Candlemass (album)

Candlemass is the eighth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 3 May 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. It is the band's last album to feature vocalist Messiah Marcolin.

Candlemass
Studio album by Candlemass
Released	3 May 2005
Recorded	November–December 2004
Studio	Polar Studios, Platform Studios and Airplay Studio, Stockholm
Genre	Epic doom metal
Length	55:06 (original version) 58:29 (digipak and double vinyl version)
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Pontus Norgren and Candlemass
Candlemass chronology
Doomed for Live – Reunion 2002 (2003) Candlemass (2005) King of the Grey Islands (2007)
Singles from Candlemass
"Assassin of the Light" Released: 2005 "Black Dwarf" Released: 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	8.5/10[3]
Exclaim!	(favourable)[4]
PopMatters	[5]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[6]

A video for the album's opening track "Black Dwarf" was made. The song "Witches" was also included in the soundtrack for the 2009 video game Brütal Legend.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Dwarf"	5:43
2.	"Seven Silver Keys"	4:59
3.	"Assassin of the Light"	6:29
4.	"Copernicus"	7:17
5.	"The Man Who Fell from the Sky" (Instrumental)	3:26
6.	"Witches"	6:22
7.	"Born in a Tank"	4:56
8.	"Spellbreaker"	7:02
9.	"The Day and the Night"	8:52
Total length:		55:06

Digipak and double vinyl edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Mars and Volcanos"	3:23
Total length:		58:29

Personnel

Candlemass

• Messiah Marcolin – vocals
• Mats Björkman – rhythm guitar
• Lars Johansson – lead guitars
• Leif Edling – bass
• Jan Lindh – drums

Additional musicians

• Carl Westholm – additional keyboards

Production

• Pontus Norgren – producer, engineer, mixing
• Uffe Larsson, Anders Ringman – vocal overdubs engineers at Platform Studios
• Niklas Flyckt – mixing
• Claes Persson – mastering

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Swedish Albums Chart[7]	7
	German Albums Chart[8]	96