Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band established in Stockholm 1984 by bassist, songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling and drummer Matz Ekström. 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, Candlemass reformed in 2004 and have continued to record and perform since then.
Candlemass is also the seventh best selling artist coming out from Sweden selling as of 2010 more than 15 million albums worldwide.
Biography
Formation and early career (1984–1990)
After the breakup of his first band Nemesis, bassist Leif Edling started his own band under the name Candlemass with vocalist Johan Längqvist, drummer Matz Ekström, guitarist Mats "Mappe" Bjorkman and Klas Bergwall. Their first release, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986), immediately secured their standing, positioning the band within metal circles, setting a milestone in the doom metal scene. Following the band's debut album Längqvist was replaced by Messiah Marcolin. By the time the band entered the studio to record their second effort, Nightfall, in 1987, Bergwall and Ekström had left the band. Jan Lindh joined the band on drums, and Lars Johansson joined the band on guitars following the completion of the album.
A video for the album's opener, "Black Dwarf", was made. The song "Witches" was also included in the soundtrack for the 2009 video game "Brütal Legend"
Candlemass - Tales Of Creation (full album) [1989]
All rights to [Merlin] Essential Music.
The only one Candlemass album with Messiah, which has not been published there yet.
Track list:
All songs written by Leif Edling
"The Prophecy" -- 0:01
"Dark Reflections" -- 1:28
"Voices in the Wind" -- 6:34
"Under the Oak" -- 6:49
"Tears" -- 12:49
"Into the Unfathomed Tower" -- 17:12
"The Edge of Heaven" -- 20:15
"Somewhere in Nowhere" -- 26:40
"Through the Infinitive Halls of Death" -- 30:28
"Dawn" -- 35:35
"A Tale of Creation" -- 36:01
published: 02 Jul 2013
Candlemass - Dark reflections (mit The prophecy, Voices in the wind)
[Lyrics unten; added lyrics below]
Musikalisch und lyrisch anspruchsvoller Epic Doom Metal; düster-depressiv, melodiös, heavy; aber mit einer überwiegend positiven Ausstrahlung; die ersten vier Alben sind Meisterwerke der Musik; leider verlor Candlemass nach dem Ausstieg des genialen Sängers Messiah Marcolin stark an Reiz ...
Interpret: Candlemass
Album: Tales of Creation
Titel:
The prophecy (Intro),
Dark reflections,
Voices in the wind (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
Land: Schweden
Musik: Doom Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal
Lyrics:
1 - The prophecy: (Intro)
"Holy was the star from which you were born,
to a world where darkness and fear take form
A lonely soul with a heart of light to find
beyond reality, forgotten in time
Seek the heart, seek in your dreams
visit your ...
All rights to [Merlin] Essential Music.
The only one Candlemass album with Messiah, which has not been published there yet.
Track list:
All songs written by L...
All rights to [Merlin] Essential Music.
The only one Candlemass album with Messiah, which has not been published there yet.
Track list:
All songs written by Leif Edling
"The Prophecy" -- 0:01
"Dark Reflections" -- 1:28
"Voices in the Wind" -- 6:34
"Under the Oak" -- 6:49
"Tears" -- 12:49
"Into the Unfathomed Tower" -- 17:12
"The Edge of Heaven" -- 20:15
"Somewhere in Nowhere" -- 26:40
"Through the Infinitive Halls of Death" -- 30:28
"Dawn" -- 35:35
"A Tale of Creation" -- 36:01
All rights to [Merlin] Essential Music.
The only one Candlemass album with Messiah, which has not been published there yet.
Track list:
All songs written by Leif Edling
"The Prophecy" -- 0:01
"Dark Reflections" -- 1:28
"Voices in the Wind" -- 6:34
"Under the Oak" -- 6:49
"Tears" -- 12:49
"Into the Unfathomed Tower" -- 17:12
"The Edge of Heaven" -- 20:15
"Somewhere in Nowhere" -- 26:40
"Through the Infinitive Halls of Death" -- 30:28
"Dawn" -- 35:35
"A Tale of Creation" -- 36:01
[Lyrics unten; added lyrics below]
Musikalisch und lyrisch anspruchsvoller Epic Doom Metal; düster-depressiv, melodiös, heavy; aber mit einer überwiegend positi...
