CANDLEMASS To Perform Entire 'Epicus' Album With Original Singer At Holland's ROADBURN Festival

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS have been confirmed for next year's Roadburn festival, set to take place April 15-17, 2010 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional afterburner event on Sunday, April 18, 2010.

Celebrating their 25th anniversary, CANDLEMASS will play a very special, two-hour set on Saturday, April 17. Opening at 16.00hrs, CANDLEMASS will perform their classic album "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" in its entirety with Johan Längquist on vocals. There will be a special part of the set that incorporates new singer Robert Lowe as well.

Commented CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling: "I'm looking forward to do our first 25th anniversary show at Roadburn in Holland. It's a cool festival that handpicks great bands every year! Doom / underground / metal / classic... I think CANDLEMASS will fit right in!! We will play a very special set — 'Epicus Doomicus Metallicus' in its entirety for the very first time, featuring Johan Längquist on vocals!! There will also be a Robert Lowe part of the show, where we do some classics as well as new stuff, of course. I think there will be some special surprises there too!! I must say I love the early show time on the Saturday. Then there's plenty of time to watch the other bands later!"

Roadburn considers CANDLEMASS one of the most important doom bands ever. They are on a very short list of doom greatness that includes BLACK SABBATH, SAINT VITUS and perhaps no one else. Their influence can be heard and felt throughout the current stoner and doom scene.

Roadburn 2010 will including Tom Gabriel Warrior's special event entitled "Only Death Is Real".

For more information, visit www.roadburn.com.

CANDLEMASS will also play the entire "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" album with Johan Längquist at next year's Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.

Johan Langquist last performed with CANDLEMASS at the band's 20th-anniversary concert on March 31, 2007 at Stockholm, Sweden's Kolingsborg. The show was professionally filmed and was released in October 2007 as the "20 Year Anniversary Party" DVD via Snapper/Peaceville. CANDLEMASS performed with no less than seven (!) different vocalists — including the band's former singers Johan Langquist and Tomas Vikström, plus the group's latest addition, Robert Lowe of SOLITUDE AETURNUS. In addition to the concert footage, the DVD includes interviews with all the vocalists from that evening as extra material.

A clip of CANDLEMASS performing the song "A Sorcerer's Pledge" with Johan Langquist on March 31, 2007 at Stockholm, Sweden's Kolingsborg can be viewed below.