH • Power Windows
RUSH • Hold Your Fire
RUSH • A Show of Hands
RUSH • Chronicles
RUSH • Presto
RUSH • Test For Echo
RUSH • Differnet Stages — LIVE
SABBAT • History of a Time to Come
SATAN • Court in the Act
SATAN • Suspended Sentence
SATAN • Live in the Act
SATAN • Life Sentence
SATAN • Trial By Fire –Live In North America
SATAN • Atom by Atom
SAVAGE MASTER • Mask of the Devil
SAVAGE MASTER • With Whips and Chains
SAVATAGE • Sirens
SIGN OF THE JACKAL • Mark of the Beast
SIGN OF THE JACKAL • Breaking The Spell
SCORPIONS • Taken By Force
SACRIFICE • Torment In Fire
SACRIFICE • Forward to Termination
SACRIFICE • Soliders of Misfortune
SACRIFICE • Apocalypse Inside
SEPULTURA • Beneath The Remains
SKULLVIEW • Kings of the Universe
SINDROME • Sindrome 2 demos on 1 CD
SINDROME • Resurrection….
SLAUGHTER • Strappado
SLAUTER XSTROYES • Winterkill
SLAUTER XSTROYES • Free the Beast
SLAYER • Show No Mercy
SLAYER • Haunting The Chapel
SLAYER • Hell Awaits
SLAYER • Live Undead
SLAYER • Reign in Blood
SODOM • In The Sign of Evil
SODOM • Obsessed By Cruelty
STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH • Speask English of Die • Megaforce Records
SUCIDIAL TENDENCIES • Suicidal Tendencies
SYRIS • Unseen Forces
TANK • Filth Hounds of Hades
TANK • Power of the Hunter
TANK • This Means War
TERRORIZER • World Downfall
TESTAMENT • Legacy
TROUBLE • Trouble • Later retitled Psalms 9
TROUBLE • The Skull
TROUBLE • Run To The Light
TYGERS OF PAN TANG • Wildcat
TYGERS OF PAN TANG • Spell Bound
TWISTED SISTER • Under the Blade
UFO • The Wild, The Willing, The Innocent
UNSEEN TERROR • Human Error
VAINGLORY Vainglory
VICIOUS RUMORS Soliders of the Night
VICIOUS RUMORS Digital Dictator
VENOM • Welcome to Hell
VENOM • Black Metal
VENOM • At War With Satan
VIO-LENCE • Eternal Nightmare
VOI VOD • War and Pain
VOI VOD • Rrröööaaarrr
WALK IN DARKNESS • In the Shadow of Things
WALK IN DARKNESS • Welcome to the New World
WARGASM • Why Play Around?
WARFARE • Pure Filth
WARFARE • Metal Anarchy
WARFARE • Mayhem Fucking Mayhem
WARLOCK • Triumph and Agony
WARLORD • Deliever Us
WARLORD • And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun
WARLORD • Thy Kindgom Come • 1st EP and LP on CD
WARHEAD • Speedway
WARHEAD • The Day After
WATCHTOWER • Energetic Disassembly
WATCHTOWER • Control and Resistance
WILDESTARR • Arrival
WILDESTARR • A Tell Tale Heart
WILDESTARR • Beyond The Rain
Witchcross • Witchcross
WITCHCROSS • Innocent & Evil
WITCHCROSS • Crypt of The Undead
WITCHCROSS • Cauldron In Satan’s Shadow
WITCH CROSS • Fit for Fight
WITCH CROSS • Axe to Grind
WITCHFINDER GENERAL • Death Penalty
WITCHFINDER GENERAL • Friends of Hell
WICHKILLER • Day of the Saxons
ZOSER MEZ • Vizier of Wasteland
Relax Graveshadow fans, Graveshadow is on a another top 100/ top 150 / top 700 album of all-time list
And the Helion Prime album RULES !!!!
So the difference between the Debut album “Nocturnal Resurrection” and “Ambitions Price” is the band has added more songs to its LIVE arsenal, in that aspect the band is highly convincing and authentic. And the songs this time around are of the same quality, at the World-Class Level, GOD BLESS all the records store on planet metal who read KICK*ASS*METAL, because dam it, when I want the top 100 albums of a year 2018, i want them the 1st day!!!! And getting the Graveshadow “Ambitions Price” on the same day, on a FUCK YEA FRIDAY the 13th, April 13th 2018 !!!!!!!! as the NEW Leather “II” and the new re-edition of Metallica “Garage Days Re-ReVistited, and the New re-edtion of Riot “Fire Down Under” this time on the GODLY ROCK CANDY RECORDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Make the trip up to my local METAL ONLY RECORD shoppe that much more fuckin’ awesome!!!!
