King of the Grey Islands

King of the Grey Islands is the ninth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 22 June 2007. It 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 double vinyl LP with the bonus track "Edgar Grey". A tin box set edition (limited to 500 copies) was also released, which included a bonus 3" CD with two bonus tracks: "Black Dwarf" and "Demonia 6 (early version)". "Black Dwarf" is a re-recording with Lowe on vocals. These songs also appear on the "Black Dwarf" 7".

Upon its release, the album was met with widespread acclaim from both critics and fans.

Personnel

 * Candlemass
 * Robert Lowe – vocals
 * Mats Björkman – rhythm guitar
 * Lars Johansson – lead guitar
 * Leif Edling – bass, producer
 * Jan Lindh – drums


 * Additional musicians
 * Carl Westholm – keyboards


 * Production
 * Chris Laney – engineer, post-production fixes
 * Andreas Osslund – engineering on track 4
 * Peter Tägtgren – mixing at The Abyss in March 2007
 * Sören von Malmborg – mastering
 * Tomas Arfert – cover design and illustration