Psalms for the Dead

Psalms for the Dead
Studio album by
Released8 June 2012
RecordedDecember 2011
StudioB.A.M. Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
GenreEpic doom metal
Length50:13
LabelNapalm
ProducerLeif Edling
Candlemass chronology
Death Magic Doom
(2010)
Psalms for the Dead
(2012)
The Door to Doom
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles7.5/10
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7
Metal Rules3.0/5
The Phoenix
Rock Hard8.0/10
Sputnikmusic3.5/5

Psalms for the Dead is the eleventh studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 8 June 2012. At the time of its release, the band stated that this would be their final album, though bassist and founding member Leif Edling has since retracted this claim. Psalms for the Dead is, however, the last Candlemass album recorded with singer Robert Lowe, who left the band just six days before its release.

The album would become Candlemass' last full-length release in over half a decade, until the 2019 release of their twelfth studio album The Door to Doom; during those seven years, however, the band released two EPs featuring new material: Death Thy Lover (2016) and House of Doom (2018).