{"id":86,"date":"2026-07-10T07:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/?p=86"},"modified":"2026-07-22T07:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:18:03","slug":"interview-with-leif-edling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/2026\/07\/10\/interview-with-leif-edling\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Leif Edling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What songs almost made the <em>Black Diamonds<\/em> setlist? What can fans expect from the upcoming 40th anniversary Peaceville box set? And which long-forgotten archive recordings have recently resurfaced?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this exclusive July 2026 interview, Candlemass founder <strong>Leif Edling<\/strong> shares his thoughts on the band&#8217;s anniversary celebrations, the decision to focus on the classics, rediscovered cassette recordings, forgotten live favorites, and how his relationship with albums like <em>Ancient Dreams<\/em> has changed over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also reveals which songs he would personally love to bring back to the live stage and why <em>Death Magic Doom<\/em> still holds a special place in his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;ve followed Candlemass since the 1980s or only recently discovered the band, this interview offers fascinating insights into four decades of doom metal history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the full interview at the Candlemaniacs forum:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/candlemaniacs\/viewtopic.php?t=40\">https:\/\/candlemass.se\/candlemaniacs\/viewtopic.php?t=40<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Interview by Nicklas Rudolfsson. Also published in the NIRUZINE webzine: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nirucon.se\/niruzine\/\"><em>nirucon.se\/niruzine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo from Sweden Rock Festival 2026 by Linda Florin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What songs almost made the Black Diamonds setlist? What can fans expect from the upcoming 40th anniversary Peaceville box set? And which long-forgotten archive recordings have recently resurfaced? In this exclusive July 2026 interview, Candlemass founder Leif Edling shares his thoughts on the band&#8217;s anniversary celebrations, the decision to focus on the classics, rediscovered cassette [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candlemass.se\/doom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}