Candlemass – DeathScream

CANDLEMASS: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

March 16, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Candlemass • 0 Comments

Legendary Swedish doom metallers CANDLEMASS will release their 11th and final album, “Psalms For The Dead”, in June via Napalm Records. A limited-edition seven-inch vinyl single contaning two album tracks —“Dancing In The Temple Of The Mad Queen Bee” and “The Killing Of The Sun” — will precede the full-length effort on April 13. “This […]

CANDLEMASS Leader: ‘We’re Not Splitting Up’

February 24, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Candlemass • 0 Comments

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 […]

Candlemass – Tales Of Creation

March 7, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Candlemass, Tales Of Creation • 0 Comments

Candlemass – “Tales Of Creation” 1990 LP (Enigma/Metal Blade Records) The Number one band of the 70’s for must of us hard rockers/heavy metallers is Black Sabbath. The Number one band of the 80’s with a Sabs-like presence is doom metallers Candlemass. Candlemass were formerly monickered Nemesis, in a quite different incarnation, making one EP […]