Graveyard is a hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They keep guitar solos to a minimum. They don't fool around with fancy effects and distortion pedals. And their songs don't overstay their welcome.

"An album should fit on one side of a cassette," says singer and guitarist Joakim Nilsson. "Lights Out," the band's third album, due Nov. 6 on U.S. metal label Nuclear Blast, packs in nine songs in 35 minutes. Nilsson explains: "We thought the songs were longer than they really were."

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