Candlemass released The Door to Doom in 2019, which featured vocalist Johan Längquist for the first time since their 1986 landmark record Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. Band bassist mastermind Leif Edling has now revealed that The Door to Doom was originally supposed to be a double album. Instead of trashing the songs they didn't get to finish or record for the lengthy effort, they're releasing them as The Pendulum.
Here's what Edling had to say.
"The Pendulum" is about hard riffing, epic choruses and total delusion the fanatical way. It is in fact the last thing I wrote for The Door To Doom album but didn't have the time to finish it. Here it is in its grand/mad luster with a great mix by Niklas Flyckt, and produced by Marcus Jidell. It is followed by 5 unreleased demos from the DTD sessions because the whole sha-bang was at first supposed to be a double effort but got trimmed down to a single album eventually.
I love "The Pendulum" track, album quality if you ask me, and songs like "The Porcelain Skull" and "Snakes of Goliath" are not bad either. They just didn't make it to the final thing. So I hope you like this EP that features the "missing" songs. The last pieces of the puzzle of the 1 year recording that became the album The Door To Doom . Enjoy:-)
The Pendulum is out March 27.