GRAVESHADOW
SELECT DISCOGRAPHY
FULL LENGTHS
Nocturnal Resurrection
Friday the 13th -November 13th 2015
TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF 2015
KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM
Ambition’s Price
Friday the 13th- April 13th 2018
M Theroy Audio
TOP 100 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2018
KICK ASS METAL HEAVY METAL HALL OF FAME ALBUM
Graveshadow KILLER CONTACTS
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Graveshadow is on this TOP 100/ TOP 150 / TOP 700 GOTHIC METAL / HORROR METAL/ DARK METAL ALUBMS OF ALL-TIME LIST. THEY WILL BE ADDED INTO THE SYMPHONIC METAL LIST ALSO, WE WILL BE DOING SOME COUNT AND SEE IF THERE IS A SPOT ON THE TRADIONAL METAL TOP 100/ TOP 150 LIST FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
….GOTHIC adjective noting or pertaining to a music style characterized by a gloomy unsettling setting, grotesque, mysterious, or violent events, and an ominous atmosphere of degeneration and decay….
As Divine Grace • Lumo
As Divine Grace • Supremature
Artrosis • Fetish
Avatarium • Avatarium
Avataruim • The Girl With The Raven Mask
Babylon Whores • Cold Heaven
Babylon Whores • King Fear
Babylon Whores • Death of The West
Beseech • … from A Bleeding Heart
Beseeh • Black Emotions
The Birthday Massacre • …all releases…
Beyond Dawn (NORWAY) • Pity Love
Blues Pills • Blues Pills
Blues Pills • Lady In Gold
The Bronx Casket Co. • The Bronx Casket Co.
The Bronx Casket Co. Sweet • Home Transylvania
C
Cadaveria • Horror Metal
Celtic Frost • Into the Pandemonium
Christian Death • Atrocities
Christian Death • Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ
Christian Death • American Inquisition
Cradle of Filth • The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Cradle of Filth • Dusk… and Her Embrace
Cradle of Filth • Cruelty and the Beast
Cradle of Filth • Midian
Cradle of Filth • Damnation and a Day
Cradle of Filth • Nymphetamine
Cradle of Filth • Thornography
Cradle of Filth • Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder
Cradle of Filth • Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
Cradle of Filh • The Manticore and Other Horrors
Crest of Darkness •The Ogress
Crest of Darkness • Project Regeneration
Crest of Darkness • Evil Knows Evil
Crest of Darkness • Give Us The Power To Your Evil
Coven • Witchcraft Reaps Souls and Destroys Mind
Coven • Jinx
Covenant • Nexus Polaris
D
Darkseed • Give Me Light
Darkseed • Diving Into Darkness
Dead Can Dance • Dead Can Dance
Death Penalty • Death Penalty82′
Devilment • The Great And Secret Show
Devilment • II The Mephisto Waltzes
Dimmu Borgir • Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Dimmu Borgir • Death Cult Armageddon
Dismal Euphony • All Little Devils
Dismal Euphony • Lady Ablaze
Dismal Euphony • Python Zero
Dreadful Shadows • Estrangement
Dreadful Shadows • Buried Again
Dreadful Shadows • Beyond The Maze
Dreadful Shadows • The Cycle
Elusive • Destination Zero
Elis • Gods Silence, Devils Temptation
Elis • Dark Clouds In A Perfect Sky
The Empire Hideous • Only Time Will Tell
Evereve • Seasons
Evereve • Stormbirds
The Fields of Nephilim • Elizium
The Fields of Nephilim • Fallen
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • ENKL’s Temple
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • Epitaph
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • Sargonid Seal
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • Necromanteion IV
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • Symbol And Vision
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • Scheoul
Garden of Delight (deutsche) • Paradise
The Gathering • Mandylion
The Gathering • Nighttime Birds
The Gathering • In Motion DVD
Graveshadow • Nocturnal Resurrection
Graveshadow • Ambitions Price
Graveworm • Engraved In Black
Hazel Und Gretyl •…all releases…
I
Ides of Gemini • Old World New Wave
J
Jack•Off •Jill • Clear Hearts Grey Flowers
K
Kreator (GERMANY) • Endorama
….yes this Kreator released one of the GREATEST GOTHIC METAL ALBUMS OF ALL….
