The Door to Doom

The Door to Doom
Studio album by Candlemass
Released	22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
Recorded	2018
Studio	Deep Well Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) The Brick HitHouse (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Epic doom metal[1]
Length	48:43
Label	Napalm
Producer	Marcus Jidell
Candlemass chronology
Psalms for the Dead (2012) The Door to Doom (2019) Sweet Evil Sun (2022)

The Door to Doom is the twelfth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 22 February 2019 via Napalm.^[2] It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2012's Psalms for the Dead, marking their longest gap between studio albums, and the first one to feature vocalist Johan Längqvist since 1986's Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Splendor Demon Majesty"	5:29
2.	"Under the Ocean"	6:12
3.	"Astorolus - The Great Octopus" (featuring Tony Iommi)	6:42
4.	"Bridge of the Blind"	3:43
5.	"Death's Wheel"	6:50
6.	"Black Trinity"	6:05
7.	"House of Doom"	6:26
8.	"The Omega Circle"	7:16
Total length:		48:43

Japanese edition bonus tracks (House of Doom EP)

No.	Title	Length
9.	"House of Doom" (original version)	6:21
10.	"Flowers of Deception"	6:10
11.	"Fortune Teller"	3:12
12.	"Dolls on the Wall"	3:55
Total length:		19:38

Personnel

Candlemass Johan Längqvist – vocals Mats "Mappe" Björkman – rhythm guitar Lars Johansson – lead guitar Leif Edling – bass Jan Lindh – drums

Additional musicians Tony Iommi – guitar solo (track 3) Jennie-Ann Smith – backing vocals Mats Levén – backing vocals Stefan Berggren – backing vocals Rickard Nilsson – keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 4) Carl Westholm – Mellotron (track 4) Andreas "Habo" Johansson – outro drums (track 8) Michael Blair – percussion

Production and design Marcus Jidell − production, recording Niklas Flyckt − mixing Svante Forsbäck − mastering Erik Rovanperä − artwork Beatrice Edling − layout Kinan Faham − photography

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	182
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	29

References

1. "Candlemass - The Door To Doom - Die Review auf metal.de". metal.de. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
2. "BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI To Guest On New CANDLEMASS Album, 'The Door To Doom'". Blabbermouth.net. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
3. "The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
5. "Ultratop.be – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
6. "Ultratop.be – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Candlemass – The Door to Doom" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
9. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2 March 2019. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
10. "Swisscharts.com – Candlemass – The Door to Doom". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 March 2019.