Grave

Grave had an impact on the extreme Swedish underground before even settling on this name. The band’s first life began in 1984 as Rising Power. A year later, the Swedes were active as Destroyer, then as Anguish; in the years 1986-1988, they were known as Corpse (that’s when they recorded their first demo) and only in 1988 did they settle on Grave. They started out things with a bang, releasing six demos. In 1991, they struck their debut album, a legendary record of the European death metal canon, Into the Grave, and a year later, came back with equally excellent You’ll Never See…. A subtle refashioning of the style came with the slower, more groove-oriented Soulless. The groove was then accentuated further on the follow-up Hating Life. Back from the Grave, released after a six-year-long break, saw the band’s return to classic death metal – retaining some full-swing moments – and it’s a style they’ve kept to ever since. The Scandinavian band’s latest album is the 2015 Out of Respect for the Dead.