CANDLEMASS' May 20, 2008 concert at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City will be filmed for future DVD release. No further details are currently available.
CANDLEMASS' North American tour with
DAYLIGHT DIES kicks off this coming Monday (May 19) at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia.
As previously reported,
CANDLEMASS recently spent time in the studio recording a new EP,
"Lucfer Rising", for a tentative Septeber release via
Nuclear Blast Records. It will include two brand new tracks —
"Lucifer Rising" and
"The White God" — plus a whole bunch of live tracks from the previous tour. A new album will be recorded in the fall for a spring 2009 release.
In other news, the following
CANDLEMASS and
CANDLEMASS-related albums are being re-released in 2008 on Snapper/Peaceville:
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"Dactylis Glomerata" (1998) +
ABSTRAKT ALGEBRA 2: May 26
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"From the 13th Sun" (1999) (w/ bonus tracks
"Oil",
"Nimis",
"Rock 'n' Roll"): June 23
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"Live" (1990) (w/ bonus audio disc recorded at
Dynamo Open Air 1988): August 11
CANDLEMASS' latest album,
"King of the Grey Islands", was released June 22, 2007 via
Nuclear Blast Records.
The group's guitarist,
Mats "Mappe" Björkman, was recently sentenced to two years in a Swedish prison for grand theft. The musician was convicted of stealing CDs worth approximately $490,000 from the distribution warehouse of
Entertainment Network Scandinavia AB, where he and an accomplice shipped the CDs to Stockholm retail outlets. He has since appealed the sentence.
Björkman's conviction is not expected to affect his participation in the group's upcoming U.S. tour.
CANDLEMASS live in Stockholm (2007):
(Thanks:
Will Bozarth)
