Nemesis is the band that eventually became Candlemass.
THE DAY OF
RETRIBUTION (1982, 1990) METAL BLADE/ENIGMA
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Line-up Nemesis: Leif Edling - Bass, Vocals Anders Wallin - Lead Guitar Christian Weberyd - Guitar Anders Waltersson - Drums
* = Candlemass demos |
Line-up Candlemass: Leif Edling - Bass, Vocals Mats Björkman - Rhythm Guitar Matz Ekström - Drums Christian Weberyd - Guitar Klas Bergwall - Lead Guitar |
This is a cool re-release of an old out of print classic. Unfortunately the re-release is also out of print since long ago, but I finally scored one true a good friend on the No Life 'Til Metal/Metal Metropolis board (thanks, Ben). The original LP of 'The Day Of Retribution' was released on a small Swedish label. This Metal Blade version sees the album for the first time on CD, and also adding 2 bonus tracks. Nemesis were the band Leif Edling first started. And you can already hear that this man is a genius in writing Black Sabbath inspired, yet melodic and heavy, doom metal. "Black Messiah" later became the song "Incarnation Of Evil", from the 'Ancient Dreams' album. The 2 demos also resurfaced on later Candlemass albums. The only thing that holds this CD back is the vocals. Leif is a mean writer and bass-player, but he cannot sing that well.
Killer tracks: Black Messiah, Demons Gate
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