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Sweet Evil Sun

by CANDLEMASS

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1.
"EMBERS OF EVIL, COMING MY WAY WHERE DO YOU HIDE, WHAT DO YOU SEE? SPIRAL SKIES, BLACK GRAVITATION CAN YOU TRUST THE SAVANTE MEZMERIST? FRIEND OF DARKNESS, IN THE CHAPEL YOUR MAGIC’S COLD AND WORN, SO STAINED HIDDEN KEY, A HAZE OF AMBER THE GATE TO HELL OPENS TODAY WIZARD OF THE VORTEX GIVING YOUR SOUL, THE SPARK OF IT ALL GUARDIAN OF THE GODLESS STARED INTO THE PIT, SAW THE ABYSS WIZARD OF THE VORTEX SPREADING YOUR WINGS, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN… DOWN, DOWN, DOWN… DID YOU SURRENDER, (WHEN) THE DEMON ROSE? LIKE A SPHINX IN SILVER LIGHT YOU HELD THE DEEP? OH WITH FLAMES, YOU GAVE CATARSIS AND STOLE OUR HOPES AND DREAMS FROM OUR SLEEP WIZARD OF THE VORTEX GIVING YOUR SOUL, THE SPARK OF IT ALL GUARDIAN OF THE GODLESS STARED INTO THE PIT, SAW THE ABYSS WIZARD OF THE VORTEX SPREADING YOUR WINGS, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN… I’M THE WIZARD OF THE VORTEX I’M THE OMEN, I’M THE SIGN I’M THE WIZARD OF THE VORTEX I’M THE SYMPTOM OF OUR TIMES"
2.
"I ALWAYS SAID YOU ARE THE WICKED ONE THE WRETCHED FIEND, OOOH THE ESSENCE I TRIED TO REACH YOU, MY BABYLON SO MAGNIFICENT, MY EMPRESS SWEET SWEET EVIL SUN – OH MOTHER OF THE WORLD, YOU ARE THE ONE SWEET SWEET EVIL SUN – THE BATTLE FOR YOUR LOVE HAS BEGUN I SEE YOUR PRESENCE, THE YELLOW CROWN IN THE EAST AND IN THE WEST OH, YOU BURN ME FROM YOUR GOLDEN THRONE AM I THE ANT THAT YOU DETEST? SWEET SWEET EVIL SUN – OH MOTHER OF THE WORLD, YOU ARE THE ONE SWEET SWEET EVIL SUN – THE BATTLE FOR YOUR LOVE HAS BEGUN EVER SO HIGH, ELECTRIFIED BALL OF WONDER SO ALIVE YOU NEVER DIE, NEVER TAMED NOW PUT INFERNO INTO MY BRAIN SWEET SWEET EVIL SUN – OH MOTHER OF THE WORLD, YOU ARE THE ONE SWEET SWEET EVIL SUN – THE BATTLE FOR YOUR LOVE HAS BEGUN"
3.
Angel Battle 06:29
"HAPPENED ON A SUNDAY GRACE FROM THE HEAVENS THEY HAD SWORDS, THEY HAD FIRE THEY HAD STARS IN THEIR EYES HUNDREDS OF CERAPHS ON THE KILLING FIELD, I HEAR THEM SING HORNS AND TRUMPETS, LAZERS AND SHIELDS, GOD IS GRIM ANGEL BATTLE - SAINTS WITH BLOOD ON THEIR SWORDS ANGEL BATTLE - THE WAR TO END ALL WARS BLACK WINGS AND DOVES GRACE AND DEVOTION DEATH FROM ABOVE POETRY IN MOTION 7 TRUMPETS ON THE 7TH DAY, WRATH IN THE CLOUDS I SEE THE SOLEMN ANGEL, AND THE WHITE ONES THEY SLAY THE VENGEANCE OF GOD ANGEL BATTLE - SAINTS WITH BLOOD ON THEIR SWORDS ANGEL BATTLE - THE WAR TO END ALL WARS CELESTIAL BATTLE, TURQUOISE DEADLY RAYS PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, THIS VERY DAY HEAVENLY LORD, YOUR WHITE ARMY CAME ALL THAT YOU GAVE, YOU TOOK IT AWAY I saw the hordes of heaven, majestic and noble Victorian swagger, bringing destruction to souls, beast and mortal And the last city fell, with thunderbolts, cast from the eyes of the angels, Who relentless and worthy, walked the face of the earth only to erase what was left of humankind And that was my dream"
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5.
