Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Release type:What's this?
studio album
First released:
Jun 10 1986

Overview Edit

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus was the debut album of the Swedish Doom metal band Candlemass, released June 10, 1986 on Black Dragon Records. It was re-issued in 2003 with a bonus live CD. The album title Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a Dog Latin rendering of "Epic Doom Metal", the genre with which the band is most commonly identified.

The Overview appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicus_Doomicus_Metallicus. Portions of this Overview may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.

This particular version Edit

Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
unknown
Release dates:
  • Oct 30 2007

Genres

Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal. Vote on Genres

What do Amazon.com customers think?

4 stars Candlemass' Darkest and Heaviest
EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS was this recently reformed band's classic debut. Though it's not as sophisticated or refined as the band's later work with singer Messiah Marcolin, this album has a certain power and excitement from start to finish that the later albums seemed to lack. The performance is brutally heavy and dark, yet the songs still retain memorable, well-developed melodies, i.e. "Solitude", "Crystal Ball". The doomier songs on the album, such as "Demon's Gate" and "Black Stone Wielder"…
Written by Streetcleaner
3 stars Public consensus on this puzzles me
I never really understood why this one is held in such high regard at the expense of the three superior records with Messiah Marcolin on vocals. They did shitcan this singer for a reason ya know! The guy's voice is goofy! Nevertheless, it is good stuff, but tunes like Demon's Gate cannot hold a candle *groan* to Nemesis' earlier version! The Tales of Creation version of Under The Oak is king - Messiah brought this song to life and gave it the potential shown here. Blackstone Weilder and Demon's …
Written by Nathan Marciniak

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Solitude
    ?:??
    2
    Demons Gate
    ?:??
    3
    Crystal Ball
    ?:??
    4
    Black Stone Wielder
    ?:??
    5
    Under the Oak
    ?:??
    6
    Sorcerer's Pledge
    ?:??

Credits Edit

Surely someone is credited on this release! Add a credit?

Other versions Edit

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 6 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: BDCD 013
release dates: Dec 13 2000
view details
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 6 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Black Dragon Records
catalog number: BDCD 013
release dates: Jun 10 1986 in France
view details
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 6 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Black Dragon Records
release dates: Jun 10 1986 in France
view details
Tell us about another version?

Trivia Edit

  • We don't know any trivia about this release. Add some?