Candlemass to record final album

Jest read this on Bmouth. Shocking!

Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have inked a deal with Napalm Records. The band is currently working on material for its farewell album, which is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2012 release.

Commented CANDLEMASS in a statement: "Now it is official, Swedish doom 'meisters' CANDLEMASS have signed with Austrian Napalm Records for their 11th and last studio album. The band is very happy and excited about this and are looking forward to work with such a great and growing label as Napalm, home of cool bands like MONSTER MAGNET, KARMA TO BURN and ISOLE."

I heard about this months ago that they were going to do one final album. I still have to give the last album a good listen.

Why on earth did Nuclear Blast drop them? Man, the music business in just wacked!

kmorg wrote:

Why on earth did Nuclear Blast drop them? Man, the music business in just wacked!

Maybe Candlemass didn't want to work with NB any more. More and more bands are going indie.

Or maybe they weren't selling that well any more.

Well, maybe Solitude Aeturnus will become more active as a result and record a few albums. First Cathedral and now Candlemass calling it quits in 2012. It's the end of the world as we know it

GrandNational wrote:

Well, maybe Solitude Aeturnus will become more active as a result and record a few albums.

they're better anyway imo.

mc666 wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

Well, maybe Solitude Aeturnus will become more active as a result and record a few albums.

they're better anyway imo.

Agreed. Alone was such a great comeback after their downtime and better than the Candlemass albums Robert has sang on.

I think Death Magic Doom is FANTASTIC!

Such a shame. I was listening to Nightfall yesterday. Great album.

I sure do hope they manage to come to the Canadian Maritimes on their final tour.

I hope they come to the States on their final tour because I'd drive to wherever to see them if I had to. To me this announcement of them disbanding is shocking and sad. I've been a Candlemass fan since the 80's.

ultmetal wrote:

I think Death Magic Doom is FANTASTIC!

yeah it was good, i just prefer SA to Candlemass.

Sad to hear this.Which of their 90s-2000s cds excluding the 2005 s/t is worth getting?

speed101 wrote:

Sad to hear this.Which of their 90s-2000s cds excluding the 2005 s/t is worth getting?

Chapter VI, Doctylis Glomerata, and From the 13th Sun are all great albums in their own way, but if I had to pick one it would be the 13th Sun.

Trouble should hire Robert Lowe and ditch Kory Clarke.

That's a shame. I like these guys. I might have a few gaps in my collections, but the stuff I own is awesome. I've never heard a bad album from them, no matter who was singing.

Guess it's better that they go out with a bang instead of a whimper.

They'll be back with a couple live albums and some rarities compilations.

Doom could use a renaissance. The old guards are slowly fading. I'm not immensely involved in the scene so maybe there's some new guys flying the flag, but I'm just not aware of them.

Thrash and NWOBHM have been faring very well over the last decade thanks to a resurgence.

They should write a song with some sort of "ooohhhh ooohhh" type of scary sounding bit (like the Witch's guard in Wizard Of Oz) and have all former singers come in and sing on it...then like have Lowe and Messiah duet a song...

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

...then like have Lowe and Messiah duet a song...

...while staring into each others eyes with their heads slightly tilted towards one another...

Rex wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

...then like have Lowe and Messiah duet a song...

...while staring into each others eyes with their heads slightly tilted towards one another...

Lowe would have his eyes rolled back...it wouldn't work.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

They should write a song with some sort of "ooohhhh ooohhh" type of scary sounding bit (like the Witch's guard in Wizard Of Oz) and have all former singers come in and sing on it...then like have Lowe and Messiah duet a song...

I don't think Marcolin and Edling will ever be in a room together ever again.

mc666 wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

Well, maybe Solitude Aeturnus will become more active as a result and record a few albums.

they're better anyway imo.

Way better. Always have been. =)

I love Candlemass, though, so I'm bummed. But there are plenty of great doom bands out there to take their place.