Lucifer Rising (Candlemass EP)

Lucifer Rising
Lucifer Rising
EP by Candlemass
Released	6 October 2008
Recorded	April 2008 (studio tracks); 30 September 2007 (live tracks)
Venue	Gagarin 205, Athens (live tracks)
Studio	Polar Studios, Stockholm (studio tracks)
Genre	Epic doom metal
Length	71:38
Label	Nuclear Blast
Candlemass chronology

Lucifer Rising is an expanded EP by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 2008 via Nuclear Blast. Candlemass recorded two new tracks, "Lucifer Rising" and "White God", and re-recorded "Demons Gate" for this release.^[4] The collection is also primarily composed of a series of 9 live tracks recorded in Athens, Greece on their 2007 tour (sides 2 to 4 on the vinyl edition).^[5] Recording on the new material was completed in April 2008.^[6] The title track, "Lucifer Rising", is included as a bonus song on the digipak edition of the full-length album Death Magic Doom, which was released six months after the EP.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(favourable)^[1]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles	8.0/10^[2]
Rock Hard	(favourable)^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lucifer Rising"	4:06
2.	"White God"	5:01
3.	"Demons Gate"	9:03
4.	"At the Gallows End" (live)	5:17
5.	"Solitude" (live)	6:54
6.	"Emperor of the Void" (live)	4:53
7.	"Devil Seed" (live)	6:02
8.	"Mirror Mirror" (live)	6:04
9.	"Under the Oak" (live)	7:01
10.	"Of Stars and Smoke" (live)	5:51
11.	"Black Dwarf" (live)	5:30
12.	"Samarithan" (live)	5:52

Personnel

Candlemass

Robert Lowe – vocals
Mats Björkman – rhythm guitar
Lars Johansson – lead guitars
Leif Edling – bass
Jan Lindh – drums

Production

Chris Laney – engineering, mixing
Sören von Malmborg – mastering
Tomas Arfert – artwork

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Greek Albums Chart^[7]	31

References

External links

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