Origin: Sweden
Genres: Doom Metal

Krux  


Though Candlemass was alive and well in 2003 (and still is), founder Leif Edling nonetheless felt the need for a similarly styled band/project, and that's Krux. Edling has assembled a fine cast to surround him, with two members from Entombed on guitar and drums and former Yngwie Malmsteen man Mats Leven as vocalist. Whereas Edling's past non-Candlemass work has drifted from classic doom, Krux is very much a doom band, and Krux the album is solid and forceful, with Jörgen Sandström laying down prototypical doom riffs and Leven, while not the operatic showman that Messiah Marcolin is, provides a strong, steady voice that fits the style well. This might just as well have been a Candlemass album, as it fits nicely alongside their last two efforts (or even the monstrous Epicus Doomicus Metallicus debut of long ago), since Edling's trademark writing style is very much in evidence here. Candlemass fans will surely enjoy this, as well as anyone into solid traditional doom metal.

Current Members

Mats Levén

vocals (Abstrakt Algebra, At Vance, Candlemass, Yngwie Malmsteen)

Jörgen Sandström

guitars (Entombed, Grave, The Project Hate)

Fredrik Åkesson

guitars (Arch Enemy, Opeth)

Leif Edling

bass (Abstrakt Algebra, Candlemass, Nemesis)

Per Wiberg

keyboards (Opeth, Spiritual Beggars)

Peter Stjärnvind

drums (Entombed, Face Down, Merciless, Murder Squad, Unanimated)


Discography


Krux 
2003 Mascot
  1. Black Room
  2. Krux
  3. Nimis
  4. Sibiria
  5. Omfalos
  6. Enigma EZB
  7. Popocatépetl
  8. Evel Rifaz
  9. Lunochod
  • Mats Levén
  • Jörgen Sandström
  • Leif Edling
  • Peter Stjärnvind

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal 


Live 
2003 Mascot



Krux II 
2006 GMR
  1. Devil Sun
  2. Serpent
  3. Sea of Doom
  4. Lex Lucifero
  5. Pirates of the Black Hand
  6. Depressive Strokes of Indigo
  7. Too Close to Evil
  8. The Big Empty
  • Mats Levén
  • Jörgen Sandström
  • Fredrik Åkesson
  • Leif Edling
  • Peter Stjärnvind

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal 


Krux III - He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars 
2011 GMR
  1. He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars
  2. The Hades Assembly
  3. Emily Payne (And The Black Maze)
  4. Small Deadly Curses
  5. Prince Azaar And The Invisible Pagoda
  6. The Death Farm
  7. A Place Of Crows
  • Mats Levén
  • Jörgen Sandström
  • Fredrik Åkesson
  • Leif Edling
  • Per Wiberg
  • Peter Stjärnvind


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