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How Candlemass changed metal forever with doom landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
By Malcolm Dome published
Doom metal never sounded so huge as it did on Candlemass’ game-changing 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

How doom and occult keyboardist Carl Westholm was converted by Van der Graaf Generator
By Natasha Scharf published
Ex Candlemass and Avatarium member was won over by prog veterans’ Godbluff album – and it started with a photo of Mikael Åkerfeldt with Peter Hammill

Bloodstock festival announces one-day Winter Gathering event headlined by doom legends Candlemass
By Matt Mills published
Venom Inc., Hellripper and others will also populate the bill in Wolverhampton this December

“It’s a beast!”: meet the doom metal legend who obsessively collects vinyl versions of Black Sabbath‘s debut album
By Dave Everley published
Candlemass bassist Leif Edling owns way more copies of Black Sabbath’s debut album than you

"Solitude is Candlemass's Paranoid": How a killer hangover inspired one of doom metal's most epic tracks
By Dave Everley published
Recorded in an old bomb shelter, Candlemass's Solitude was less about deteriorating mental health than it was an ode to killer hangovers, but nonetheless set the tone for the epic doom to come

A beginner’s guide to doom metal in five essential albums
By Matt Mills published
From Saint Vitus to Paradise Lost, this is the story of metal’s gloomiest genre distilled into just five albums

Slipknot's The End, So Far has been voted the album of the year by Metal Hammer's readers
By Rich Hobson published
We asked you what the best album of 2022 is. And we have a winner

Candlemass' Sweet Evil Sun: down-to-earth doom for the diehards
By Chris Chantler published
Candlemass' new album Sweet Evil Sun sees the Swedes stay the course for Sabbath worship - but their luck may have run out
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