"I CAN HEAR HIM SIGH, A SOULESS BREATH IN A SEA OF ARGENT, A MAN CALLED DEATH A RING OF REAPERS, GATHERING ‘ROUND MY SHRINE LIFE-DUST KEEPER, GIMME SOME MORE TIME! WHEN DEATH SIGHS… AWAKEN FROM THE SLUMBER WHEN DEATH SIGHS… YOU KNOW IT’S TIME TO GO WHEN DEATH SIGHS… YOUR WORLD IS GOING UNDER WHEN DEATH SIGHS… NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE STEP BY STEP, INCH BY INCH, CLOSER THAN BEFORE NOT OF HEAVEN, NOT OF HELL, I WISH I COULD IGNORE THE BERIEVING GOD, THE MOURNING ANGEL, SUCKIN’ SPIRIT ‘N’ SAP I SEE NO EXIT, I CANNOT FIXIT, I WEAR THE BEGGARS CROWN… SAME AS USUAL, THIS FREAKIN´ LABYRINTH I THINK OF YOU, APOCALYPTIC GRIN HE WALKS BESIDE ME ABACUS IN HAND IT’S LIKE A DATE WITH NOSFERATU THE DAMNED WHEN DEATH SIGHS… AWAKEN FROM THE SLUMBER WHEN DEATH SIGHS… YOU KNOW IT’S TIME TO GO WHEN DEATH SIGHS… YOUR WORLD IS GOING UNDER WHEN DEATH SIGHS… NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE WHEN DEATH SIGHS… AWAKEN FROM THE SLUMBER WHEN DEATH SIGHS… SUNDOWN SAYS HELLO WHEN DEATH SIGHS… I SEE THE WALL OF WONDER WHEN DEATH SIGHS… NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE NOW TELL ME WHO YOU LOVE"
6.
"YOUNG MAN, SINNER, WOMAN, SAGE CARRY LOVE FROM BIRTH TO GRAVE YOU BURNING MORTALS WILL BE REMEMBERED WHEN ALL IS GONE AND ALL HAS WITHERED IN RAIN AND IN SUNSHINE - HEAVEN AND HELL WILL YOU FEEL GRIEF FOR ME? SCANDINAVIAN GODS SING FOR ME BROTHER, SISTER AND SON SING FOR THE BRAVE AND OLD SCANDINAVIAN GODS RAGING GODS AND DUSTY PROPHETS YOUR WORDS THEY FLY THROUGH BLOOD ’N’ PUPPETS IT'S TIME TO LEAVE YOU, IT’S TIME TO GO TOGETHER WE CAN HEAL THIS WORLD IN RAIN AND IN SUNSHINE - HEAVEN AND HELL WILL YOU FEEL GRIEF FOR ME? SCANDINAVIAN GODS SING FOR ME BROTHER, SISTER AND SON SING FOR THE BRAVE AND OLD SCANDINAVIAN GODS GOD OR DEVIL, NEVER LET THE WRONG HAND USE YOU ALL TOGETHER, LET’S BUILD A BETTER FUTURE IN RAIN AND IN SUNSHINE - HEAVEN AND HELL WILL YOU FEEL GRIEF FOR ME? SCANDINAVIAN GODS SING FOR ME BROTHER, SISTER AND SON SING FOR THE BRAVE AND OLD SCANDINAVIAN GODS IN RAIN AND IN SUNSHINE - HEAVEN AND HELL WILL YOU FEEL GRIEF FOR ME? SCANDINAVIAN GODS SING FOR ME BROTHER, SISTER AND SON SING FOR THE BRAVE AND OLD SCANDINAVIAN GODS"
7.
