The Door to Doom
Studio album by
Candlemass
Released22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
Recorded2018
StudioDeep Well Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Brick HitHouse (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreEpic doom metal[1]
Length48:43
LabelNapalm
ProducerMarcus Jidell
Candlemass chronology
Psalms for the Dead
(2012) 		The Door to Doom
(2019) 		Sweet Evil Sun
(2022)

The Door to Doom is the twelfth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 22 February 2019 via Napalm.[2] It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2012's Psalms for the Dead, marking their longest gap between studio albums, and the first one to feature vocalist Johan Längqvist since 1986's Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling

No.TitleLength
1."Splendor Demon Majesty"5:29
2."Under the Ocean"6:12
3."Astorolus - The Great Octopus" (featuring Tony Iommi)6:42
4."Bridge of the Blind"3:43
5."Death's Wheel"6:50
6."Black Trinity"6:05
7."House of Doom"6:26
8."The Omega Circle"7:16
Total length:48:43
Japanese edition bonus tracks (House of Doom EP)
No.TitleLength
9."House of Doom" (original version)6:21
10."Flowers of Deception"6:10
11."Fortune Teller"3:12
12."Dolls on the Wall"3:55
Total length:19:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 182
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 29

References

  1. ^ "Candlemass - The Door To Doom - Die Review auf metal.de". metal.de. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI To Guest On New CANDLEMASS Album, 'The Door To Doom'". Blabbermouth.net. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ "The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2 March 2019. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Candlemass – The Door to Doom". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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