L
Lacrimas Profundere • Memorandum
Lacrimas Profundere • Burning : A Wish
Lacroisma • Inferno
Love Like Blood * Exposure
Love Like Blood * SnakeKiller
Lucifer • Lucifer I
Lucyfire * This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse
Lutherion * Kosmogensis
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Marilyn Manson • Anti-Christ Superstar
Mercyful Fate Melissa
Mercyful Fate Don’t Break The Oath
Macbeth * Vanitas
Moonspell Irreligious
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Nefilim • Zoon
NFD • No Lost Love
NFD • Dead Pool Rising
NFD • Deeper Vision
Notre Dame • Coming Soon to a Théatre Near You!!!
Notre Dame • Vol 1 Le Théâtre du Vampire
Notre Dame • Nightmare Before Christmas
Notre Dame • Demi Monde Bizarros
One-Eyed Doll • Witches
Paradise Lost • Gothic
Paradise Lost • Draconian Times
Riti Occulti • Riti Occulti
Riti Occulti • Secta
Riti Occulti • Elenor Rigby
Riti Occulti • Tetragrammaton
Savn • Savn
Secret Discovery * Philarmonic Diseases
Secret Discovery * Slave
Scream Silence * To Die For
Scream Silence * The 2nd
The Sweetest Condition • Edge of the World
The Sweetest Condition • We Defy Oblivion
Theatre of Tragedy * Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy * Velvet Darkness They Fear
Theatre of Tragedy * Aégis
Theatre of Tragedy * Storm
Theatre of Tragedy * Forever is The World
Theatre of Tragedy • Last Curtain Call DVD
Theatres Des Vampires of Night Breed of Macabria
Theatres Des Vampires • Candyland
Tiamat * Wildhoney
Tiamat * A Deeper Kind of Slumber
Tiamat * Prey
Tiamat * Judas Christ
Tiamat * Skeleton Skeletron
Tristania * Widow’s Weeds
Tristania * Beyond The Veil
Tristania * World of Glass
Tristania * Ashes
Tristania * Illumination
Tristania * Rubicon
Tristania * Darkest White
Type o Negative • ….all releases…..
P
Pale Forest * Exit Mould
Paradise Lost * Gothic
Paradise Lost * Shades of God
Paradise Lost * Gothic
Paradise Lost * Draconian Times
Paradise Lost * One Seconds
Y
Yearning * With Tragedies Adorned
Yearning * Plaintive Scenes
Yearning * Frore Meadow
Yearning * Evershade
Yearing * Merging Into Landscapes
The Vision Bleak * The Deathship Has A New Captain
The Vision Bleak * Carpathia * A Dramatic Poem
The Vision Bleak * The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey
The Vision Bleak * Set Sail To Mystery
The Vision Bleak * The Witching Hour
Zeraphine * Kalte Sonne
Zeraphine *Traumaworld
Zeraphine * Blind Camera
Zeraphine * Still
Zeraphine * Whiteout
First and Last and Always”, to name a specific metal genre as gothic, which makes the oh-so renowned and overabused gothic metal term, this specific metal genre MUST have references and influences from the gothic rock/dark wave scene from the 80s. Apparently, without any second thought and a shadow of doubt, many bands from this so-called commercial and big scene are not gothic metal because they have not a single reference from the gothic rock/dark wave scene of the 80s. It really is something funny for metalheads that know nothing about this scene to speak about gothic music. But what is even more funny is the fact that part of the metal scene dislikes goths and when you ask them “which people do you refer to as goths?” you get the answer “those people, man, that paint their eyes black and listen to Marilyn Manson endlessly”, even from this you can get that a big part of the metal scene really has nothing to do in knowledge and experience about the gothic subculture, its bands and its audience. And thus this over-confusion passes in the gothic metal scene.
