Lucifer Rising (Candlemass EP) explained

Lucifer Rising
Type:EP
Artist:Candlemass
Cover:Lucifer Rising-cover.gif
Released:6 October 2008
Recorded:April 2008
30 September 2007
Genre:Epic doom metal
Length:71:38
Label:Nuclear Blast
Prev Title:King of the Grey Islands
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Death Magic Doom
Next Year:2009

Lucifer Rising is an expanded EP by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 2008 via Nuclear Blast. Candlemass recorded two new tracks, "Lucifer Rising" and "White God", and re-recorded "Demons Gate" for this release.[1] The collection is also primarily composed of a series of 9 live tracks recorded in Athens, Greece on their 2007 tour (sides 2 to 4 on the vinyl edition).[2] Recording on the new material was completed in April 2008.[3] The title track, "Lucifer Rising", is included as a bonus song on the digipak edition of the full-length album Death Magic Doom, which was released six months after the EP.

Personnel

Candlemass
Production

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Candlemass: 'Lucifer Rising' EP In October . 7 August 2008 . Ultimate Guitar Archive. 3 February 2009.
  2. News: Candlemass: Lucifer Rising EP to Include Two New Tracks . 6 April 2008 . . 3 February 2009.
  3. Web site: Candlemass Lucifer Rising Ep Due Out In September . 28 April 2008 . Metal Martyr . 3 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219021807/http://www.metalmartyr.com/candlemass-lucifer-rising-ep-due-out-in-september/ . 19 February 2009.
  4. News: Candlemass: 'Lucifer Rising' Lands On Greek Chart . . 2 March 2009.