RIOT V – Love Beyond The Grave (Official Lyric Video)

Taken off the album “Mean Streets” (May 10th, 2024)

“I wanted to write something that was heavy as hell. Something like a mix between JUDAS PRIEST and RIOT’s ‘Hard Lovin’ Man.’ I asked myself, ‘What would Reale do?’,” recalls guitarist Mike Flyntz the song’s creation. Bass player Donnie Van Stavern adds, “Mike wrote a cool eerie dual lead guitar intro leading into a heavy rocker riff in the RIOT tradition with a pop-ish bridge and a great heavy chorus chant.” Drummer Frank Gilchriest, who also contributed to the song’s lyrics, comments, “On this song, we explore a macabre fantasy of forbidden love trapped between this world and beyond.”

Music by Mike Flyntz
Lyrics by Frank Gilchriest & Todd Michael Hall
Recorded & mixed by Bruno Ravel
Mastered by Bart Gabriel
Video produced by Gabriel Management

RIOT V is:
Don Van Stavern – Bass
Mike Flyntz – Guitars
Frank Gilchriest – Drums
Todd Michael Hall – Vocals
Nick Lee – Guitars

Lyrics:

Under the stars
Deep in the night
Dark spirits singing songs of life
Their haunting melodies take flight
The tortured souls
Still filled with pain
Are longing for a rendezvous
With Earthly shadows that remain

Signs of light dance in the moonrise
Cry out from eternity

Love from beyond the grave
Wicked passion serenade
Love from beyond the grave
Love from beyond the grave

Love beyond the grave

Ghostly singers
Begin to wail
I stare intent but cannot tell
What lies behind this spectral veil
With no unease
She comes to me
And whispers gently in my ear
I’ll wait for you eternally

Signs of light dance in the moonrise
Cry out from eternity

Love from beyond the grave
Angels hunting for their prey
Love from beyond the grave
A siren song I can’t escape
Love from beyond the grave
Wicked passion serenade
Love from beyond the grave
Love from beyond the grave