It didn’t take Leif Edling long to come back with a new band after the release of Psalm For The Dead, Candlemass album which was announced to be the last. Not that he lacked musical projects, notably with Krux, but the perspective of putting an end to the discography (the band insisted that it hasn’t split) of this essential pillar of the doom scene that he lead with an iron hand for almost thirty years must have left kind of a void in his heart as well as in his fans’.
But life is full of surprises, and Edling found in Marcus Jidell, current Evergrey guitarist, a perfect match to start a new venture. So was born Avatarium, joined by singer Jennie-Ann Smith, Tiamat drummer Lars Sköld and Krux/Jupiter Society keyboardist Carl Westholm. This first attempt inevitably features typical Leif Edling riffs which will make Candlemass and Krux fans feel home. But Avatarium distinguishes itself through a new component: some musical parts strongly inspired by folk, almost psychedelic, music from the Sixties and Seventies, which create a most interesting contrast.
In the following interview, Marcus Jidell tells us about the creation of this band (which Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth was originally supposed to front), of this unknown singer coming almost out of nowhere and however talented, of their wish to make an album that renews with the organic side of the Seventies’ bluesy rock, of his love for improvised music and Evergrey, which should soon get back on track for the sequel to Glorious Collisions.
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