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Tuesday, May 27th 2008
CANDLEMASS - THE LEGENDARY RETURN TO THE USA
Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS kicked off their first U.S. tour in 17 years on Monday, May 19 at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia.
This tour is in support of their latest album, King of The Grey Islands, which was released in North America on July 17, 2007 via Nuclear Blast USA.
The group’s setlist was as follows:
01. March Funebre (intro)
02. Well of Souls
03. Mirror Mirror
04. Solitude
05. Emperor of the Void
06. Devil Seed
07. Dark Are the Veils of Death
08. Crystal Ball
09. At the Gallows End
10. Of Stars and Smoke
11. A Sorcerer’s Pledge
Encore:
12. Black Dwarf
13. Samarithan
CANDLEMASS’ concert on May 20 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City was filmed for a possible future DVD release.
As previously reported, CANDLEMASS recently spent time in the studio recording a new EP, Lucfer Rising, for a tentative release via Nuclear Blast Records. It will include two brand new tracks — “Lucifer Rising” and “The White God” — plus a whole bunch of live tracks from the previous tour. A new album will be recorded in the fall for a spring 2009 release.