Devil Voodoo 07:36
"WHEN EVERYTHING’S THE SAME, AND I’M LOST AND UNSANE I JUST SIT HERE AND WAIT, FOR DEVIL VOODOO TIRED AND SO BORED, LIKE MANY TIMES BEFORE LONGING FOR SOME SOUL - SOME DEVIL VOODOO ANCIENT DAWN, I NEED YOUR LOVE, IT’S WHAT I’M ASKING FOR COME TO ME AND GIVE YOUR LIGHT, OPEN UP THE DOOR FREEZE THE TIME.. BLIND THE MIND, DOWN TO THE CORE SAVE MY VESSEL, LIKE YOU DID SO MANY YEARS AGO DANCING WITH THE DEVIL - TANGO, ROOM TO ROOM TRANSMISSION FROM THE TOMBS CAN I REALLY DO, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO? MY CHARMING LITTLE FRIEND FROM BEYOND, AN INNER STORM, A SWARM TO THE HEART THE EVENING SUN INSIDE MY BONES, A WELCOME FROM THE DARK SAVAGE LIGHT, I WEEP AND CRY - YOUR WHISPER IS SO BRIGHT NOW TAKE ME TO THE SEVENTH GATE, TO THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT DANCING WITH THE DEVIL - TANGO, ROOM TO ROOM TRANSMISSION FROM THE TOMBS CAN I REALLY DO, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO? MY CHARMING LITTLE FRIEND STEP INTO THE WORLD OF HOLY TRANCE CAN’T YOU FEEL IT’S COMING, OH IT’S NOTHING NEW THE DEVIL VOODOO, (IT’S) HERE FOR YOU IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, TOUCH OF DEJA VÚ THE DEVIL VOODOO - IT IS TRUE, SO TRUE GREETINGS FROM THE DARK, DAGGERS TO THE HEART IT’S DEVIL VOODOO, TAKING YOU WHEN EVERYTHING’S THE SAME, AND I’M LOST AND UNSANE LONGING FOR SOME SOUL - SOME DEVIL VOODOO ANCIENT DAWN, I NEED YOUR LOVE, IT’S WHAT I’M ASKING FOR COME TO ME AND GIVE YOUR LIGHT, OPEN UP THE DOOR FREEZE THE TIME.. BLIND THE MIND, DOWN TO THE CORE SAVE MY VESSEL, LIKE YOU DID SO MANY YEARS AGO DANCING WITH THE DEVIL - TANGO, ROOM TO ROOM TRANSMISSION FROM THE TOMBS CAN I REALLY DO, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO? MY CHARMING LITTLE FRIEND STEP INTO THE WORLD OF HOLY TRANCE CAN’T YOU FEEL IT’S COMING, OH IT’S NOTHING NEW THE DEVIL VOODOO, (IT’S) HERE FOR YOU IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, TOUCH OF DEJA VÚ THE DEVIL VOODOO - IT IS TRUE, SO TRUE GREETINGS FROM THE DARK, DAGGERS TO THE HEART IT’S DEVIL VOODOO, TAKING YOU DEVIL VOODOO DEVIL VOODOO"
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Crucified 06:24
"HERE COMES THE RIVER AGAIN, LET’S CATCH THE DAY, AND GO FAR AWAY AND HERE COMES INFINITY, TAKES HOLD OF ME, INTO THE BLUE CRUCIFIED, FOREVER AND EVER MYSTIFIED, HELL OR HEAVEN? OH THE NAILS, ALL THE BLACK FLOWERS I’M DE-HUMANIZED, THIS FRAGILE HOUR CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED IN THE BLUE LIGHT I SACRIFICED, ON THE ALTAR OF MADNESS GAVE AND FELL, LIKE THE MARTYRS OF MERCY I’M DRIFTING LIKE DEBRIS, INTO A NEW TOMORROW? HATE OR LOVE, OR IS IT OVER? CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED IN THE BLUE LIGHT CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED IN THE BLUE LIGHT I’VE SAID IT A THOUSAND TIMES, OH I PAID THE PRIZE LET’S WALK INTO THE SETTING SUN, IT’S A LOADED GUN, AND THEY’LL BE THERE FOR US THOSE CROSSES, ON THE ISLAND OF DECAY CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED CRUCIFIED IN THE BLUE LIGHT"
9.
