The DVD includes band interviews and a whole load of additional footage, coming in at over 3 hours of top doom metal from this most celebrated of acts. NTSC, region 0.
For this very special release, Sweden's Candlemass performed at a show
filmed in Kolingsborg in their home country, as a celebration of 20
years of the band's doomination of the Metal world.
This set
features guest appearances from members of acts such as Therion &
Grand Magus, and also includes Michael Akerfeldt from Opeth who joins
the band onstage for a storming rendition of 'At the Gallows End'; all
contributing to a set-list spanning the band's career to date.
The
show was used as a live unveiling of new member Robert Lowe (from
Solitude Aeturnus) ' replacement for departing vocalist Messiah
Marcolin.
Fans flew in from all over Europe, even as far as
Australia to catch this momentous occasion for a night of melodic/heavy
doom metal.
Candlemass has built a very long and prosperous career
since their classic album, 1986's 'Epicus Doomicus Metallicus' and are
cited as great influences on current leaders of the doom metal genre
such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride.
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