[Lyrics unten; added lyrics below]
Musikalisch und lyrisch anspruchsvoller Epic Doom Metal; düster-depressiv, melodiös, heavy; aber mit einer überwiegend positiven Ausstrahlung; die ersten vier Alben sind Meisterwerke der Musik; leider verlor Candlemass nach dem Ausstieg des genialen Sängers Messiah Marcolin stark an Reiz ...
Interpret: Candlemass
Album: Tales of Creation
Titel:
The prophecy (Intro),
Dark reflections,
Voices in the wind (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
Land: Schweden
Musik: Doom Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal
Lyrics:
1 - The prophecy: (Intro)
"Holy was the star from which you were born,
to a world where darkness and fear take form
A lonely soul with a heart of light to find
beyond reality, forgotten in time
Seek the heart, seek in your dreams
visit your nightmares and realms yet unseen
You are alone, the last one to be
a representative for mankind to decide the final destiny
Will you be saved or will you stay blind
deep in your soul the answer you'll find"
The words were spoken, I cried in my hands
the bringer of wisdom, or the one who condemns
Can I succeed where the mighty have failed
and re-create the harmony from where salvation hails
2 - Dark reflections:
A black star fell down the night I was reborn
a last chance to save us, a last chance to turn dusk to dawn
The vultures they cried out their welcome to greet my arrival
the shadows they danced for my death at the nightmare's trial
The demons of fear tearing my sad soul apart
a horned winged creature laughed out its scorn to the dawn
The sun wasn't able to send down its light, swallowed by thoughts in my mind
Dark was my conscience, I was the last of my kind
[Chorus]
I was dead
awake in hell
A lonely corpse
to break the spell
A soul in flames
a heart in chains
Can't you see
You must believe...
The witchbrew was drained, I couldn't escape my fate
wrong was this place full with awful disgrace and hate
Sweet ancient memories, fragments of times that have passed
came to my mind like a blessing with grace for my eyes
[Chorus]
3 - Voices in the wind: (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
"North is cold, summer is late
South is sorrow, surrounded by hate
West is far, a dream you are creating
East is here, and your fate is awaiting"
[Lyrics unten; added lyrics below]
Musikalisch und lyrisch anspruchsvoller Epic Doom Metal; düster-depressiv, melodiös, heavy; aber mit einer überwiegend positiven Ausstrahlung; die ersten vier Alben sind Meisterwerke der Musik; leider verlor Candlemass nach dem Ausstieg des genialen Sängers Messiah Marcolin stark an Reiz ...
Interpret: Candlemass
Album: Tales of Creation
Titel:
The prophecy (Intro),
Dark reflections,
Voices in the wind (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
Land: Schweden
Musik: Doom Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal
Lyrics:
1 - The prophecy: (Intro)
"Holy was the star from which you were born,
to a world where darkness and fear take form
A lonely soul with a heart of light to find
beyond reality, forgotten in time
Seek the heart, seek in your dreams
visit your nightmares and realms yet unseen
You are alone, the last one to be
a representative for mankind to decide the final destiny
Will you be saved or will you stay blind
deep in your soul the answer you'll find"
The words were spoken, I cried in my hands
the bringer of wisdom, or the one who condemns
Can I succeed where the mighty have failed
and re-create the harmony from where salvation hails
2 - Dark reflections:
A black star fell down the night I was reborn
a last chance to save us, a last chance to turn dusk to dawn
The vultures they cried out their welcome to greet my arrival
the shadows they danced for my death at the nightmare's trial
The demons of fear tearing my sad soul apart
a horned winged creature laughed out its scorn to the dawn
The sun wasn't able to send down its light, swallowed by thoughts in my mind
Dark was my conscience, I was the last of my kind
[Chorus]
I was dead
awake in hell
A lonely corpse
to break the spell
A soul in flames
a heart in chains
Can't you see
You must believe...