Goddess 06:07
"YOU’RE THE IDOL, THE SANCTUM OF MY PRAYERS THE HALLOWED WATER, THE ANCHOR AND THE SAVIOUR WORTHY SHEPHERD, THE BEARER OF US ALL OH ASSEMBLER, THE CENTRE OF MY WORLD SO I’M STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU WITH SUN IN HAND, A NEW DAY IT’S NOT A DREAM, I DO ADORE YOU DO YOU REALLY FEEL BETRAYED? HUMBLE MESSENGER, THE HAVEN, PERFECTION THE SACRED WORD, BIRTH AND RESURRECTION PIOUS PROPHET, CREATOR AND DESTROYER LAW AND LAMB, THEN THROWN ON THE PYRE SO I’M STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU WITH SUN IN HAND, A NEW DAY IT’S NOT A DREAM, I DO ADORE YOU DO YOU REALLY FEEL BETRAYED? YOU’RE NOT MY GODESS, NO FACE OF RELIGION AND YOU ARE NOT THE BLOOD, NO OCEAN INSIDE US I SEE YOU AS WITCH, THE ENEMY THAT FINDS US OUR TEARS FALL LIKE CRYSTAL, INTO THE FIRE SO I’M STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU WITH SUN IN HAND, A NEW DAY IT’S NOT A DREAM, I DO ADORE YOU DO YOU REALLY FEEL BETRAYED? IN YOUR EYES, I AM DEMON BUT I COME AS A FRIEND OH YOUR PATH OF WAR AND WORSHIP THE BEGINNING OF THE END"
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"Clocking in almost four decades, it’s no stretch to say that Grammy-nominated Swedish epic doom legends CANDLEMASS are still one of the heaviest metal bands on earth. As the godfathers of epic doom metal, the band defined the genre with releases such as Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) and Nightfall (1987). Through their evil riffs, crushing rhythmic attack and dramatic vocals, they changed the landscape of metal worldwide. Reunited with outstanding original vocalist Johan Langquist, the band around founding member Leif Edling finds its way back to its roots and finally delivers the long awaited, earth-shaking new full-length album, Sweet Evil Sun, out November 18, 2022 via Napalm Records.
After working on this massive piece of art for 18 months in total, with Sweet Evil Sun, CANDLEMASS brings back all the grandness of their early years, exploring themes of ambition and strife, hope and failure. Opening track “Wizard Of The Vortex” instantly casts a spell with a riff so powerful, the listener is immediately ensnared. Title track “Sweet Evil Sun” kicks in with warning guitar feedback before sludging a heavy-as-hell riff as Johan Langquist deftly warbles through melancholic, beckoning passages and a hooky chorus. His imposing vocals fit each riff and tone perfectly, emerging as an instrument in itself. The dark, classic rock-tinged Nordic metal anthem “Scandinavian Gods” reveals a perfect musical interaction between slow and heavy drums, droning guitars and majestic vocals as they convey mysterious tales of Scandinavian mythology to the next generation of doom lovers. Jennie-Ann Smith (Avatarium) lends her beautiful voice to the theatrical, grim ""When Death Sighs”, creating a shimmering, intermingled chorus duet eventually backed by rising organs and a marching rhythm. The haunting atmosphere is highlighted by an amazing guitar solo that reads like a story as it bends and descends, marking the sign of death on the listener’s door. It comes as no surprise that, alongside the band, renowned producer Marcus Jidell captured the band’s massive, smoky guitar tones, powerful drums and larger-than-life vocals, offering a truly unique, high quality sonic experience. The artwork for Sweet Evil Sun was illustrated with the skilled hand of Erik Rovanperä, the architect behind CANDLEMASS’ visual style since Psalms for the Dead (2012)
Recorded at NOX studio in Stockholm, Sweden, Sweet Evil Sun impressively showcases that, after almost 40 years in the game, the creativity of these Swedish doom masters sees no bounds. Through the power of wall-shaking riffs, incredible vocal performances and the blood and spirit of classic heavy metal, Sweet Evil Sun shines as a masterpiece of impending legend that truly honors the epic doom metal cult of CANDLEMASS."

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