Legacy

Candlemass are considered pioneers of the doom metal subgenre of heavy metal, and the group's 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus played a part in coining the genre's name. According to Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic, Candlemass "helped reintroduce the lumbering power chords of Black Sabbath to an entire generation of post-new wave of British heavy metal and post-thrash metalheads, almost single-handedly writing the handbook for the modern doom metal movement in the process." The band is cited as one of doom metal's "big four", along with American bands Pentagram, Saint Vitus and Trouble.