Nightfall (album)

Nightfall
Studio album by Candlemass
Released	November 9, 1987
Recorded	July – September 1987 at Thunderload Studios in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Doom metal
Length	46:35
Label	Axis
Producer	Candlemass
Candlemass chronology
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) Nightfall (1987) Ancient Dreams (1988)
Singles from Nightfall
"Samarithan" Released: 1988 "At the Gallows End" Released: 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Nightfall is the second album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 1987. It was the first album to feature Messiah Marcolin on vocals. The cover art of the album is a portrait made by Thomas Cole, the last in his series, "The Voyage of Life", entitled "Old Age". Nightfall was reissued in 2001 with a bonus disk. A Video was made for "Bewitched", featuring Per Yngve Ohlin who was later to become famous under the pseudonym "Dead" as the singer of norwegian Black-Metal band Mayhem.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gothic Stone"	Edling, Leif	0:48
2.	"The Well of Souls"	Edling	7:16
3.	"Codex Gigas"	Edling	2:20
4.	"At the Gallows End"	Edling	5:48
5.	"Samarithan"	Edling	5:30
6.	"Marche Funebre"	Chopin, Frederic	2:22
7.	"Dark Are the Veils of Death"	Edling	7:08
8.	"Mourners Lament"	Edling	6:10
9.	"Bewitched"	Edling	6:38
10.	"Black Candles"	Wead, Mike	2:18

Bonus CD tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bewitched" (Demo)	Edling	7:10
2.	"Battlecry" (Demo)	Edling	6:08
3.	"The Well of Souls" (Live)	Edling	5:16
4.	"Dark Are the Veils of Death" (Live)	Edling	4:08
5.	"At the Gallows End" (Studio Outtake)	Edling	5:50
6.	"Mourners Lament" (Studio Outtake)	Edling	5:36
7.	"Interview"		24:21
8.	"Bewitched" (Video)	directed by Jonas Åkerlund	7:34

Personnel

• Leif Edling — bass guitar
• Messiah Marcolin — vocals
• Mats Björkman — guitar
• Mike Wead — lead guitar (Lars Johansson credited)
• Jan Lindh — drums

References

1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Nightfall review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-21.