Metal School - Candlemass

Messiah isn’t mentioned nearly enough in the conversation of great metal singers. Basically Europe’s answer to Dio.

Cool little fun fact: Dead from mayhem is in the music video for Bewitched and you can spot him for a split second! or watch the bts footage lol

Candlemass is the Goat of Doom Metal 🐐🐐🐐

I had never heard them (only heard the band name) until an afternoon in Paris where I saw a few metalheads standing next to a van and looking at a roadmap and I asked if I could give them directions. They replied that they had to go to the Elysée Montmartre and asked if I could get in the passenger seat and guide them. I accepted and asked them who they were (that's the way to go kids, get in the van with stangers and THEN ask who they are...). That's how I found out they were in Candlemass. They put me on the guest list for the evening and I got the chance to do an interview for a fanzine I was working with. That gig was my first thrash concert, with Nuclear Assault, Acid Reign and Dark Angel. The singer (Messiah Marcolin) was a super friendly guy, very simple and patient with my amateurish, badly prepared interview in broken english.

The secret ingredient to me is Lars on lead guitar. Such melody and emotion

I was lucky enough to see Candlemass in the 80s (Messiah era). Love that they're still going.

These guys deserves all the success they can get. They were from Upplands Väsby which was the hotspot in the mid 80's in Sweden for it's glam/hard rock scene (Europe is from there as well). It must have been very tempting to follow the trends but nah they went their own path. All hail Candlemass!

Back in 1989 at nineteen years of age, I had a fiery redheaded girlfriend named Riena, who actually went to a big party, weirdly enough, in Sacramento California, where a couple of guys were giving away Candlemass EPs to promote their newest album with the great Messiah. She gave me the EP as a gift, and I've been a huge fan ever since. 🤘

They need to reunite with Messiah and put out one more killer album before it's over. Nothing they ever did tops that classic lineup. He just adds a certain energy and chemistry which makes Candlemass great. Surely grown men can momentarily set aside differences to go out on top?

I got to see them on the Tales Of Creation tour, St Andrew's Hall, Detroit. It was in the middle of a snowstorm, and only a handful of people there. Atheist opened just weeks before Roger died. Messiah stuck the mic in my face for a good portion of the show, so i got to sing along, and meet the whole band and hung out until they closed the venue!! Getting to meet Messiah and Leif was the highlight to a crazy year!!

Ancient dreams ❤

The jump in quality from Nemesis to Candlemass is astounding!

I was just trying to die in solitude but you dropped this awesome video

The first time I heard Candlemass, it was the album Nightfall and I realized that I was looking for that great sound and those incredible sensation without even knowing it...

Candlemass is definitely one of my favorite bands of all time. I love the first album and the ones with Messiah. I don't think they have put out anything that was bad even when they experimented with other styles.

I listened to the Ancient Dreams album yesterday in my car. I absolutely loved it. One awesome song after the other.

been a fan of the band since 1991. One of my biggest influences too when it comes to how I create slow dark riffs and melodies

Absolutely one of metal's greatest bands.

I went through a huge Candlemass binge a month ago and God damn was I missing out. IMO not a bad album through the whole discography. Strong song writing, loved the vocals on every era, and just the overall feel of the atmosphere. Top tier band.

Candlemass, one of my all time favorites. And, being an author, they gave lots of inspiration to me. I will always associate their early albums to my time of intense Pen and Paper roleplaying, "Ancient Dreams" accompanying me through the years. I published a fantasy adventure based on "Bearer of Pain" and a short story inspired by "King of the grey islands". "Solitude" helped me through dark times, "Where the Runes still Speak", "Into the unfathomed Tower" and "Samarithan" (and many more) still give me goosebumps every single time I hear them. Lost track of the newer stuff, but now I am inspired to have a closer look. Thank you, great video!