Psalms for the Dead

Psalms for the Dead is the eleventh studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 8 June 2012.^[9] At the time of its release, the band stated that this would be their final album,^[10][11] though bassist and founding member Leif Edling has since retracted this claim.^[12] Psalms for the Dead is, however, the last Candlemass album recorded with singer Robert Lowe, who left the band just six days before its release.^[13]

Psalms for the Dead
Studio album by Candlemass
Released	8 June 2012
Recorded	December 2011
Studio	B.A.M. Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Epic doom metal
Length	50:13
Label	Napalm
Producer	Leif Edling
Candlemass chronology
Death Magic Doom (2010) Psalms for the Dead (2012) The Door to Doom (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	7.5/10[3]
Metal Hammer (GER)	6/7[4]
Metal Rules	3.0/5[5]
The Phoenix	[6]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[7]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5[8]

The album would become Candlemass' last full-length release in over half a decade, until the 2019 release of their twelfth studio album The Door to Doom; during those seven years, however, the band released two EPs featuring new material: Death Thy Lover (2016) and House of Doom (2018).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prophet"	6:05
2.	"The Sound of Dying Demons"	5:30
3.	"Dancing in the Temple (of the Mad Queen Bee)"	3:38
4.	"Waterwitch"	7:03
5.	"The Lights of Thebe"	5:49
6.	"Psalms for the Dead"	5:15
7.	"The Killing of the Sun"	4:09
8.	"Siren Song"	5:57
9.	"Black as Time"	6:47
Total length:		50:13

All tracks are written by Leif Edling.

Personnel

Candlemass

• Robert Lowe - vocals
• Mats Björkman - rhythm guitar
• Lars Johansson - lead guitars
• Leif Edling - bass, producer
• Jan Lindh - drums

Additional musicians

• Carl Westholm - keyboards
• Mark Robertson - backing vocals

Production

• Andreas Bauman - engineer
• Chris Laney - engineer, mixing
• Sören von Malmborg - mastering
• Erik Rovanperä - cover art
• Tomas Arfert - additional graphics

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2012	Swedish Albums Chart[14]	19
	German Albums Chart[15]	58