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Candlemass
photo credit: Linda Åkerberg

Active

1980s - 2020s

Formed

1985 in Sweden

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Doom Metal Heavy Metal Scandinavian Metal

Group Members

Leif Edling Mats Björkman Jan Lindh Lars Johansson Carl Westholm Jejo Perkovic Klas Bergwall Michael Amott Mike Wead Patrik Instedt Messiah Marcolin Johan Längqvist Matz Ekstroem Tomas Vikström Robert Lowe
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Candlemass

Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia

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Swedish quintet whose dirge-like, sustain-laden guitar riffing made them pioneers of the doom metal genre.
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Album Highlights

  • Nightfall
    Candlemass
    Nightfall
  • Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
    Candlemass
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  • Candlemass
    Candlemass
    Candlemass
  • Death Magic Doom
    Candlemass
    Death Magic Doom
  • Live
    Candlemass
    Live
  • Essential Doom
    Candlemass
    Essential Doom
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Artists Themes

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