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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net7.5/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[3]
Exclaim!(favourable)[4]
Rock Hard9/10[5]

King of the Grey Islands is the ninth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass released on 22 June 2007. This is the first album recorded following the departure of vocalist Messiah Marcolin, who left the band during the pre-production phase of the album. He was replaced by Robert Lowe, who would stay with the band until his departure in June 2012.

A digipak version contains two bonus studio session tracks with Robert Lowe. The album was also released as a double vinyl LP with the bonus track "Edgar Grey". A tin box set edition (limited to 500 copies) was also released, which included a bonus 3" CD with two bonus tracks: "Black Dwarf" and "Demonia 6 (early version)". "Black Dwarf" is a re-recording with Lowe on vocals. These songs also appear on the "Black Dwarf" 7".

Upon its release, the album was met with widespread acclaim from both critics and fans.

Track listing

All songs written by Leif Edling

  1. "Prologue" - 0:56
  2. "Emperor of the Void" - 4:29
  3. "Devil Seed" - 5:44
  4. "Of Stars and Smoke" - 5:38
  5. "Demonia 6" - 6:23
  6. "Destroyer" - 7:52
  7. "Man of Shadows" - 6:17
  8. "Clearsight" - 6:52
  9. "The Opal City" - 1:13
  10. "Embracing the Styx" - 8:19
  11. "Solitude" - 5:58 (Bonus track on digipak edition)
  12. "At the Gallows End" - 5:22 (Bonus track on digipak edition)

Personnel

Candlemass
Additional musicians
  • Carl Westholm - keyboards
Production
  • Chris Laney - engineer, post-production fixes
  • Andreas Osslund - engineer on track 4
  • Peter Tägtgren - mixing at The Abyss in March 2007
  • Sören Von Malmborg - mastering
  • Tomas Arfert - cover design and illustration

Charts

Year Chart Position
2007 Swedish Albums Chart[6] 32
German Albums Chart[7] 83

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. ^ Bergman, Keith (25 July 2007). "Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ Ulrey, Jeremy (7 October 2007). "Solitude Aeturnus / Candlemass - Alone / King of the Grey Islands". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  4. ^ Ayers, Chris (18 July 2007). "Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2017-10-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Stappert, Andreas (2007). "Review Album Des Monats: Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands". Rock Hard (in German). No. 242. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  6. ^ "Candlemass - King of the Grey Island (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Album – Candlemass, King of the Grey Islands". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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