Cemetary – An Evil Shade of Grey

An Evil Shade of Grey is an important early Cemetary release and a useful entry point for listeners exploring the band’s death metal roots before its deeper move into gothic metal atmosphere.

Album Overview

The album captures Cemetary at a formative point: heavy, dark, and rooted in Swedish extreme metal, while already showing the mood-driven writing that would become more pronounced later.

Sound and Style

The sound is heavier and more death metal focused than later Cemetary releases. It gives context to the band’s later transition toward records such as Black Vanity.

Why It Matters

An Evil Shade of Grey matters because it shows the foundation of Cemetary before the band became more clearly associated with gothic death and doom-influenced metal.

Related Pages

Continue with Cemetary band profile, Black Vanity, and the Black Mark releases catalog.

An Evil Shade of Grey FAQ

Who released An Evil Shade of Grey?

The album is associated with Cemetary and the band’s early Swedish metal period.

What style is An Evil Shade of Grey?

It is rooted in death metal, with the darker atmosphere that later became important to Cemetary’s gothic metal direction.