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Nightfall

Candlemass

Type:
Full-length
Release date:
November 9th, 1987
Label:
Active Records
Reviews:
9 reviews (avg. 91%)
1. Gothic Stone 00:48   instrumental
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2. The Well of Souls 07:27   Show lyrics
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3. Codex Gigas 02:20   instrumental
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4. At the Gallows End 05:48   Show lyrics
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5. Samarithan 05:31   Show lyrics
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6. Marche Funebre 02:22   instrumental
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7. Dark Are the Veils of Death 07:08   Show lyrics
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8. Mourners Lament 06:10   Show lyrics
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9. Bewitched 06:38   Show lyrics
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10. Black Candles 02:18   instrumental
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Band members
Messiah Marcolin Vocals
Lars "Lasse" Johansson Guitars (lead)
Jan Lindh Drums
Leif Edling Bass
Mats "Mappe" Björkman Guitars (rhythm)
Guest/Session
Mike Wead Guitars (lead)
Miscellaneous staff
Micke Mårtensson Artwork, Layout
Mars "Spiiuuu" Lindfors Mixing
Ragne Wahlquist Engineering
Leif Edling Lyrics
Messiah Marcolin Vocals
Lars "Lasse" Johansson Guitars (lead)
Jan Lindh Drums
Leif Edling Bass
Mats "Mappe" Björkman Guitars (rhythm)
Mike Wead Guitars (lead)
Micke Mårtensson Artwork, Layout
Mars "Spiiuuu" Lindfors Mixing
Ragne Wahlquist Engineering
Leif Edling Lyrics
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Music and lyrics by Leif Edling except "Black Candles" written by Mike Wead and "Marche Funebre" written by Fryderyk Chopin in 1837.

Recorded in Thunderload Studios by Ragne "Undercover Lover" Wahlqvist during July-Aug-Sept.'87.
Mixed at Stockholm Recording Studios by Mars "Spiiuuu" Lindfors, Sept.'87.
Produced by Candlemass.

A video was made for ''Bewitched'', directed by Jonas Ã…kerlund. Per "Dead" Ohlin of Mayhem appears in this video.

The cover art is a portion of The Journey of Life - Old Age (1842) by the American painter Thomas Cole.

Remastered version re-released by Powerline Records in 2001 as 2CD in a slipcase.
Enhanced Bonus CD :
1. Bewitched [demo] (7:10)
2. Battlecry [demo] (6:08)
3. The Well of Souls [live] (5:16)
4. Dark Are the Veils of Death [live] (4:08)
5. At the Gallows End [studio outtake] (5:50)
6. Mourners Lament [studio outtake] (5:36)
7. [interview] (24:21)
8. Bewitched [video]

"The Well of Souls" is inspired by The Well of Souls in the 1981 Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

"Bewitched" is lyrically a re-imagining of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
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