Despite the fact that legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have just completed work on their final studio album, the band’s bassist/leader Leif Edling tells Terrorizer magazine that the group is not planning on hanging it up anytime soon.
“We’re not splitting up,” he said. “Yes, this is to be our last album, but we don’t plan to disappear from the scene for quite awhile. We will tour this year, hopefully the next one as well, and then there’s our upcoming 30th anniversary. So plenty more doom to come! It’s just that we want to stop before we get too old and start putting out half-lame albums. Instead, we’ll slowly fade away into the sunset with our dignity intact. We’re not young anymore. Actually, some of the stuff I’ve been writing…
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CANDLEMASS Leader: ‘We’re Not Splitting Up’
February 24, 2012
Despite the fact that legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have just completed work on their final studio album, the band’s bassist/leader Leif Edling tells Terrorizer magazine that the group is not planning on hanging it up anytime soon.
“We’re not splitting up,” he said. “Yes, this is to be our last album, but we don’t plan to disappear from the scene for quite awhile. We will tour this year, hopefully the next one as well, and then there’s our upcoming 30th anniversary. So plenty more doom to come! It’s just that we want to stop before we get too old and start putting out half-lame albums. Instead, we’ll slowly fade away into the sunset with our dignity intact. We’re not young anymore. Actually, some of the stuff I’ve been writing…
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