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CANDLEMASS Guitarist Forced To Leave Tour 'For Family Reasons'; Band Play As Four-Piece

November 24, 2005

According to an online posting by CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, the group were forced to play the last three shows (Göteborg, Malmö and Osnabrück) on their current European tour with German thrashers DESTRUCTION as a four-piece after guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman went back home to Stockholm, Sweden "for family reasons." Says Leif: "[Playing as a quartet is] not fun at all but what can you do? You just strap on, distort the bass as fuck, and smile. The show must go on. Hopefully Mappe will come to London [on Nov. 24]. That would be totally great. It's an important show and....... WE MISS MAPPE!!!! . . . We play more or less the same set now when Mappe is gone, to have some stability and it works very well. Same new stuff and loads of old favorites. The crowd have been good and nobody has complained so far. With Mappe back I'm sure we'll crush in London. I really look forward to that one. Some friends are coming over from Stockholm, we'll have a party!!!"

CANDLEMASS's latest album, simply titled "Candlemass", was released earlier this year via Nuclear Blast. Six back-catalog items from the group — "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus", "Ancient Dreams", "Doomed for Live", "Nightfall", and "Essential Doom" — will be issued in the U.S. via Candlelight in February 2006.

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