Psalms for the Dead

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{{Infobox album

| name = Psalms for the Dead

| type = studio

| artist = Candlemass

| cover = Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead.jpg

| alt =

| released = 8 June 2012

| recorded = December 2011

| venue =

| studio = B.A.M. Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

| genre = Epic doom metal

| length = 50:13

| label = Napalm

| producer = Leif Edling

| prev_title = Death Magic Doom

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = The Door to Doom

| next_year = 2019

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = About.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/candlemass/fr/Candlemass-Psalms-For-The-Dead-Review.htm |title=Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead Review |last=Zed |first=Matalie |work=Heavy Metal |publisher=About.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603010406/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/candlemass/fr/Candlemass-Psalms-For-The-Dead-Review.htm |archivedate=3 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

|rev2 = AllMusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/psalms-for-the-dead-mw0002358093 |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead review |last=Rivadavia| first=Eduardo|work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

|rev3 = Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

|rev3Score = 7.5/10{{cite web |url=http://bravewords.com/reviews/candlemass-psalms-of-the-dead |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |last=Gromen |first=Mark |work=Bravewords.com |publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |date=18 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

|rev4 = Metal Hammer (GER)

|rev4score = 6/7{{cite magazine |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/candlemass-psalms-for-the-dead/ |title=Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead |language=German |last=Schurer |first=Petra |magazine=Metal Hammer |date=28 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

|rev5 = Metal Rules

|rev5score = 3.0/5{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?band=Candlemass&album=Psalms%20For%20The%20Dead&post_by=&rating=&month=&year=&pos=0 |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |last=Yurkiewicz |first=Aaron |publisher=Metal Rules |date=July 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

|rev6 = The Phoenix

|rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |url=http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/142137-candlemass-psalms-for-the-dead/ |title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |last=Foley |first=Ryan |newspaper=The Phoenix |date=31 July 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218012248/http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/142137-candlemass-psalms-for-the-dead/ |archivedate=18 February 2013 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

|rev7 = Rock Hard

|rev7score = 8.0/10{{cite magazine |title=Review Dynamit: Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead |magazine=Rock Hard |year=2012 |last= Küper |first=Wolfram |issue=301 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=28932 |accessdate=29 October 2017 |language=German}}

|rev8 = Sputnikmusic

|rev8score = 3.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/50368/Candlemass-Psalms-For-The-Dead/|title=Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead | website=Sputnikmusic | date= 19 June 2012 |accessdate=5 October 2017}}

|noprose =yes

}}

Psalms for the Dead is the eleventh studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 8 June 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-new-album-title-cover-artwork-revealed/ |title=Candlemass: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=16 March 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }} At the time of its release, the band stated that this would be their final album,{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-signs-with-napalm-records-for-farewell-album/ |title=Candlemass Signs With Napalm Records For Farewell Album |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=14 October 2011 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-leader-we-re-not-splitting-up/ |title=Candlemass Leader: 'We're Not Splitting Up' |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=24 February 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }} though bassist and founding member Leif Edling has since retracted this claim.{{cite web |url=http://deadrhetoric.com/features/avatarium-behold-the-darkin-paradise/ |title=Avatarium – Behold the Dark…In Paradise |last=Gehlke |first=David E. |publisher=Dead rhetoric.com |date=1 December 2013 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }} Psalms for the Dead is, however, the last Candlemass album recorded with singer Robert Lowe, who left the band just six days before its release.{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlemass-parts-ways-with-singer-announces-temporary-replacement/ |title=Candlemass Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Temporary Replacement |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2017 }}

The album would become Candlemass' last full-length release in over half a decade, until the 2019 release of their twelfth studio album The Door to Doom; during those seven years, however, the band released two EPs featuring new material: Death Thy Lover (2016) and House of Doom (2018).