Candlemass
Album Premiere: Tyrant – ‘Hereafter’
May 11, 2020 Chris Dick
Resurrected heavy metallers Tyrant have a new album, Hereafter, available on May 15. Streaming heavy metal gold only at Decibel
Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’
April 8, 2020 Sean Frasier
German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.
Decibel Meter: Of Death Metal Tours and Non-Death Metal Albums
February 28, 2019 Decibel Magazine
While this year’s Decibel Tour is very deathly, this month’s Decibel Meter highlights a variety non-deathly genre mainstays like King Diamond, Candlemass, Rotting Christ, Sleep, and High on Fire.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Leif Edling of Candlemass
February 21, 2019 Greg Pratt
Doom titans Candlemass have a new album out tomorrow, so to celebrate we caught up with bassist Leif Edling to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
For Those About to Squawk: Candlemass, Pounder, Motörhead & Girlschool
February 15, 2019 Blake Harrison
Waldo keeps it classic with new titles from Pounder and Candlemass.
5 Albums to Look Forward to in 2019
December 21, 2018 J. Andrew
Farewell to 2018. Here’s hoping for some heavy (and hopefully better) times in 2019 with 5 albums you should look out for early next year.
Epicus Doomicus Newicus Songicus: Candlemass Premiere Lyric Video of Title Track from Upcoming EP “Death Thy Lover”
April 21, 2016 James Lewis
30 years of epicus doomicus metallicus means new EP(icus).
Hall of Fame Countdown: Candlemass’ Nightfall
March 3, 2016 Matt Solis
Nightfall‘s big brother may get most of the attention, but Candlemass’ sophomore LP has more than enough potency to sit on its own throne. Ranking the songs by merit is utter madness since it’s a stone cold masterpiece…but that’s never stopped us before!
The Doom is in the Digital
September 15, 2015 Jesse Chase
Just in time for fall: doom over the world… now available in ones and zeros.
INTERVIEW: Shanda Fredrick of Demon Lung on doom, horror and life in Sin City
July 1, 2013 Jonathan Horsley
Demon Lung‘s debut LP, The Hundredth Name, is a doom album constructed around a grand concept. Yes, it is a doom LP that incorporates some of the genre fundamentals and takes its cues from Candlemass and Coven’s ceremonial sense of theater, but lyrically it follows a tantalizing narrative wherein (loosely speaking) Satan’s long-lost kid is…
No Chimes in Decibel-land
February 8, 2012 Zach Smith
About two weeks ago, a massive set of Bob Dylan covers compiled to honor 50 years of Amnesty International—4 discs, 73 tracks and 73 different artists—hit shelves. Sure, it’s fascinating to see an expansive and eclectic roster that includes old-timers like Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck and Mark Knopfler alongside relative newcomers like The Gaslight Anthem,…
STREAMING: In Solitude “Serpents Are Rising”
April 18, 2011 Chris Dick
The retro metal thing hasn’t played itself out quite yet. Sweden’s In Solitude (interviewed in the upcoming dB #80) are, perhaps like countrymen Ghost and Enforcer, on the forefront of the throwback-yet-modern sound emanating from the greatest metal country on planet Earth (my determination; feel free to dispute). Sure, the name In Solitude sounds like…
Candlemass – “Nightfall”
January 1, 2009 Decibel Magazine
From a brief moment in 1986, bassist, songwriter and lyricist Leif Edling, almost by sheer willpower alone, managed to raise the leaden monolith of Candlemass from their murky depths and into an upright position.