CANDLEMASS – LIVE – 1990 (SWE) doom metal

Many excellent bands came out of the heavy metal explosion of the early '80s, and Candlemass is at the top of the list. Unfortunately, these Swedish headbangers never enjoyed more than a cult following, and didn't sell nearly as many records as other gothic metalheads like Iron Maiden. But make no mistake: Candlemass was one of the most captivating bands in the history of metal. In contrast to the fast tempos of punk-influenced American thrash bands like Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth, the melodic yet forceful Candlemass savors slow tempos on this fine documentation of its live shows. The band's slow, eerie and menacing sound, in fact, was dubbed "drone metal" by some headbangers. Lead vocalist Messiah Marcolin is downright menacing on this gothicthemed material, and Mappe Bjorkman is a brutal guitarist who takes no prisoners. For followers of gothic metal, Candlemass Live is essential listening.

Messiah Marcolin - vocals (Memento Mori, Mercy)
Mats Bjorkman - guitars (Zoic)
Lasse Johansson - guitars (Creozoth, Zoic)
Leif Edling - bass (Abstrakt Algebra, Krux, Nemesis)
Jan Lindh - drums (Creozoth, Zoic)
1 The Well of Souls 5:25
2 Dark Are the Veils of Death 4:02
3 Bewitched 4:30
4 Solitude 5:39
5 Dark Reflections 4:43
6 Under the Oak 5:58
7 Demon's Gate 8:47
8 Through the Infinitive Halls of Death 5:22
9 Samarithan 5:06
10 Mirror Mirror 5:33
11 At the Gallows End 5:29
12 A Sorcerer's Pledge 10:15

Candlemass never got the credit they deserved, really one of the more unique doom inspired metal bands of the 80's, and this live performance proves they where far from boring in concert as well. The one problem with the group is many of their songs fail to sink in even after multiple listens leaving this sounding to the unconverted like one long Candlemass song. But it's a good song at that.
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