In heavy metal, originality counts for almost everything. As the genre took root around the world, the gamesmanship found artists challenging what was previously thought to be possible on traditional ...

Swedish band Candlemass’ 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a bona doom metal landmark, giving the template laid down by Black Sabbath in the early 70s and developed in the US by The ...

If you love modern doom, you owe a debt of gratitude to Candlemass. Formed in Stockholm in 1984, the group were among a handful of early purveyors of the slow, down-tuned, and monumentally forlorn ...

History was made on Saturday, September 13, when Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass reunited on stage with their iconic former vocalist Messiah Marcolin for the first time in nearly 20 years. The ...

When it comes to the mighty genre of doom metal, few bands hold as much weight as the Swedish powerhouse Candlemass. Considered one of the pre-eminent bands in that subsect of heavy metal, they were ...

Candlemass are without a doubt one of the most influential and groundbreaking doom-metal bands in the history of heavy music. Starting in 1986 with their mammoth-sized debut album Epicus Doomicus ...

I don’t think I’ve ever been more jealous of people in Greece than I am right now with this news, and I’ve got several reasons to be jealous. Outside of living in a fuckin paradise, Greek metalheads ...

Swedish metal pioneers Candlemass seem to be bringing the doom cycle around full circle, parting ways with singer Mats Levén and hiring original vocalist Johan Längqvist, who last performed on the ...

Candlemass is looking to have a banner year in 2020, with bassist Leif Edling's health rebounding, and renewed energy from a Grammy nod. And another positive is swinging the group's way: the March 27… ...

Doom legends Candlemass are primed and ready to release their latest tome of moody-riff-filled metal Sweet Evil Sun, on November 18 via Napalm Records. The legendary ensemble and recent Grammy ...