CANDLEMASS - Doomsday Tapes 2 x CD (LIMITED EDITION)

This two-disc set pulls back the curtain on a quarter century of Candlemass history through demos, rehearsals, and rare studio recordings that the casual fan has never heard and the serious collector has been hunting for years. 28 tracks that document not one but three distinct eras — three voices, three personalities, three chapters of the same relentless story. Leif Edling — the architect. Johan Längqvist — the voice of «Epicus Doomicus Metallicus», one of the most important metal albums ever recorded. Messiah Marcolin — the operatic force that took the band to its most iconic heights.

And before all of it — five tracks recorded as Nemesis, the pre-Candlemass incarnation where the whole thing began. The earliest seeds of a sound that would define a genre, captured on tape before anyone knew what it would become.

This is not a compilation. It is an archaeological document of one of heavy metal's most significant bands at their most raw and unguarded.

Includes extensive liner-notes.

Limited to 200 copies.(WORLDWIDE)