One of the most important early Doom bands around, Candlemass was hugely influential on the entire doom-metal genre and is perhaps the biggest doom band from the 80s (and arguably the founding fathers of Epic Doom). Some people believe their debut album contributed to the use of the term "Doom-metal" for this type of music. Candlemass plays mournful, heavy-for-its-time, yet epic sounding Doom-metal with clean vocals. The themes of early Candlemass deal often with the battle between good and evil. The band also gained fame for its vocalist, Messiah Marcolin, being quite the stage appearance with his huge afro and monk's frock.
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
1. Solitude
2. Demon's Gate
3. Crystal Ball
4. Black Stone Wielder
5. Under the Oak
6. A Sorcerer's Pledge
Nightfall (1987)
1. Gothic Stone
2. The Well of Souls
3. Codex Gigas
4. At The Gallows End
5. Samarithan
6. March Funebre
7. Dark Are The Veils of Death
8. Mourner's Lament
9. Bewitched
10. Black Candles
Ancient Dreams (1988)
1. Mirror Mirror
2. A Cry From The Crypt
3. Darkness in Paradise
4. Incarnation of Evil
5. Bearer of Pain
6. Ancient Deams
7. The Bells of Acheron
8. Epistle No. 81
9. Black Sabbath Medley
Tales of Creation (1989)
1. The Prophecy
2. Dark Reflections
3. Voices in the Wind
4. Under the Oak
5. Tears
6. Into the Unfathomed Tower
7. The Edge of Heaven
8. Somewhere in Nowhere
9. Through the Infinity Halls of Death
10. A Tale of Creation
Candlemass (2005)
1. Black Dwarf
2. Seven Silver Keys
3. Assassin of the Light
4. Copernicus
5. The Man Who Fell From the Sky
6. Witches
7. Born in a Tank
8. Spellbreaker
9. The Day And The Night
10. Mars and Volcanos
