CANDLEMASS will reunite with singer Messiah Marcolin for one night only at Rock Hard Festival Greece on September 13. The Swedish doom legends have posted their first reunion photo with Messiah online.
The band states: “Doom rehearsals with Messiah Marcolin this weekend! Rock Hard Festival in Athens Sep 13, here we come!!”
It sent shockwaves through the metal community when it was announced that CANDLEMASS would be performing a single show at the inaugural Rock Hard Festival Greece on September 13, 2025 featuring former vocalist, Messiah Marcolin, behind the microphone. It will be the first time in more than 20 years that this lineup of the band has performed together.
Since then the internet has been rife with rumours and request for more concert dates and possibly recordings featuring that particular lineup of the band. Edling recently addressed those rumours in a video statement.
As part of the ongoing 40th anniversary celebration of CANDLEMASS, there will only be ONE show performed together with Messiah Marcolin. No more dates, no tour, no recordings – just one single show to celebrate that part of the band’s history. So if seeing Messiah Marcolin perform with the band again (or for one final time) is on YOUR personal bucket list, then this is most likely the only chance you will get.