Metal Anarchy

Candlemass are currently working on a new album. Vocalist Johan Längqvist confirmed the news during an interview with Rock Daydream Nation.

Längqvist said the following:

“I’ve done a couple of demos for the moment. [Bassist and main songwriter] Leif [Edling] is writing on a new album for the moment, so there will be a new album. I haven’t got [a possible release date for the LP], but we’re working on it for the moment, and I’ve been singing demos with — I don’t know, maybe half of an album so far.”

He continued when asked about release plans:

“Maybe next year. Yeah. But I’m not the boss of all the things with the studios and things like that, so I can’t give you [and exact date]. But maybe next year. Something is coming out next year.”

He also discussed the writing process:

“Leif is the main writer of both the music and the lyrics. And if I’ve been doing a demo with Leif, then I’m back the very next day to finish it all, [and] then sometimes he has changed the lyrics… He’s the main man behind the lyrics as well, so that’s the way it is. And he’s working a lot with the lyrics, I can tell… And he always has got an idea of how it should sound… When we’re working right now, we’re trying out maybe six melodies in a chorus or something. And I’m very open-minded to try a lot of things. And sometimes he said, ‘Oh, Johan, we save this one. I liked what you did there.’ So, we have a good connection when it comes to the recording, so I can sing out, and sometimes he said, ‘Oh, we can’t keep this, Johan. It’s too wild,’ or, ‘I don’t like it.’ But we have a good time.

I’ve been into music all my life, and I’ve been writing songs all my life, so I’ve got a kind of library of melodies in my head because of that, all the experience that I have because of all the songwriting. It’s because of that, I think, I would try out a lot of melodies on one chord. It’s hard to explain, but when you’ve done… I don’t know how many songs that I’ve written, but at least hundreds, so you get some experience when it comes to improvising and finding the coolest stuff. But the main thing in the very beginning is to get into the music. To me, the songs [are] not only about the vocals when it comes to heavy metal. It’s a band. The whole thing, the whole sound wall should be one. And to find your way in with the vocals is very important. And when you try out different things, all of a sudden you feel that, I’m in the song. I’m in there right now.”

[via Blabbermouth]