Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
is the debut
studio album
by Swedish
doom metal
band
released on
June,10th 1986
by Black Dragon Records.
On its release,
the album had a
significantly
different sound
than other
European
heavy metal bands
of the time,
because of their use
of operatic vocals
mixed over slow
and
heavy guitar riffs.
The album did not sell well
on its initial release,
which led to the group
being dropped
from the label
during the same year.
Since then,
the album has been
re-issued in
several different formats.
The album title
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
is a dog latin
translation
rendering of
Epic Doom Metal
the genre which
the band
helped pioneer
and with which it is
most commonly identified.
Although he was actually
Just a guest musician
at the time
of its recording,
this was the only
Candlemass album
to feature
vocalist
Johan Längqvist
until he joined
the band,
officially,
in 2018.
At the time,
the band were
just the trio of
Edling,
Ekström
and
Björkman.
With the bassist
also handling
the vocals.
TRACKLIST
Solitude
Demon's Gate
Crystal Ball
Black Stone Wielder
Under the Oak
A Sorcerer's Pledge
No comments:
Post a Comment