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 ...

Candlemass are without a doubt one of the most influential and groundbreaking doom-metal bands in the history of heavy music. Starting in 1986 with their mammoth-sized debut album Epicus Doomicus ...

Candlemass’ early lineup shuffling suggests that it might actually be that easy. Of the six people that play on Epicus, only two, bassist Leif Edling and rhythm guitarist Mats Björkman, showed up on ...

The weekend is here, the weekend is finally here! Which means it’s time for more of… fondly reminiscing about a time when we could all go out and congregate in public without a care in the world … ...