The witchbrew was drained, I couldn't escape my fate
wrong was this place full with awful disgrace and hate
Sweet ancient memories, fragments of times that have passed
came to my mind like a blessing with grace for my eyes
[Chorus]
3 - Voices in the wind: (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
"North is cold, summer is late
South is sorrow, surrounded by hate
West is far, a dream you are creating
East is here, and your fate is awaiting"
All rights to [Merlin] Essential Music.
The only one Candlemass album with Messiah, which has not been published there yet.
Track list:
All songs written by Leif Edling
"The Prophecy" -- 0:01
"Dark Reflections" -- 1:28
"Voices in the Wind" -- 6:34
"Under the Oak" -- 6:49
"Tears" -- 12:49
"Into the Unfathomed Tower" -- 17:12
"The Edge of Heaven" -- 20:15
"Somewhere in Nowhere" -- 26:40
"Through the Infinitive Halls of Death" -- 30:28
"Dawn" -- 35:35
"A Tale of Creation" -- 36:01
[Lyrics unten; added lyrics below]
Musikalisch und lyrisch anspruchsvoller Epic Doom Metal; düster-depressiv, melodiös, heavy; aber mit einer überwiegend positiven Ausstrahlung; die ersten vier Alben sind Meisterwerke der Musik; leider verlor Candlemass nach dem Ausstieg des genialen Sängers Messiah Marcolin stark an Reiz ...
Interpret: Candlemass
Album: Tales of Creation
Titel:
The prophecy (Intro),
Dark reflections,
Voices in the wind (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
Land: Schweden
Musik: Doom Metal, Epic Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal
Lyrics:
1 - The prophecy: (Intro)
"Holy was the star from which you were born,
to a world where darkness and fear take form
A lonely soul with a heart of light to find
beyond reality, forgotten in time
Seek the heart, seek in your dreams
visit your nightmares and realms yet unseen
You are alone, the last one to be
a representative for mankind to decide the final destiny
Will you be saved or will you stay blind
deep in your soul the answer you'll find"
The words were spoken, I cried in my hands
the bringer of wisdom, or the one who condemns
Can I succeed where the mighty have failed
and re-create the harmony from where salvation hails
2 - Dark reflections:
A black star fell down the night I was reborn
a last chance to save us, a last chance to turn dusk to dawn
The vultures they cried out their welcome to greet my arrival
the shadows they danced for my death at the nightmare's trial
The demons of fear tearing my sad soul apart
a horned winged creature laughed out its scorn to the dawn
The sun wasn't able to send down its light, swallowed by thoughts in my mind
Dark was my conscience, I was the last of my kind
[Chorus]
I was dead
awake in hell
A lonely corpse
to break the spell
A soul in flames
a heart in chains
Can't you see
You must believe...
The witchbrew was drained, I couldn't escape my fate
wrong was this place full with awful disgrace and hate
Sweet ancient memories, fragments of times that have passed
came to my mind like a blessing with grace for my eyes
[Chorus]
3 - Voices in the wind: (Übergang/Intro zu Under the oak)
"North is cold, summer is late
South is sorrow, surrounded by hate
West is far, a dream you are creating
East is here, and your fate is awaiting"
Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band established in Stockholm 1984 by bassist, songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling and drummer Matz Ekström. 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, Candlemass reformed in 2004 and have continued to record and perform since then.
Candlemass is also the seventh best selling artist coming out from Sweden selling as of 2010 more than 15 million albums worldwide.
Biography
Formation and early career (1984–1990)
After the breakup of his first band Nemesis, bassist Leif Edling started his own band under the name Candlemass with vocalist Johan Längqvist, drummer Matz Ekström, guitarist Mats "Mappe" Bjorkman and Klas Bergwall. Their first release, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986), immediately secured their standing, positioning the band within metal circles, setting a milestone in the doom metal scene. Following the band's debut album Längqvist was replaced by Messiah Marcolin. By the time the band entered the studio to record their second effort, Nightfall, in 1987, Bergwall and Ekström had left the band. Jan Lindh joined the band on drums, and Lars Johansson joined the band on guitars following the completion of the album.
Suddenly I awoke, I must have fallen asleep under the oak, where I used to sit and dream as a child The dawn was soon to come, and the air was crisp and cold Yet I felt warm I remembered my strange dreams and knew I had the strength and love in my heart to create something from my life. The world was waiting