Doom Metal

[Tyr66]

[JSTHECONQUEROR]

First Sleep comes out with a surprise album and now YOB just released a monolithic album last Friday! This year has been a great one for doom metal so far!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgW1HtxqNHE

[JSTHECONQUEROR]

I have had this album for a long time and its still amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47pS9j_xqg

[Tyr66]

[Charger]

Some pretty exciting news coming from swedish DOOOOOOOOM legends CANDLEMASS:

THE RETURN TO DOOM!!

EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS SINGER JOHAN LANGQUIST IS BACK IN CANDLEMASS

Shocking news! EPICUS singer Johan Langquist is back after a 32 year hiatus replacing Mats Levén who’s been with the band since 2012. This is right in the middle of recording the new album. What happened?

“We wanted to find our way back to the roots of Candlemass, back to the soul and essence of the band. Johan Langquist is back and we hope this will give us some new energy and kickstart the heart of doom again. We don’t know if it will last 10 more years or even 5, but if it will give us just another year of having fun and playing the music that we love so much, it will be a blast! The circle is closed, Johan is back!"

This is pretty cool especially since Mats LEven was a HORRIBLE fit for the band...

Johan's not the best singer the band has had but this indeed is like a circle closing here...as this most likely will be their final EP that they are doing now...or is it even an album? Psalms Of The Dead was already supposed to be their final album but we all know how those final album this and final album that things go...

[Jack the Stripper]

^^Exciting news indeed and the shot in the arm they've needed since Robert Lowe was abruptly booted from the band... Shame it's taken this long.

[Tyr66]

Incredible, so unexpected ! News of the year .
Even if it would go for one album and a tour. It remains to be hoped that the album will be finalized with Johan and no Mats.
Epicus is their best album too because of Johan's fantastic voice. Too bad he preferred a career in pop.
This is the best solution now , the return of Messiah seems an illusion .. but I still wish it.

[Tyr66]

[JSTHECONQUEROR]

This is the best doom album I have heard in the last 2 years. Absolute quality!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb07FmGHtys&t=2365s

[Charger]

Tony Iommi joins CANDLEMASS!!!!!!


http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/black-sabbaths-tony-iommi-to-guest-on-new-candlemass-album-the-door-to-doom/


Okay it's just for one song but still...pretty awesome!

[Tyr66]

Tony Iommi joins CANDLEMASS!!!!!!


http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/black-sabbaths-tony-iommi-to-guest-on-new-candlemass-album-the-door-to-doom/


Okay it's just for one song but still...pretty awesome!

Oh my God ! This will be nothing but the Olympus of Doom ! 

[Jack the Stripper]

Just for a solo but great none the less.

[Charger]

The first new Candlemass song with Johan in over 30 years!

The song kind of sounds more like something from the first Avatarium album...but it ain't bad...not at all!

[Tyr66]

Not bad, not bad at all .... but far from what I expected. Ok, I knew that I should not expect a EDM 2 but still. I feel like I hear a demo by Mats Levens or Rob Lowe. This is certainly not the return to the source of the Doom announced by Leif Eidling. The voice of Johan Langquist  has massively evolved and is 10000 light years away from the 1986 masterpiece.
I also maintain that Klas Bergwall's solos are a key factor in the success of Epicus, although Lars is an accomplished guitarist.
I 'm waiting to listen to the entire album before making a final opinion.

[Jack the Stripper]

^^ I kinda agree with you there. While the song is not bad but I feel their best work is well and truly behind them now. The idea well has seemingly dried up. I think their last great work will finish with Death Magic Doom. I hope I'm wrong of coarse but everything since has generally been ho-hum and lacking inspiration to me.