- Audio CD (10 Sep 2002)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Powerline
- ASIN: B00005UL7Q
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 366,164 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best album Sabbath never made,
By A Customer
This review is from: Nightfall: Remastered (Audio CD)
Dark, bleak, intense and scary, Candlemass set out their stall from the opening notes and opening lyric, "Crypt of despair..." This album is a benchmark recording by which all other doom metal recordings should be judged. Messiah Marcolin's voice soars above the pounding drums, deafening bass and blistering riffs. Subtle this is not. Stand out tracks include "Gothic Stone/Well of Souls" and "Bewitched". If you like your metal loud, heavy, menacing and dark, then get this.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the defining moments in Heavy Metal history,
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This review is from: Nightfall (Audio CD)
You'll hear people talk about 'Doom Metal', and often you'll find Candlemass mentioned as a forerunner of that genre. Indeed, their debut LP, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus fits easily into the above classification. Nightfall does not. I'm 37, I was 23 when this was release and I thought I'd heard it all - Sabbath, Diamond Head, Manowar? - All great bands, but Nightfall changed all that. I sat open mouthed for the entirity of it's first play (which was vinyl in those days). Every track is an anthem, superbly played - Messiah Marcolin on his debut would never again sing so perfectly. The emotion in at least 3 of the songs had tears rolling down my cheeks. The shivers running up my spine were not repeated for many a year. Yeah, these days I've got different tastes, but I'll never forget how Nightfall made me feel, and its a record that stands the test of time - When I invested in CD some years later it was the first CD I bought. I don't think Candlemass ever managed to better this record. I bought a few releases after this one, but eventually gave them up as a lost cause. If you like Metal - Particularly the 'Heaviest Metal', then Nightfall should be in your collection.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dark and heavy,
By D. J. H. Thorn "davethorn13" (Hull, UK) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Nightfall (Audio CD)
Though I enjoy (is that the right word?) listening to this album, I find that Candlemass make me smile. Perhaps I should be scared, but it takes a lot to scare people with music these days. I can't help sensing that 'Nightfall's thudding slabs of funeral rock are tongue-in-cheek. This is basically early Black Sabbath updated to a modern production, and atmospheric it is too. 'The Well of Souls' is a highlight but sets the tone for what follows, while they couldn't resist having a go at the 'Funeral March'. The most pleasing aspect of 'Nightfall' for me though is that it has more in common with 1970s rock values than the crank-up-the-tempo-and-hope-for-the-best attitude of a lot of metal since. Though there's little variation in style, this is a very good album.
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