Leif Edling

Live photo of Leif Edling

Leif Edling is best known as the main songwriter and bass player of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass. Before, he played bass in a band called Nemesis. Early on he handled the vocal duties as well. He started his musical career however in the band Trilogy, then under the name of Toxic, as a singer together with Ian Haugland (later the drummer of Europe) in 1979.

After the departure of Messiah Marcolin, Candlemass more and more became his solo project, until the band reformed in 2002. In the meantime, Leif had started the band Abstrakt Algebra with Mats Levén on vocals and Mike Wead on guitar. The band met with limited success and split up after one album. Recently, in 2002 he founded another doom metal band, named Krux with much more success.

Equipment

* Fender bass,
* Mesa Boogie Amp 400+,
* Ampeg 8x10 cabine

Discography

With Candlemass

* Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - 1986
* Nightfall - 1987
* Ancient Dreams - 1988
* Tales of Creation - 1989
* Live - 1990 (live)
* Chapter VI - 1992
* Dactylis Glomerata - 1998
* From the 13th Sun - 1999
* Doomed for Live - Reunion 2002 - 2003 (live double CD)
* Candlemass - 2005

With Abstrakt Algebra

* Abstrakt Algebra - 1994

With Krux

* Krux - 2003
* II - 2006

With Nemesis

* Day of Retribution