Candlemass is a Swedish doom metal band established in Stockholm in 1984 by bassist, songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling, and drummer Matz Ekström. The band had a defining influence on doom metal, and the genre itself is named after their debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but reunited three years later. After breaking up again in 2002
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Candlemass
Candlemass is a Swedish doom metal band established in Stockholm in 1984 by bassist, songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling, and drummer Matz Ekström. The band had a defining influence on doom metal, and the genre itself is named after their debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but reunited three years later. After breaking up again in 2002
The tenth track (outro) performed with the Cretan Lute, of the second full length album of my Hellenic Pagan Black Metal project "Pythagorean Circle"by the title "Immortal Pagan Spirit", released on January 5/2025.
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The ninth track of the second full length album of my Hellenic Pagan Black Metal project "Pythagorean Circle"by the title "Immortal Pagan Spirit", released on January 5/2025.more
The eighth track of the second full length album of my Hellenic Pagan Black Metal project "Pythagorean Circle"by the title "Immortal Pagan Spirit", released on January 5/2025.more