You see, the gothic subculcture has all these chicks dressed in black, with the cute faces, the beautiful make up and stuff, yes, I know, they are beautiful, I adore them as well, but, sadly, when a female-fronted metal band starts sounding a bit more symphonic/atmospheric or even a bit melancholic and has a female singer, preferably cute that stands as the front of the band and wears all these beautiful scarlet or velvet or black dresses with flowers and stuff, people start referring to this band as gothic metal, for no reason apparently. A female singer that has a more obscure and “poetic” dress-code won’t make a band a gothic one, apparently, it’s the music that matters, not the supposed dress-code. And so we come to bands like Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, Epica, After Forever and so on, well, these bands have nothing to do, more or less each one of them (or used to have a slight reference but they have nothing to do anymore), with the gothic metal genre, the only common thing they have as bands is that they are female-fronted, does this make them gothic metal? No, for fuck’s sake no! Ok, they have their own atmosphere each one of them, they have some strong female vocalists, some good tunes, others more others less, but that’s all people; no gothic elements, no gothic metal.
If you want some bands with female vocalists that actually play gothic metal then you should definitely check Tristania of the first era (who can deny that “Widow’s Weeds” has gothic rock elements? I’ll give the answer, no-one can because these elements are present in the guitar work; and let’s not forget the gothic rock guest male vocals on “Angellore” ), Theatre Of Tragedy of the first three releases, yes, they are gothic metal, and not because Liv Kristine used to wear black dresses and have that absolute female gothic look, just check the music, apparently gothic metal, then come Trail Of Tears, their first releases are also strong and gothic metal, really good work and it seems to me at times that the gothic metal scene including female vocals blossomed in Norway, judging from the bands I mentioned above. And of course I shouldn’t skip to mention Sirenia, the band Morten Veland formed after he left Tristania, another wonderful gothic metal act, with intense gothic rock elements, even the hat in the vein of The Sisters Of Mercy/The Fields Of The Nephilim is present, hehe (if you don’t believe me ask Mr. Veland and check Elusive’s debut album, “Destination Zero”, to see which are his influences; for the history, Elusive are a rising gothic rock act from Norway and Veland played the guitars on this album) and of course I shouldn’t skip to mention Beseech, they have female vocals as well in their compositions, but they are a 50%-50% female-male fronted band now, with balanced male and female vocals. Just check their first two releases, pure romantic gothic/doom metal with The Fields Of The Nephilim references being too intense, both in guitar parts filled with gothic rock riffing and vocal lines in which the first singer of the band sounds like a reincarnation of Carl McCoy. And of course I shouldn’t skip to mention As Divine Grace from Finland, they used to be a romantic doom/death metal act but with years they became more gothic metal oriented, with female vocals, a really strong band that sadly disbanded.
You know, a band to be called gothic metal must have references from the gothic rock/dark wave scene as I said above, which means, Christian Death (with Rozz Williams on the vocals of course, hehehe! Or Valor of “Atrocities”, it was an awesome album, i have to admit it! And why not “Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ”, their last really strong album with Valor!), The Mission, The Sisters Of Mercy, The Fields Of The Nephilim, Bauhaus, early The Cult, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Clan Of Xymox, Virgin Prunes, early Dead Can Dance etc must be present, with each band sticking to its own references. And what the history has shown to me is that whenever gothic rock acts started turning heavier and more metal-oriented they made far better work from gothic metal acts, because gothic rockers really know what to do, they have the feeling in their blood, it’s flowing, they know how to express it correctly and make it sound heavier if they want to enter a heavier sound stage. And of course I will mention some gothic rock/metal acts and first and above all one of the best gothic acts of the 90s that most of you don’t know, DREADFUL SHADOWS, listen to them to feel the decadence, the sorrow, the pain, the gothic aesthetic, the gothic feeling from a band that released four great albums and with every album it tended to sound steps further, reaching “The Cycle” where more modern references made their appearance. After Dreadful Shadows sadly disbanded Sven Friedrich and Norman Selbig of Dreadful Shadows formed Zeraphine, another wonderful gothic rock/metal act with a more modern approach of course. Another fabulous gothic rock/metal act have to be Scream Silence, at times tending to sound like Dreadful Shadows, but they tended to perfect their own sound, their first two album are the most metallic ones and the other three are heavy still, but more gothic rock definitely; at times they tend to have a doomy feeling as well. Secret Discovery is a good band as well, moving in pure gothic rock in their early years and from a moment and on they started sounding a lot more metallic. Also, Love Like blood is a gothic rock band ,one of the best if you ask me, they have released some really strong opuses during the first half of the 90s, in the second half of the 90s from a moment and on they started sounding heavy and “Snakekiller” is a good gothic metal/rock album. Take Garden of Delight now, one of the best gothic rock acts of the 90s, they released in 7 years 7 albums with 7 songs each one of them, they disbanded afterwards, after the first circle had ended. They came back in the 00s, stronger, heavier, more powerful, but above all gothic rock. After 4 albums they formed Lutherion and they definitely are gothic metal/rock now, sounding really heavy, gothic rock-oriented and with an electro touch as well! Most and above all I shouldn’t forget to mention the metal approach of Carl McCoy, first with The Nefilim in the second half of the 90s and recently with the dynamic come back of the Fields Of The Nephilim. “Zoon” of the Nefilim was a brilliant piece of thrash/death metal blended with strong doses of gothic rock in the renowned McCoy n’ Fields vein and “Mourning Sun” of The Fields Of The Nephilim is an album of pure gothic rock/metal, a really strong release to show to the gothic metal scene who can rule the scene in no time. And let’s mention NFD, a The Nefilim oriented project, heavy enough and always gothic rock and another project from members of The Nefilim, Saints Of Eden, gothic rock with heavy doses of metal and electronic/industrial elements, sounding really heavy and definitely really strong!
