{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Psalms for the Dead | type = studio | artist = Candlemass | cover = Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead.jpg | alt = | released = 8 June 2012 | recorded = December 2011 | venue = | studio = B.A.M. Studios, Stockholm, Sweden | genre = Epic doom metal | length = 50:13 | label = Napalm | producer = Leif Edling | prev_title = Death Magic Doom | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = The Door to Doom | next_year = 2019 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = About.com |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/candlemass/fr/Candlemass-Psalms-For-The-Dead-Review.htm |title=Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead Review |last=Zed |first=Matalie |work=Heavy Metal |publisher=About.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603010406/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/candlemass/fr/Candlemass-Psalms-For-The-Dead-Review.htm |archivedate=3 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> |rev2 = AllMusic |rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/psalms-for-the-dead-mw0002358093 |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead review |last=Rivadavia| first=Eduardo|work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> |rev3 = ''Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles'' |rev3Score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bravewords.com/reviews/candlemass-psalms-of-the-dead |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |last=Gromen |first=Mark |work=Bravewords.com |publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |date=18 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> |rev4 = ''Metal Hammer'' (GER) |rev4score = 6/7<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/candlemass-psalms-for-the-dead/ |title=Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead |language=German |last=Schurer |first=Petra |magazine=Metal Hammer |date=28 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> |rev5 = Metal Rules |rev5score = 3.0/5<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?band=Candlemass&album=Psalms%20For%20The%20Dead&post_by=&rating=&month=&year=&pos=0 |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |last=Yurkiewicz |first=Aaron |publisher=Metal Rules |date=July 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> |rev6 = ''The Phoenix'' |rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/142137-candlemass-psalms-for-the-dead/ |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |last=Foley |first=Ryan |newspaper=The Phoenix |date=31 July 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218012248/http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/142137-candlemass-psalms-for-the-dead/ |archivedate=18 February 2013 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> |rev7 = ''Rock Hard'' |rev7score = 8.0/10<ref name="rock hard" >{{cite magazine |title=Review Dynamit: Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |magazine=Rock Hard |year=2012 |last= Küper |first=Wolfram |issue=301 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=28932 |accessdate=29 October 2017 |language=German}}</ref> |rev8 = Sputnikmusic |rev8score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/50368/Candlemass-Psalms-For-The-Dead/|title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead | website=Sputnikmusic | date= 19 June 2012 |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> |noprose =yes }}
'''''Psalms for the Dead''''' is the eleventh studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 8 June 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-new-album-title-cover-artwork-revealed/ |title=Candlemass: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=16 March 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> At the time of its release, the band stated that this would be their final album,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-signs-with-napalm-records-for-farewell-album/ |title=Candlemass Signs With Napalm Records For Farewell Album |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=14 October 2011 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-leader-we-re-not-splitting-up/ |title=Candlemass Leader: 'We're Not Splitting Up' |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=24 February 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> though bassist and founding member Leif Edling has since retracted this claim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deadrhetoric.com/features/avatarium-behold-the-darkin-paradise/ |title=Avatarium – Behold the Dark…In Paradise |last=Gehlke |first=David E. |publisher=Dead rhetoric.com |date=1 December 2013 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref> ''Psalms for the Dead'' is, however, the last Candlemass album recorded with singer Robert Lowe, who left the band just six days before its release.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-parts-ways-with-singer-announces-temporary-replacement/ |title=Candlemass Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Temporary Replacement |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}</ref>
The album would become Candlemass' last full-length release in over half a decade, until the 2019 release of their twelfth studio album ''The Door to Doom''; during those seven years, however, the band released two EPs featuring new material: ''Death Thy Lover'' (2016) and ''House of Doom'' (2018).
==Track listing==
{{tracklist | all_writing = Leif Edling | title1 = Prophet | length1 = 6:05 | title2 = The Sound of Dying Demons | length2 = 5:30 | title3 = Dancing in the Temple (of the Mad Queen Bee) | length3 = 3:38 | title4 = Waterwitch | length4 = 7:03 | title5 = The Lights of Thebe | length5 = 5:49 | title6 = Psalms for the Dead | length6 = 5:15 | title7 = The Killing of the Sun | length7 = 4:09 | title8 = Siren Song | length8 = 5:57 | title9 = Black as Time | length9 = 6:47 | total_length = 50:13 }}
==Personnel== ;Candlemass * Robert Lowe - vocals * Mats Björkman - rhythm guitar * Lars Johansson - lead guitars * Leif Edling - bass, producer * Jan Lindh - drums
;Additional musicians *Carl Westholm - keyboards *Mark Robertson - backing vocals
;Production *Andreas Bauman - engineer *Chris Laney - engineer, mixing *Sören von Malmborg - mastering *Erik Rovanperä - cover art *Tomas Arfert - additional graphics
== Charts == {| class="wikitable" width="330px" !align="center"|Year !align="center"|Chart !align="center"|Position |- |align="center" rowspan="2"|2012 |align="center"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url= http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Candlemass&titel=Psalms+For+The+Dead&cat=a |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead (Album) |accessdate=29 October 2017|work=Swedishcharts.com |publisher=Media Control Charts }}</ref> |align="center"|19 |- |align="center"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-198899 | title = Album – Candlemass, Psalms for the Dead | accessdate = 29 October 2017 | work = Charts.de | publisher = Media Control Charts | language = German}}</ref> |align="center"|58 |}
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