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Stockholm, Sweden |
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Doom Metal |
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Page online:
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July 1, 2016
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Last update/review:
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November 1, 2022
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Avatarium
Avatarium is one of the more recent ventures led by
Candlemass
bassist Leif Edling.
The band debuted with a self-titled effort in 2013, and there,
befitting a Edling-led band,
doom metal is the prime genre on display,
as several of the tunes would feel quite at home on a Candlemass album
(save the vocals, more on them in a bit).
But on successive albums Avatarium are steadily moving away from
simple doom to something quite different -- indeed, on
2017's
Hurricanes And Halos, the band goes straight to early 70's
worship, as a few of the tunes have a clear
Deep Purple
vibe while elsewhere the focus is on experimental, psychedelic-tinged
prog rock.
Most of the guys here have other metal ties, but arguably the star
here is the one who doesn't, that being vocalist Jennie-Ann Smith, who
has a bit of a Ann Wilson (Heart) vibe going on and is always in
command.
This has turned into the least Candlemass-ish band in Edling's
arsenal, and while Candlemass may always be his primary band,
Avatarium is blossoming into something quite special and unique.
Discography
Moonhorse
EP
2013
Nuclear Blast
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- Moonhorse
- Boneflower
- War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Leif Edling
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Carl Westholm
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Lars Sköld
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Avatarium
2013
Nuclear Blast
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- Moonhorse
- Pandora's Egg
- Avatarium
- Boneflower
- Bird of Prey
- Tides of Telepathy
- Lady in the Lamp
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Leif Edling
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Carl Westholm
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Lars Sköld
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All I Want
EP
2014
Nuclear Blast
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- All I Want
- Deep Well
- Pandoras Egg (live)
- Tides of Telepathy (live)
- Bird of Prey (live)
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Leif Edling
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Carl Westholm
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Lars Sköld
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The Girl With The Raven Mask
2015
Nuclear Blast
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- Girl with the Raven Mask
- The January Sea
- Pearls and Coffins
- Hypnotized
- Ghostlight
- Run Killer Run
- Iron Mule
- The Master Thief
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Leif Edling
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Carl Westholm
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Lars Sköld
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Hurricanes And Halos
2017
Nuclear Blast
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- Into The Fire / Into The Storm
- The Starless Sleep
- Road to Jerusalem
- Medusa Child
- The Sky at the Bottom of the Sea
- When Breath Turns to Air
- A Kiss (from the End of the World)
- Hurricanes and Halos
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Leif Edling
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Carl Westholm
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Lars Sköld
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The Fire I Long For
2019
Nuclear Blast
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- Voices
- Rubicon
- Lay Me Down
- Porcelain Skull
- Shake That Demon
- Great Beyond
- The Fire I Long For
- Epitaph Of Heroes
- Stars They Move
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Rickard Nilsson
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Andreas Johansson
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An Evening With Avatarium
LIVE
2020
Nuclear Blast
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- Intro
- Voices
- Rubicon
- Into the Fire / Into the Storm
- Lay Me Down
- Jennie-Ann Talks
- Avatarium
- Shake That Demon
- Pearls and Coffins
- In My Time of Dying (Blind Willie Johnson cover)
- Medusa Child
- The Sky at the Bottom of the Sea
- Jennie-Ann Talks 2
- The Fire I Long For
- Girl with the Raven Mask
- Stars They Move
- Moonhorse
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Death, Where Is Your Sting
2022
AFM
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- A Love Like Ours
- Stockholm
- Death, Where Is Your Sting
- Psalm for the Living
- God Is Silent
- Mother Can You Hear Me Now
- Nocturne
- Transcendent
- A Love like Ours
- Stockholm
- Death, Where Is Your Sting
- Psalm for the Living
- God Is Silent
- Mother, Can You Hear Me Now
- Nocturne
- Transcendent
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Jennie-Ann Smith
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Marcus Jidell
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Mats Rydström
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Andreas Johansson
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