From The 13th Sun - Candlemass

For the second album of Candlemass' reincarnation, Leif Edling, now the only original member from the early releases, made the rather odd decision to pay respect to his idols Black Sabbath by essentially ripping off their songs and rebranding them as new material, complete with snazzy 1990s sound effects technology. What ends up sounding pretty damn good on the CD is nevertheless entirely indebted to those Sabbath albums of the 1970s, often to the point where explicit comparisons are not only inevitable, but they're clearly being invited. This similarity causes me to feel a little resentment at this album, in the same way I dislike albums of cover songs. While ...  Read the complete review