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Candlemass and Trouble Tour: One More Reason to Move to Sweden
This one comes from Blabbermouth, and even if it is the Kory Clarke version of Trouble, a show with Candlemass is bound to be a doomy good time. They can poll the contemplative Swedish audience to see...
View ArticleCandlemass at the Messiah’s End
No disrespect to current Candlemass frontman Robert Lowe, who’s kicked ass with the band for two albums now, but Messiah Marcolin, in this clip, basically owns the stage in front of tens of thousands...
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Acid King, Candlemass, Ramesses, Liturgy and Wardruna Confirmed for Roadburn...
The headline pretty much says it all, but I’ll back it up with the enclosed Acid King flier and the notion that if you’re going to book a flight over to The Netherlands for Roadburn 2011, now is...
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Roadburn 2011 Adventure Pt. 7: Was it Illusion?
7:26PM – Saturday – Hotel Mercure, Tilburg Caught the beginning of Evoken doing my beloved Garden State proud with their monstrously-paced death-doom, then decided to come back to the hotel for some...
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Roadburn Update: Bongripper and Fleshpress Added to 2012 Lineup; New 2011...
We’ve had a pretty steady stream of Roadburn updates the past couple weeks, and today the fest has announced that Fleshpress and Bongripper have joined the lineup for next year’s edition of the...
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Buried Treasure: Redscroll Records on Black Friday
When I worked at KB Toys store #1051 in Morris Plains, New Jersey, they used to call it “Green Friday,” and as I started there when I was just turned 16, that was how I came to know Black Friday, which...
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Candlemass, Psalms for the Dead: Dooming in the Temple of the Mad King Edling
Notable for it being the band’s 11th studio full-length and for marking their transition from Nuclear Blast, which released their last three LPs as well as a handful of live albums, EPs, singles and...
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Candlemass Interview with Leif Edling: Temples Built and Temples Burning
One faces the prospect of a “final” Candlemass album as one might face a gallows, and yet, it’s hard to imagine bassist, founder and principle songwriter Leif Edling would have it any other way. For...
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Candlemass to Release Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Live at Roadburn 2011 LP on...
In the two years since, Candlemass‘ Epicus Doomicus Metallicus performance live at Roadburn 2011 has become my go-to example of the kind of thing one finds at the Tilburg-based fest and pretty much...
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Roadburn 2014: Candlemass to Play Ancient Dreams in Full; Promise and the...
This morning brought a barrage of news from the Roadburn 2014 lineup and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth‘s curated event. Swedish doom maestro Leif Edling will bring Candlemass aboard for a set that contains...
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Roadburn 2014 Day Two: “Death Means Just Life”
04.12.14 — 01:04 — Friday night/Saturday morning — Hotel Mercure, Tilburg I must be doing a piss-poor job of not looking beat to hell, because several people asked me throughout the course of the...
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On Wax: Candlemass, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Live at Roadburn 2011
As somebody who was in that room when it happened, I don’t so much want to listen to this vinyl as build an altar to its graces. It was Candlemass‘ 25th anniversary show at Roadburn 2011, celebrating...
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Roadburn-Exclusive Vinyl from Napalm Death, YOB and Candlemass Now Available
Over the last couple years, the number of Roadburn‘s fest-exclusive releases has been quietly growing. In 2013, one could pick up vinyl from Dread Sovereign and The Obsessed, and this year, no less...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Candlemass, Nightfall
Candlemass, Nightfall (1987) I don’t think there’s any measure by which Candlemass‘ 1987 sophomore outing, Nightfall, doesn’t rate as a doom classic. On a sheer album level, in terms of what I grab off...
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Psycho Las Vegas Announces Initial Lineup
In the fine tradition of, well, last year’s Psycho fest, 2016’s Psycho Las Vegas has announced an overwhelmingly impressive initial group of acts for its lineup, including some of the finest North...
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Quarterly Review: Mirrors for Psychic Warfare, Candlemass, Skuggsjá, Black...
Who’s ready for another round of 10 reviews in The Obelisk’s Quarterly Review? I know I am. We gotta hit 50 by Friday, and there’s still a lot — a lot — of ground to cover. Yesterday was all over the...
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Desertfest London 2017: Candlemass, Lowrider, Venomous Maximus, Stubb and...
You were either there or you’re an imaginative sort, so I don’t need to tell you what a joy it was to see Lowrider when they played Desertfest London in 2013 (review here). They were also recently...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 Short Releases of 2016
Please note: This post is not culled in any way from the Year-End Poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t yet contributed your favorites of 2016 to that, please do. — Yeah, I know I said as much when...
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Desertfest London 2017: Individual Day Schedules Announced
I have no problem admitting to feeling overwhelmed looking at the full lineup and individual day splits for Desertfest London 2017. I mean, seriously. Look at that poster. What a way to spend a...
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Roadburn 2014: Candlemass to Play Ancient Dreams in Full; Promise and the...
This morning brought a barrage of news from the Roadburn 2014 lineup and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth‘s curated event. Swedish doom maestro Leif Edling will bring Candlemass aboard for a set that contains...
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