CANDLEMASS — Nightfall (review)

CANDLEMASS — Nightfall album cover Album · 1987 · Traditional Doom Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Warthur
Combining great songwriting from Leif Edling, excellent operatic vocals from Messiah Marcolin, and some jaw-droppingly heavy riffing from the band's twin lead guitarists, Candlemass's Nightfall more than earns its reputation as a classic of doom metal. With thoughtful conceptual subject matter running the full gamut from the bleak and despairing to the hopeful to the pious to the infernal, the album shows a cohesive artistic vision which remains compelling to this day and is executed perfectly by the band. As its predecessor did, Nightfall sets a new standard of excellence in doom metal by which all subsequent doom releases could be judged.
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