Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)
I'll tell you who they remind me of, but don't tune out....
OK, Candlemass sounds a lot like Metal Church, only with better developed sound and more punishing riffs. Some have compared them to Black Sabbath, and that's a valid comparison, but they are much more like the style found in Metal Church. "The Well of Souls" is a fine metal tune and sets off the album quite well. Epicus is a better album, but this is a really good album, too. Don't pass by Candlemass. The name might fool you, but they are nothing like Blind Guardian. Trust me.
Submitted by ceffalo (somewhere, usa) 
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Despite singer a good record
Please don't misunderstood me... voice is great but singer's personallity is hated. A great record for doom fans
Submitted by josephdez (Esparreguera - SPAIN)
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THE BEST DOOM ALBUM EVER
THIS IS THEIR BEST ALBUM/EPICUS,DOOMICUS...IS ALSO EXCELLENT BUT MESSIAHS VOCALS ON THIS ALBUM IS WHAT MAKES IT BETTER THAN EPICUS.EVEN DOWN TO THE INSTRUMENTAL BLACK CANDLES,THAT MELODY WILL BE ENGRAVED IN YOUR BRAIN FOR WEEKS.TO SIMPLY STATE THIS IS AN ADDICTIVE ALBUM,AND WELL WORTH THE$.THE OTHER ALBUMS WERE NOT AS GOOD,ALSO CHECK OUT MEMENTO MORI,MESSIAHS LATER BAND.
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holy hellish DOOM
Light the candles, take a right past the musty dungeon, and enter unholy sulfer-ridden hell. Candlemass' second album "Nightfall" is one of the doom genre's most credible entries of all time despite its' Sabbath meets early Angelwitch bleakness. A suitable soundtrack to an abrupt ill-timed funeral, Nightfall plods along like slow death itself yet does so in a highly accomplished manner. Leif and his crew of heart-charcoaled Swedes have a clear and unmistakeable slant towards all things cranially disturbing and have apparently spent one too many of the small hours worshipping at the gatefold sleeves of their 1970's Sabbath LPs. Let's not hold that against them however as the awesome power contained within the confines of all that is Nightfall is jaw-dropping and ear-turning to say the least. For all those wrought with over-bearing angst, hopelessness, futility and urgent thoughts of pending final suicide, this charming yet razorblade-less little opus is definitely for you. Don't say I didn't warn 'ya.
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