''Candlemass'' is the eighth studio album by Swedish

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band Candlemass, released in 2005. This was the band's last album with singer

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. A video for the album's opener, "Black Dwarf", was made. The song "Witches" was also included in the soundtrack for the 2009 video game ''

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Track listing

All songs written by

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# "Black Dwarf" – 5:43 # "Seven Silver Keys" – 4:59 # "Assassin of the Light" – 6:29 # "Copernicus" – 7:17 # "The Man Who Fell from the Sky" (instrumental) – 3:26 # "Witches" – 6:22 # "Born in a Tank" – 4:56 # "Spellbreaker" – 7:02 # "The Day and the Night" – 8:52 # "Mars and Volcanos" – 3:23 (Bonus track on

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and double vinyl editions)

Personnel

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- vocals * Mats Björkman - rhythm guitar * Lars Johansson - lead guitars *

- bass * Jan Lindh - drums ;Additional musicians *Carl Westholm – additional keyboards ;Production *

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- producer, engineer, mixing *Uffe Larsson, Anders Ringman - vocal overdubs engineers at Platform Studios *Niklas Flyckt - mixing *Claes Persson - mastering

Charts

References

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