Artist: THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM [CANDLEMASS]
Album: THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM VINYL (2LP BLACK)

Release date: 2017
EAN/UPS: 727361391515
Media type: LP

“Memorable, profound and surprisingly powerful - with THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM, the Doomfather continues to expand his own empire!”
METAL HAMMER (D), Katrin Riedl
“Leif Edling is back, and as always he delivers pure gold. This man is a National Treasure of Sweden, and should be hailed for all eternity!” -
SCREAM (NO), Håkon Grav


Deep down in the catacombs of Paris, between piled-up bones, damp air and our own mortality, CANDLEMASS mastermind Leif Edling unexpectedly found new and sinister inspiration. THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM was born!

For several years, the Swede fought with health problems and was plagued by stress-related fatigue syndrome after decades in the music business in which he sustainably shaped the genre of Doom metal with CANDLEMASS and walked modern paths with AVATARIUM. But while he was barely able to get up from his couch anymore, stress-ridden and tired, he used this paralyzing emptiness to pick up his old acoustic guitar and compose the very first melodies of his new brainchild THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM.

Soon, the Doomfather’s kingdom started to see the light of day and he found new comrades-in-arms with WOLF-singer Niklas Stålvind, Andreas „Habo“ Johansson and his AVATARIUM-colleague Marcus Jidell. Their journey led them through fields of classical doom metal, but what made their sound so special was the pinch of New Way Of British Heavy Metal that they added to their leaden style. In combination with Stålvind’s haunting vocals, THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM created an all-absorbing vortex.

“THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM was supposed to be a solo record as first, but everything turned out to be so much more, bigger and better than "just a solo album". The songs took their own form and shape during the process and in the individual performances totally blew me away!” explains Leif Edling.

Fans could already catch a first impression of this mixture on the band’s EP »Never Machine«, that was released in November 2016 into the darkness of autumn – however the songs 'The Sceptre' and 'Never Machine' which had already been available as demos, differ quite a lot from their album version and all tracks on this debut album deliver a more polished, but heavier and more detailed sound than the previous release.  The world-famous Jens Bogren (KREATOR, SOILWORK, OPETH) took care of the album’s mastering, while the band’s own Marcus Jidell did the production wizardry and turned out to be Leif’s perfect helping hand while he was still recovering.

Side A:

01. Silent Kingdom
02. Never Machine

Side B:

01. A Spoonful Of Darkness
02. See You Tomorrow

Side C:

01. The Sceptre
02. Hand Of Hell

Side D:

01. The Silence
02. God Particle

LINE-UP:

Leif Edling | bass
Niklas Stålvind | vocals
Marcus Jidell | guitars
Andreas (Habo) Johansson | drums