Candlemass

Candlemass is a Swedish Epic Doom band that was founded in the mid 1980s by Leif Edling.

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History

1980

Leif Edling founded Candlemass after the dissolution of his previous band Nemesis. The original line-up consisted of Edling ( bass), Matz Ekstrom (drums), Mats Björkman folder (guitar) and Johan Langquist (vocals ). Their debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus was published in 1986 and immediately became a landmark work in the fledgling Doom Metal scene. The cover picture shows a skull with horns, were driven by the two wedges in the form of a cross; the symbol has no religious or other significance, the band have worked with skull and cross loud Edling - the most extreme symbols that could find them - trying to create a suitable logo.

Before recording the second album Nightfall (1987 ) increased Langquist and Ekstrom and Messiah Marcolin (vocals), Lars Johansson (lead guitar ) and Jan Lindh (drums) joined the band. With Messiah Marcolin wide vocal range and his distinctive voice Candlemass coined the doom metal with this album to the song Bewitched The band recorded a music video. The album covers for Nightfall and the successor Ancient Dreams (1988 ) were religiously influenced paintings of the American landscape painter Thomas Cole ( 1801-1844 ) removed; these are the images Old Age and Youth from 1842 finished cycle The Voyage of Life. At this time, also attended the stage outfit of singer Marcolin stir because it occurred in the Habit. The fourth album Tales of Creation ( 1989) became a classic of Doom Metal.

1990

1990 was followed by a live album before differences between the band members led to Marcolin outlet.

Thomas Vikström became the new singer of the band and with Chapter VI (1992 ) published a new album. However, this plate could not build on the successes of previous years and so it came to the dissolution of the band, after Leif Edling with a new project ( Abstract Algebra ) was started. However, the new band was not going well and so Edling recorded in the studio with a completely new cast albums Dactylis Glomerata (1998) and From the 13th Sun (1999) on.

2000

In 2002 the band reunited and played a few concerts, the very well-received by the fans; the relocation of several appearances at the Wacken Open Air in 2002, were not sufficiently informed about the bands and visitors by the organizers, but made ​​sure that many fans missed the appearance of Candlemass and performed the band in front of a thrash and black metal audience; However, the spectators present took the band on good.

In the classic lineup, the band recorded another live album. End of May 2004 it was announced their renewed separation. According to the band itself, " [ t] he first small cracks [ ... ] in the summer of 2002, because the members do not share the same vision regarding the appearances of a possible new album, internal democracy, and so on shared " showed.

The end of 2004 found Candlemass vocalist Messiah Marcolin and back together and announced a new album and an appearance at the Bang Your Head on. A new album was released on 4 May 2005 under the name Candlemass. After it remained unclear for a long time the band itself, whether the next album will be recorded with Messiah Marcolin would, it was replaced in January 2007 by Robert Lowe of the band Solitude Aeturnus; Lowe saw " is not a problem because he is not busy with one hundred percent Solitude Aeturnus that tour sporadically. '" The first appearance with Lowe took place in Stockholm in the same year. With him, the album The King of the Grey Islands was recorded, which was nominated in the music magazines Metal Hammer and Rock Hard album of the month.

On March 20, 2008, guitarist Mats Björkman six weeks before a planned U.S. tour for stealing CDs worth of three million SEK (~ € 310,000 ) sentenced to two years in prison.

On 2 June 2012, the band released on its website announced the departure of Robert Lowe, who is to be represented at the upcoming concerts by Mats Levén. Robert Lowe had some fans playful credit, as he often obviously was reading the lyrics from his notebook during live performances. Leif Edling also complained that he never learned the lyrics.

Discography

Albums

• 2002: Documents of Doom (DVD)
• 2005: The Curse of Candlemass (DVD)
• 2010: Ashes to Ashes (DVD)