Death Magic Doom

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Death Magic Doom
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Studio album by
Candlemass
Released3 April 2009
Recorded2008 [1]
Studio Polar Studios, Stockholm
Genre Epic doom metal
Length47:27
Label Nuclear Blast
Candlemass chronology
Lucifer Rising
(2008)		Death Magic Doom
(2009)		 Psalms for the Dead
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blabbermouth.net 9/10 [4]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 8.5/10 [5]
Chronicles of Chaos 9.5/10 [6]
Exclaim! (favourable) [7]
Metal Storm 8.9/10 [8]
Metal Rules 4.0/5 [9]
Rock Hard 10.0/10 [10]

Death Magic Doom [1] is the tenth studio album by the Swedish epic doom metal band Candlemass.

Contents

History

The working title for this album was "Hammer of Doom", which is the name of the album's second track, but the idea was abandoned due to there being a German festival of the same name. [1] The band recorded it in 2008, and was seeking a release on 27 March 2009. [1] However, the album's release was delayed until 3 April 2009; the United States release date was 5 May 2009.

The bonus track "Lucifer Rising", was taken from the EP Lucifer Rising , released six months before the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling

No.TitleLength
1."If I Ever Die"4:54
2."Hammer of Doom"6:16
3."The Bleeding Baroness"7:19
4."Demon of the Deep"5:21
5."House of 1,000 Voices"7:49
6."Dead Angel"4:05
7."Clouds of Dementia"5:38
8."My Funeral Dreams"6:05
9."Lucifer Rising" (Bonus Track)3:44
Total length:47:27

Personnel

Candlemass
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

YearChartPosition
2009 Swedish Albums Chart [11] 33
German Albums Chart [12] 52

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