Candlemass' North American tour with Daylight Dies kicks off this coming Monday (May 19) at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia.
As previously reported, Candlemass recently spent time in the studio recording a new EP, "Lucfer Rising", for a tentative Septeber 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.
In other news, the following Candlemass and Candlemass-related albums are being re-released in 2008 on Snapper/Peaceville:
* "Dactylis Glomerata" (1998) + Abstrakt Algebra 2: May 26
* "From the 13th Sun" (1999) (w/ bonus tracks "Oil", "Nimis", "Rock 'n' Roll"): June 23
* "Live" (1990) (w/ bonus audio disc recorded at Dynamo Open Air 1988): August 11
Candlemass' latest album, "King of the Grey Islands", was released June 22, 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The group's guitarist, Mats "Mappe" Bj�rkman, was recently sentenced to two years in a Swedish prison for grand theft. The musician was convicted of stealing CDs worth approximately $490,000 from the distribution warehouse of Entertainment Network Scandinavia Ab, where he and an accomplice shipped the CDs to Stockholm retail outlets. He has since appealed the sentence.
Bj�rkman's conviction is not expected to affect his participation in the group's upcoming U.S. tour.
Candlemass live in Stockholm (2007):
(Thanks: Will Bozarth)

