The second single follows the initial preview in “Scandinavian Gods” and builds the anticipation of the November 18th full length arrival.
Undisputed doom metal titans Candlemass have delivered yet another deft showing of massive musicality with the reveal of the second single from the November 18th Napalm Records LP, Sweet Evil Sun. Unveiling the album’s title track, along with accompanying animated visual, the tandem of Lars Johansson and Mappe Björkman wield heavy axes on a track that spans from slow burning to towering inferno.
The band’s bassist Leif Edling weighed in on how quickly the single came together and once it materialized, the track felt indicative of the album as a whole. “It took me only an hour or so to write, but it turned out to be not only the title track of Sweet Evil Sun, but also one of the best songs on it! Nice riff, great chorus and one heck of a guitar solo from Lars! Immediate, epic, heavy, catchy! It kicks ass!!”
Candlemass announced the arrival of Sweet Evil Sun with a resounding introduction in “Scandinavian Gods”. The diabolically heavy showcase of doom proved a powerful punctuation to a project that took the band some 18 months of full focus to complete. The result was a potent assertion of the band’s enduring prowess, nearly four decades into their tenure.
Speaking of the totality of the album, Edling explained, “Sweet Evil Sun is about hope, striving, adoration and failure. It’s about all the personal battles that you have, but also the never-ending decay of humanity. The record took over a year to make and there’s not a bad track on it! We had a fantastic time recording it and are really looking forward to the release. It’s Doom, It’s Metal! It is the essence of Candlemass put into one album!”
Sweet Evil Sun marks the band’s follow-up to their acclaimed 2019 release, The Door to Doom, and reasserts how the band not only established the framework for the genre, but continues to be as progressive in the space as ever.
Sweet Evil Sun lands November 18th via Napalm Records. Pre-order the album – HERE
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