Name Leif Edling Instruments Bass, vocals, guitar Role Songwriter | Years active 1979–present Website Leif Edling on Myspace | |
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Born 6 August 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-08-06 ) Music groups Candlemass (Since 1984), Avatarium (Since 2012), Krux, Abstrakt Algebra Albums Songs of Torment ‑ Songs of, Candlemass, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Nightfall, Tales of Creation Similar People Marcus Jidell, Messiah Marcolin, Mats Leven, Robert Lowe, Jan Lindh Profiles | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter | ||
Avatarium s jennie ann smith discusses avatarium her influences songwriting leif edling s 2013
Leif Edling (born 6 August 1963) is a Swedish musician, best known as the main songwriter, bass player and one of the founding members of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass. He's the only constant member of the band since its inception to the present day. Nevertheless, since 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 and was replaced by Michael Amott.
Contents
- Avatarium s jennie ann smith discusses avatarium her influences songwriting leif edling s 2013
- Avatarium the girl with the raven mask leif edling recording bass official trailer
- Equipment
- With Nemesis
- With Candlemass
- With Abstrakt Algebra
- With Krux
- With Avatarium
- With The Doomsday Kingdom
- Solo
- References
Edling started his musical career in the band Trilogy, then under the name of Toxic, as a singer together with Ian Haugland (later the drummer of Europe) 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 split up 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 has been unable to tour with either Candlemass or Avatarium due to unspecified health problems, though believed to be chronic fatigue syndrome. Candlemass have either been using former Grave/Entombed bassist Jörgen Sandström, or keyboard player Per Wiberg has been switching to bass, while Anders Iwers of Tiamat has been filling in with Avatarium.
Avatarium the girl with the raven mask leif edling recording bass official trailer
Equipment
Mesa Boogie 400+ Amplifier, Ampeg 8 x 10 cabinet. Fender precision 57' vintage, Gibson Thunderbird bass
With Nemesis
With Candlemass
With Abstrakt Algebra
