Leif Edling
Leif Edling is a Swedish musician, best known as the bassist, main songwriter and one of the founding members of the doom metal band Candlemass. He is the only constant member of the band since its inception to the present day. Nevertheless, since the band's second reunion in 2002 Edling has been backed up again by founding rhythm guitarist Mats Björkman, who had been absent from 1997 to 2002.
Biography
Edling started his musical career in the band Trilogy, then under the name of Toxic, as a singer together with Ian Haugland in 1979. He then played in a band named Witchcraft but left in 1981 and formed Nemesis in 1982. Before the Candlemass official releases, Edling also handled vocal duties in addition to playing bass.After the departure of Messiah Marcolin, Candlemass became his solo project, until the band reformed in 2002. In 1994, when Candlemass fell apart, Leif had started the band Abstrakt Algebra with Mats Levén on vocals and Mike Wead on guitar. The band met with limited success and disbanded after one album.
In 2002, he founded another doom metal band, named Krux, also with Mats Levén on vocals, and in 2013 founded Avatarium with Marcus Jidell on guitar and Jidell's wife, Jennie-Ann Smith on vocals.
Since early 2014, Edling had been unable to tour with either Candlemass or Avatarium due to unspecified health problems, though believed to be chronic fatigue syndrome. A variety of replacement members were used, including Grave/Entombed bassist Jörgen Sandström and keyboard player Per Wiberg switching to bass. He has returned to performing with the band as of 2019.
Discography
With Nemesis
The Day of Retribution −1984With Candlemass
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus – 1986Nightfall – 1987Ancient Dreams – 1988Tales of Creation – 1989Live – 1990 Chapter VI – 1992Dactylis Glomerata – 1998From the 13th Sun – 1999Doomed for Live – Reunion 2002 – 2003 Candlemass – 2005King of the Grey Islands – 200720 Year Anniversary Party – 2007 Lucifer Rising – 2008 Death Magic Doom – 2009Psalms for the Dead – 2012Death Thy Lover – 2016 House of Doom – 2018 The Door to Doom – 2019The Pendulum – 2020 Sweet Evil Sun - 2022With Abstrakt Algebra
Abstrakt Algebra – 1994Abstrakt Algebra II – 2008With Krux
Krux – 2003II – 2006III – He Who Sleeps Amongst the Stars – 2011With Avatarium
Moonhorse – 2013 Avatarium – 2013 All I Want – 2014 The Girl with the Raven Mask – 2015 Hurricanes and Halos – 2017- The Fire I Long For
- ''Death, Where Is Your Sting''