Now concerning some gothic metal acts I should mention Evereve of their first era with Tom Schedotschenko, heart-rending, twisted, mourning gothic metal from the pits of Hell, utterly desolate and melancholic, with the ideal references! After the suicide of the singer a new singer came on board and they released an easier album, gothic metal still, afterwards they started moving in more electronic soundscapes. Darkseed as well, they definitely had gothic-oriented references in albums like “Diving Into Darkness” and “Give Me Light” etc, a good band definitely. Paradise Lost OF COURSE and no matter how much doomsters hit their asses on the wall and point out that “Gothic” is doom/death metal I will always be there to be a pain in the ass and their closed mind to point out that it is one of the first pure gothic metal releases, not because of the name, “Gothic”, but because of the music. Listen carefully, the gothic rock references on the guitars are too obvious, where Sisters Of Mercy stepped Paradise Lost found water. The orchestrations have a Celtic Frost sense from the “Into The Pandemonium” era and a dark wave aesthetic as well along with the fragile female vocals that seem to have come out of the 80s dark wave scene. Sure, it has a doom sense, but think about it more. Paradise Lost continued as a gothic metal act after “Shades Of God” (which was doom metal at all costs) releasing many fabulous albums like “Draconian times”, “Icon”, “One Second”, “Paradise Lost” etc, one of the best acts of the gothic metal scene. I shouldn’t skip Lacrimosa, one of the most important acts of this very scene; i have heard/read that they are progressive gothic metal, this statement always sounded funny to me from people that really have absolutely nothing to do with the scene. Tilo Wolf is a pure genius, from the gothic-death rock/dark wave oriented first releases of Lacrimosa to the historic moment when Anne Nurmi entered the band and Lacrimosa started becoming metal, gothic metal of course! Because the references remained, the doses of classical music became too obvious and one of the characteristic parts of the sound of the band. Generally they kept the Lacrimosa feeling alive, they just became one of the most quality, recognisable and best acts of the scene. Lacrimas Profundere, from a romantic doom/death metal act they started slowly and steadily incorporating in their sound gothic references reaching nowadays where they are a goth n’ roll act, slightly metal, more of a rock band, gothic rock with a poser attitude. And since I mentioned the poser attitude of Lacrimas Profundere I shouldn’t skip at all to mention The 69 Eyes, a non-metal band, they are goth n’ roll as well, at some times offering more more romantic gothic rock like on “Paris Kills”, at others more hard rock/gothic rock having several references from the 80s/early 90s. Where the Sisters Of Mercy left “Vision Thing” and The Cult left their releases Jyrki, Jussi and their companions stole them and found out many useful things for the now-sound of The 69 Eyes and Jyrki where Ian Astbury and the singer of LA Guns stood proud stole a bit of their pride to form his stage presence. So no, The 69 Eyes are not metal, poser gothic rock or goth n’ roll yes, definitely. A! Beyond Dawn’s “Pity Love” shouldn’t be missing from here as well, an album having the decadence of doom, references from the doom metal scene and of course intense The Sisters Of Mercy passages, both in structure and guitar parts, but always tending to present them through their very own and unique avant-garde prism. I shouldn’t forget to mention, just for the history, that Beyond Dawn during that period were supporting the Sisters Of Mercy at some of their shows, not a coincidence, is it? I shouldn’t skip Tiamat, they had a good course changing their sound from album to album, progressing positively, and as you all noticed they had their gothic rock-driven moments as well. Their latest release to date “Prey” was a metallic gothic rock worship with Edlund’s haunting vocals entrancing the atmosphere, “Skeleton Skeletron” had also a gothic rock air, quite modern in sound, good enough but nothing awesome and “A Deeper Kind Of Slumber” which was a mixture of