Candlemass "Psalms For The Dead (Germany, Napalm Records, NPR 427)"

Psalms for the Dead is the eleventh studio album by the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 8 June 2012. At the time of its release, the band stated that this would be their final album, though bassist and founding member Leif Edling has since retracted this claim. 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.

As like as the two previous albums, Psalms for the Dead received rave reviews from both music critics and band fans upon release.

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).

At the time, this was announced as the last album they would ever make. However, after a few releases with The Doomsday Kingdom and two Candlemass EPs, The Door to Doom was announced in late 2018, for a 2019 release.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling.

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

Recording information:

Recorded at B.A.M. studios, Stockholm, during December 2011.

Mixed at LaneyLand, Stockholm, Sweden. Mastering at Cosmos.

Andreas Bauman - engineer

Chris Laney - engineer, mixing

Sören von Malmborg - mastering

Erik Rovanperä - cover art

Tomas Arfert - additional graphics