''The Door to Doom'' is the twelfth studio album by Swedish
doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...
band
Candlemass, released on 22 February 2019 via
Napalm
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.
It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2012's ''
Psalms for the Dead
''Psalms for the Dead'' is the eleventh studio album by the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 8 June 2012. At the time of its release, the band stated that this would be their final album, though bassist and founding member Leif E ...
'', marking their longest gap between studio albums, and the first one to feature vocalist Johan Längqvist since 1986's ''
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
''Epicus Doomicus Metallicus'' is the debut album of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass. It was released June 10, 1986 on Black Dragon Records. On its release, the album had a significantly different sound than other European heavy metal ba ...
''. ''Loudwire'' named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.
Track listing
Personnel
Candlemass
* Johan Längqvist – vocals
* Mats "Mappe" Björkman – rhythm guitar
* Lars Johansson – lead guitar
* Leif Edling – bass
* Jan Lindh – drums
Additional musicians
* Tony Iommi – guitar solo
* Jennie-Ann Smith – backing vocals
* Mats Levén – backing vocals
* Stefan Berggren – backing vocals
* Rickard Nilsson – keyboards
* Carl Westholm – Mellotron
* Andreas "Habo" Johansson – outro drums
* Michael Blair – percussion
Production and design
* Marcus Jidell − Record producer, production, Sound recording and reproduction, recording
* Niklas Flyckt − Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing
* Svante Forsbäck − Audio mastering, mastering
* Erik Rovanperä − artwork
* Beatrice Edling − layout
* Kinan Faham − photography
Charts
References
Candlemass (band) albums
2019 albums
Napalm Records albums
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