psychedelic rock with gothic rock and stuff, good work! And some of you that may know, Johan Edlund has a gothic rock oriented band, Lucyfire, good stuff. Also, The Babylon Whores, not many know them, but they are awesome, a metal-driven Christian Death worship band, they know what they are doing, really good act! Another bright example of a band that injected intense 80s gothic/dark elements have to be Portugal’s finest and most known act, Moonspell, with bands like “The Antidote”, “Sin/Pexado” (a very underrated album), “Darkness And Hope” and “Irreligious”, they have to be one of those bands that interpret gothic metal in a really good and personal manner! Also, a new band around that had quite an impressive course so far with their two releases are definitely The Vision Bleak, travelling through the corridors of nightmares, drama, horror and gothic decadence they offer a new and fresh air to the scene! Also, Yearning from Finland are doing a good job with their esoteric and beautifully adorned by sadness and esoteric emotions gothic/doom metal. Last but not least Kreator’s “Endorama” is a thousand times more gothic metal than all those so-called gothic metal bands that are being referred as gothic metal by the silly music press and the audience that knows nothing about what is gothic, doesn’t “Endorama” sound so gothic metal to you? Change scene! It’s so simple!
The problem with the gothic metal scene doesn’t end here, there are two more problems with the scene except for the female-fronted bands that are mostly being referred by both press and audience as gothic metal and of course i’m referring to part of the Visual Kei scene and the Suomi Metal scene with bands tending to sound romantic, melancholic or suicidal, moving in metal/rock soundscapes with common road on their course being the melancholy factor. Concerning the Visual Kei scene with bands like Moi Dix Mois, Malice Mizer and stuff, they have an intense gothic aesthetic in their appearance, but this is the most gothic part of their existence, their music apart from some keyboard-driven really dark passages has nothing to do with the gothic rock/dark wave scene and the Bauhaus references in those bands that i have read somewhere is definitely non-existent and i know Bauhaus really well to not recognise them in a band. Well, part of the Visual Kei that is being referred as gothic metal could be the Japanese option of gothic metal, somethng different, something “foreign” to the European scene/audience, so I won’t be absolute in this case. I have to admit, anytime with the hand on my heart, that those Visual Kei bands are more gothic than all the other female-fronted or Suomi “we’re supposed to be gothic” metal bands will ever be, both in reality and dreams. And let’s move to the Suomi metal scene, believe me, I used to be a huge fan of this very specifc scene supporting bands like HIM, Entwine, For My Pain, Poisonblack, Charon, Sentenced, Lullacry, To Die For etc, I still support Entwine, HIM and To Die For because all those three are bands that have a lot to offer in my opinion, but really, where did you people find all these gothic elements in their compositions? You can always inform me because I’m craving to know more about gothic music and I would love to find out where all these elements hide and I can’t find them. I had read somewhere that Sentenced were gothic metal and on their latest releases they became gothic rock, HA HA! I mean, how funny is that? Only a metalhead that knows nothing about the gothic scene would ever say that, and a metalhead was indeed the person who said that. Ignorance is bad, definitely bad, and in this case ignorance has caused a lot of harm, something that disgusts me seeing it going on more and more day by day.
Well, I got bored writing and I think you’ll get bored reading too, so I will stop for now, but I will have to warn all of you i-know-it-all metalheads (to avoid misunderstandings, I’m not referring to every single metalhead, but to a specific part of it) that will give my article a shot, “if the truth hurts, prepare for pain”. Kisses!
“Lipstick on my cigarette…”
……..DO YOU GOTH WHAT IT TAKES………………
……………….IN GOTH WE TRUST……………………..
……………ONLY GOTHIC IS REAL……………………..
