''Sweet Evil Sun'' is the thirteenth studio album by Swedish

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band Candlemass. It was released on 18 November 2022 through

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. Recording sessions took place at Nox Studios in

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. Production was handled by Marcus Jidell. The album debuted at number 52 in Sweden, number 37 in Switzerland and number 42 in Germany. It also made it to number 19 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums and number 44 on the UK Independent Albums.

Track listing

Personnel

*Johan Langquist – vocals *Mats "Mappe" Björkman – guitar *Lars Johansson – solo guitar *

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– songwriter, bass *Jan Lindh – drums *Carl Westholm – keyboards *Stefan Nykvist – back-up vocals *

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– narrator (track 3) *Jennie-Ann Smith – chorus vocals (track 5) *Rickard Nilsson – additional keyboards *Marcus Jidell – producer, recording *Ronny Lahti – mixing *Patrick W. Engel – mastering *Erik Rovanperä – cover artwork *Linda Åkerberg – photography *Johan Wallgren – artwork *Beatrice Edling – layout

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2022 albums Napalm Records albums Candlemass (band) albums