A one-off world-exclusive CANDLEMASS concert featuring the band's former vocalist Messiah Marcolin took place on September 13 at this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival Greece in Athens, Greece.

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched for a documentary about Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS. "9 Lives Of Doom – The Story Of Candlemass" will explore the career and legacy of CANDLEMASS and ...

In heavy metal, originality counts for almost everything. As the genre took root around the world, the gamesmanship found artists challenging what was previously thought to be possible on traditional ...

Swedish metal pioneers Candlemass seem to be bringing the doom cycle around full circle, parting ways with singer Mats Levén and hiring original vocalist Johan Längqvist, who last performed on the ...

Swedish doom metal band Candlemass has new music on the way. In an interview with Rock Daydream Nation, per Blabbermouth, lead vocalist Johan Längqvist confirmed for fans that the band is working on ...

If you love modern doom, you owe a debt of gratitude to Candlemass. Formed in Stockholm in 1984, the group were among a handful of early purveyors of the slow, down-tuned, and monumentally forlorn ...

I don’t think I’ve ever been more jealous of people in Greece than I am right now with this news, and I’ve got several reasons to be jealous. Outside of living in a fuckin paradise, Greek metalheads ...

Peaceville will reissue Candlemass’s 1998 opus, Dactylis Glomerata, on August 28. The album features newly remastered audio and is presented on CD and limited Pearl Arctic vinyl. Dactylis Glomerata ...