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King of the Grey Islands is the ninth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 22 June 2007. It is the first album recorded following the departure of vocalist Messiah Marcolin, who left the band during the pre-production phase of the album. He was replaced by Robert Lowe, who would stay with the band until his departure in June 2012.

King of the Grey Islands
Studio album by Candlemass
Released	22 June 2007
Recorded	May and August 2006 March 2007 (vocals)
Studio	Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas, US (vocals)
Genre	Doom metal
Length	53:55 (original) 65:15 (digipak version)
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Leif Edling and Candlemass
Candlemass chronology
Candlemass (2005) King of the Grey Islands (2007) Lucifer Rising (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	7.5/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	9/10[3]
Exclaim!	(favourable)[4]
Rock Hard	9/10[5]

A digipak version contains two bonus studio session tracks with Robert Lowe. The album was also released as a double vinyl LP with the bonus track "Edgar Grey". A tin box set edition (limited to 500 copies) was also released, which included a bonus 3" CD with two bonus tracks: "Black Dwarf" and "Demonia 6 (early version)".^{[citation needed]} "Black Dwarf" is a re-recording with Lowe on vocals. These songs also appear on the "Black Dwarf" 7".^{[citation needed]}

Upon its release, the album was met with widespread acclaim from both critics and fans.

Track listing

All songs written by Leif Edling.

1. "Prologue" - 0:56
2. "Emperor of the Void" - 4:29
3. "Devil Seed" - 5:44
4. "Of Stars and Smoke" - 5:38
5. "Demonia 6" - 6:23
6. "Destroyer" - 7:52
7. "Man of Shadows" - 6:17
8. "Clearsight" - 6:52
9. "The Opal City" - 1:13
10. "Embracing the Styx" - 8:19
11. "Solitude" - 5:58 (bonus track on digipak edition)
12. "At the Gallows End" - 5:22 (bonus track on digipak edition)

Personnel

Candlemass

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

Additional musicians

• Carl Westholm – keyboards

Production

• Chris Laney – engineer, post-production fixes
• Andreas Osslund – engineering on track 4
• Peter Tägtgren – mixing at The Abyss in March 2007
• Sören von Malmborg – mastering
• Tomas Arfert – cover design and illustration

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2007	Swedish Albums Chart[6]	32
	German Albums Chart[7]	83

References

На других языках

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- [en] King of the Grey Islands

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[es] King of the Grey Islands

King of the Grey Islands es el noveno álbum de estudio de la banda sueca de doom metal Candlemass. Fue lanzado el 22 de junio de 2007. La versión en digipak contiene un bonus de dos grabaciones de estudio con Robert Lowe. Es el primer disco de la banda que cuenta con el vocalista Robert Lowe, del grupo americano Solitude Aeternus. Lowe entra a formar parte de Candlemass tras la marcha del anterior vocalista Eddie "Messiah" Marcolin, quien abandona la banda en 2006, dejando sin grabar las pistas de voz para el nuevo álbum...

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[ru] King of the Grey Islands

King of the Grey Islands (рус. Король Серых островов) — девятый студийный альбом шведской дум-метал-группы Candlemass.

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