Candlemass Est. 1985
Epic Doom Metal
This is the official website of CANDLEMASS, Epic Doom Metal from Sweden. Minimal one-page design but it contains the most important things like tour dates and links to our other digital channels like social media, merchandise and more doom... Feel free to listen to Candlemass while browsing the site through the Bandcamp player at the top of the page. Press the shuffle button to randomly play a different track.
Click the links here or in the menu below to navigate to the site's sections: News, Music, Biography, Live (Tour Dates), Merchandise, Links, and Contact.
Best regards,
Candlemass and Nicklas Rudolfsson, webmaster
News of Doom
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BLACK STAR - MAY 9th 2025
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CANDLEMASS will perform with Messiah Marcolin as the frontman for an exclusive performance at the premiere edition of the Rock Hard Festival in Athens, Greece in September of 2025.
Tickets for this world exclusive performance are available NOW from: rockhardfestival.gr/tickets
This year we celebrate 40 years as a band! It has been a true rollercoaster ride but thankfully we did survive all the madness, chaos, and uncountable journeys to hell and back! Today Candlemass can look back on many fantastic years together. Both onstage and offstage. We also look forward to some cool stuff happening this year. Anniversary shows in sweden in the autumn (soon to be official) + our new ep BLACK STAR is coming out in late spring!
This year we will also take a look into our photo archives. Plenty of nice shots there! Some old, some newer. Some familiar, some totally unpublished. It's time to open up the vaults of doom!
More NEWS to come soon..stay tuned!
Happy Doomy 2025 to ya all!
CANDLEMASS
Music
Latest release "BLACK STAR"
May 9th 2025
Order:
Black Star - Digisleeve CD
Black Star - Black LP
Black Star - Black Orange Splatter LP + Booklet + Poster in Tote Bag
Studio albums
Sweet Evil Sun (2022)
The Door to Doom (2019)
Psalms for the Dead (2012)
Death Magic Doom (2009)
King of the Grey Islands (2007)
Candlemass (2005)
From the 13th Sun (1999)
Dactylis Glomerata (1998)
Chapter VI (1992)
Tales of Creation (1989)
Ancient Dreams (1988)
Nigthfall (1987)
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Various releases
Candlemass discography and information at Wikipedia
Candlemass discography and information at Metal Archives
Biography
CANDLEMASS - a name forged in darkness, a legacy built on doom. Born from the cold shadows of Stockholm in 1985, this Swedish titan of epic doom metal has stood as a monolithic force for nearly four decades. In 2025, Candlemass marks 40 years of sorrow-laden grandeur, a testament to their unwavering reign over the genre they helped shape.
Their journey began with the seismic release of "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" (1986), a requiem that redefined heavy music, followed by the monumental "Nightfall" - both now sacred texts in the annals of doom. These albums remain cornerstones of a genre that thrives in the echoes of Candlemass somber majesty.
Despite doom’s reputation for slow, crushing weight, Candlemass themselves show no signs of slowing down. Relentless and untamed, they continue to storm stages worldwide, bringing their towering hymns to devoted Candlemaniacs from Tokyo to Los Angeles. With Grammy win in Sweden and a U.S. Grammy nomination in 2019, the band’s fire still burns with undiminished intensity.
In 2022, they unleashed "Sweet Evil Sun", a harbinger of the darkness yet to come. And in 2025, they return once more with the highly anticipated EP "Black Star", a new chapter in their saga of heavy, doom grandeur.
Doom may be slow, but Candlemass moves at full speed - unyielding, enduring, and forever casting their long shadow over the world of heavy music.
Candlemass are:
Leif Edling – Bass
Johan Länquist – Vocals
Mats "Mappe” Björkman – Guitar
Lars "Lasse” Johansson – Lead Guitar
Jan Lind – Drums
Live / Tour Dates
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30 - Feb 3 | Miami FL, US |
70000 Tons of Metal Tickets |
| May 10 | Caracas, VE |
Gillmanfest Tickets |
| June 20-21 | Daun Rengen, DE |
Der Detze Rockt Tickets |
| June 25 | Oslo, NO |
Tons of Rock Tickets |
| July 4 | Istanbul, TR |
Headbangers Weekend Tickets |
| July 20 | Cremona, IT |
Luppolo In Rock Festival Tickets |
| July 30 - Aug 02 | Bergen, NO |
Beyond the Gates Festival Tickets |
| July 31 - Aug 03 | Vagos, PT |
Vagos Metal Fest Tickets |
| Aug 8-9 | Helsinki, FI |
Helsinki Metal Festival Tickets |
| Aug 8-10 | Kortrijk, BE |
Alcatraz Tickets |
| Aug 15-17 | Carhaix Breiz, FR |
Motorcultor Tickets |
| Sept 7 | São Paulo, BR |
Setembro Negro Tickets |
| Sept 28 | Barcelona, SP |
Okkult Session Tickets |
| Sept 12-13 | Athens, GR |
Rock Hard Festival Tickets |
| Nov 1 | Stockholm, SE |
Berns Tickets |
| Nov 22 | Warszawa, PL |
Progresja Tickets |
| Nov 29 | Gimle, DK |
Roskilde Tickets |
| Dec 6 | Wolverhampton, UK |
Bloodstock Winter Gathering Tickets |