Nightfall Review
June 16, 2020
Candlemass enter one of their most celebrated lineups here with the addition of Messiah and record the great Nightfall. By 1987, Candlemass was pretty much indisputably the best Doom band around, especially solidifying the fact after dropping a follow up album just as amazing as their debut (both of which remain their finest works in most people’s opinion).
They continue the same style as their debut, adding an epic and even uplifting sound to the slow and simple Doom genre, rife with religious symbolism as well as occult fantasy. Messiah and leif grab all the attention here, as Leif wrote most if not all of the music, including many of Trad Doom’s most memorable riffs, and Messiah puts on a vocal performance that would sound at home in an opera show. The act works well for the epic Doom rockers, and many of the songs tell small tales that effectively play off this aesthetic.
Unfortunately, while the debut was strictly 6 great songs, this album has a bit of filler found in mostly pointless interludes between songs. At the Gallows’ End and Samarithan are two of the greatest songs the band ever wrote, but the filler puts this album just below the debut in my opinion.
They continue the same style as their debut, adding an epic and even uplifting sound to the slow and simple Doom genre, rife with religious symbolism as well as occult fantasy. Messiah and leif grab all the attention here, as Leif wrote most if not all of the music, including many of Trad Doom’s most memorable riffs, and Messiah puts on a vocal performance that would sound at home in an opera show. The act works well for the epic Doom rockers, and many of the songs tell small tales that effectively play off this aesthetic.
Unfortunately, while the debut was strictly 6 great songs, this album has a bit of filler found in mostly pointless interludes between songs. At the Gallows’ End and Samarithan are two of the greatest songs the band ever wrote, but the filler puts this album just below the debut in my opinion.
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Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | video | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gothic Stone | 0:48 | 81.3 | 4 | |
| 2. | The Well of Souls | 7:27 | 90 | 5 | Audio |
| 3. | Codex Gigas | 2:20 | 80 | 4 | |
| 4. | At the Gallows End | 5:48 | 91 | 5 | Audio |
| 5. | Samarithan | 5:31 | 90 | 4 | Audio |
| 6. | Marche Funebre | 2:22 | 81 | 5 | |
| 7. | Dark Are the Veils of Death | 7:08 | 86.3 | 4 | |
| 8. | Mourners Lament | 6:10 | 86.3 | 4 | |
| 9. | Bewitched | 6:38 | 91.7 | 6 | |
| 10. | Black Candles | 2:18 | 83.8 | 4 |
Line-up (members)
- Messiah Marcolin : Vocals
- Lars "Lasse" Johansson : Guitars
- Mats "Mappe" Björkman : Guitars
- Leif Edling : Bass, Songwriting (tracks 1-5, 7-9), Lyrics
- Jan Lindh : Drums
- Guest/session musicians:
- Mike Wead : Lead Guitar, Songwriting on "Black Candles"
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SilentScream213 80/100Jun 16, 2020 Likes : 1
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They continue t...
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