King of the Grey Islands
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| Studio album by Candlemass | ||||
| Released | 22 June 2007 | |||
| Recorded | May 2006 March 2007 (vocals) |
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| Studio | Polar Studios, , Sweden Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas, U.S. (vocals) |
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| Genre | Doom metal | |||
| Length | 53:55 (original) 65:15 (digipack version) |
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| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| Jukebox:Metal |
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| Metal Archives | 87% |
| Blabbermouth.net |    |
| Sputnik Music | |
| Metal Storm | |
| Metal Reviews | 87.5/100 |
| Metal Underground |  |
| albumoftheyear.org | 86% |
| Metal Music Archives | |
| Metalfan.nl | 89/100 |
| Metal Underground | |
| Truemetal.it | 80/100 |
| Spirit of Metal | |
King of the Grey Islands is the ninth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass released on 22 June 2007. This 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.
A digipak version contains two bonus studio session tracks with Robert Lowe. The album was also released as a vinyl, including a bonus track titled "Edgar Grey".
The album was also released as a tin box set limited to 500 copies. This comes with a bonus 3" CD with two tracks: 'Black Dwarf' and 'Demonia 6 (early version)'. 'Black Dwarf' is a rerecording with Lowe on vocals. These songs also appear on the Black Dwarf 7".
Upon its release, the album was met with widespread acclaim by either music critics or band fans.
All songs written by Leif Edling
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