It is barely two months since UK metallers War Grave unleashed their full length debut album, the steel clad ‘Free Will’, and already the album has soared past 10,000 streams on Spotify. As a fantastic celebration of this milestone, the band has decided to release a brand new video for the standout album track, “Light ‘Em Up”—an atmospheric, moody, and magnificent tale set in the old West. This incredible streaming success so early in the album’s life is a clear sign that War Grave is rapidly building a dedicated following and that their powerful brand of metal is truly resonating with listeners.
The band shared the exciting background behind the song and its accompanying video, giving fans a deeper look into their creative process. The track “Light ‘Em Up” follows the doomed ride of a Wild West bandit and his crew, lured into one final score, which is a train heist promised to set them up for life. They take the gold and run, and for a moment, it feels like they’ve won. However, the dust never settles for long, and the sheriff is close behind, hunting them down and killing them one by one. The band explains that the promise of wealth turns hollow as the cost becomes clear, making “Light ‘Em Up” a tale of greed, betrayal, and the fleeting nature of glory, leaving the listener with a bloodstained question: was it ever worth it, just for gold? The video itself, according to the band, was inspired by Steve’s love of the cartoon The Lone Ranger as a child and his grandad’s fondness for a good old western film. The ultimate idea was to create an interactive way of not only telling, but also visually showing the story of this epic tune.