The Door to Doom

2019 studio album by Candlemass

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

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