{"id":72319,"date":"2018-09-03T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=72319"},"modified":"2018-09-04T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T21:36:02","slug":"news-candlemass-part-ways-with-mats-leven-johan-langqvist-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-candlemass-part-ways-with-mats-leven-johan-langqvist-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"CANDLEMASS Part Ways With Vocalist Mats Lev\u00e9n; Johan L\u00e4ngqvist Returns (September 3rd, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CANDLEMASS Part Ways With Vocalist Mats Lev\u00e9n; Johan L\u00e4ngqvist Returns<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 3rd, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stockholm, Sweden-based doom metal group Candlemass have parted ways with vocalist Mats Lev\u00e9n following a six-year tenure and reunited with Johan L\u00e4ngqvist, revealing this development on September 3rd, 2018.<\/p>\n

Candlemass commented: \u201cWe wanted to find our way back to the roots of Candlemass, back to the soul and essence of the band. Johan L\u00e4ngqvist is back and we hope this will give us some new energy and kickstart the heart of doom again. We don\u2019t know if it will last 10 more years or even five, but if it will give us just another year of having fun and playing the music that we love so much, it will be a blast! The circle is closed, Johan is back!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mats Lev\u00e9n added the following in a separate statement: \u201cFirst, let me salute all the fans in Europe, South \/ Latin America, North America and Japan for coming to our shows during the last six years. It\u2019s been a true privilege and joy playing for you all – thank you! Also, a big thanks to our crew, promotors and every musician filling in whenever it was necessary. I especially want to mention Per Wiberg (bass \/ keyboards) who\u2019s done quite a few Candlemass shows and also been a splendid roommate – thanks amigo.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mats Lev\u00e9n appeared on two four-track EPs, namely; Death Thy Lover<\/em> (June 2016) and House Of Doom<\/em> (May 2018).<\/p>\n

Johan L\u00e4ngqvist lent vocals to June 1986 debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus<\/em>, leaving shortly afterwards, his replacement being Messiah Marcolin. <\/p>\n

Candlemass is in the midst of working on a 12th full-length studio album, to be tentatively issued in 2019.<\/p>\n

Eleventh studio record Psalms For The Dead<\/em> was released in June 2012 via Napalm Records, the third and final Candlemass outing to feature Robert Lowe on vocals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CANDLEMASS Part Ways With Vocalist Mats Lev\u00e9n; Johan L\u00e4ngqvist Returns September 3rd, 2018 Stockholm, Sweden-based doom metal group Candlemass have parted ways with vocalist Mats Lev\u00e9n following a six-year tenure and reunited with Johan L\u00e4ngqvist, revealing this development on September 3rd, 2018. Candlemass commented: \u201cWe wanted to find our way back to the roots of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2767],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candlemass-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72319"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72336,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72319\/revisions\/72336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}