CANDLEMASS

Release Year: 2019
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: expressive monumental doom heavy metal

sounds quite unbelievable, but Johan Längquist is back at the helm of doom metal grandfathers first time since his magical appearance on the band's debut back in 1986, where dude was just a session member, officially joining the band only in 2018, smoothly stepping in those grandiloquent shoes again though, since the charm is definitely there again on these eight bombastic tracks, which were in works for quite a while and studio personnel make sure no filler material may escape the control room - it is in no way sentimental record at all, regardless that trademark somber touch in vocalist's voice, since music follows more in vein with last couple of Candlemass records, maintaining the same crunchy production and ominous vibe behind always convincing riffs and sweeping solos; Austrian standard jewel case edition comes with sixteen page booklet