After spending a good amount of time with "King of the Grey Islands" I must say it will be in my top 10 of the year.
However, I wouldn't call it my favorite Candlemass album.
I will say it's their best one since "Tales of Creation". But those three albums with Messiah back in the late 80s will probably always be their masterpiece trilogy to me.
"King of the Grey Islands" RULES though ... in it's own right.