Psalms for the Dead

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Psalms for the Dead
Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead.jpg
Studio album by
Candlemass
Released8 June 2012
RecordedDecember 2011
StudioB.A.M. Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Epic doom metal
Length50:13
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
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 7.5/10 [3]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7 [4]
Metal Rules 3.0/5 [5]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [7]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5 [8]

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]

Contents

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

All tracks are written by Leif Edling

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Candlemass
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

YearChartPosition
2012 Swedish Albums Chart [14] 19
German Albums Chart [15] 58

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