Lights Out | ||||
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Released | 26 October 2012 / 5 November 2012 | |||
Recorded | May – August 2012 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock | |||
Label | Stranded Rekords/Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Don Alsterberg | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100 [1] |
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Classic Rock | [2] |
Pitchfork | 7/10 [3] |
The Austin Chronicle | [4] |
Lights Out is the third full-length studio album by Swedish hard rock band Graveyard. [5] It was released on 26 October 2012.
Graveyard revealed an artwork for their album cover on 20 August 2012. [6] An interactive teaser video was released by the group via YouTube on 22 October 2012. [7]
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