The Door to Doom explained

The Door to Doom
Type:	studio
Artist:	Candlemass
Cover:	Candlemass - The Door to Doom.jpg
Recorded:	2018
Studio:	Deep Well Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) The Brick HitHouse (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre:	Epic doom metal^[1]
Label:	Napalm
Producer:	Marcus Jidell
Prev Title:	Psalms for the Dead
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Sweet Evil Sun
Next Year:	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]

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
• Jennie-Ann Smith – backing vocals
• Mats Levén – backing vocals
• Stefan Berggren – backing vocals
• Rickard Nilsson – keyboards
  • Carl Westholm – Mellotron Andreas "Habo" Johansson – outro drums
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Candlemass - The Door To Doom - Die Review auf metal.de . 2023-12-21 . metal.de.
2. Web site: BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI To Guest On New CANDLEMASS Album, 'The Door To Doom'. Blabbermouth.net. 6 December 2018. 6 December 2018.
3. Web site: The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 . . . 7 March 2021 . 3 December 2019.
4. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. 2 March 2019. Click on "Veckans albumlista".