Candlemass vocalist Johan Langquist to reissue debut album of his solo project Johan Langquist The Castle on CD/LP in June 2025 via I Hate Records!

Johan Langquist The Castle – debut solo album of Candlemass vocalist out via I Hate Records in June 2025!

Johan Langquist – heavy metal and doom metal pioneer with Jonah Quizz and Candlemass – has created his own solo-entity in form of Johan Langquist The Castle.

Johan has worked together with a wide range of well-known Swedish musicians and the debut album evokes the magic feeling of classic 70s/80s heavy metal/hard rock/doom. It comes in the vein of Black Sabbath (Tony Martin-era), Dio (solo and with Sabbath), Rainbow and Savatage with a touch of doom added for good measure.

I Hate Records proudly announces the physical versions of the self-titled album for June 27th 2025, coming on CD and LP. It was initially released digitally without a label in 2024.

Johan Langquist The Castle is not to be seen as a “studio project” – on the contrary a full line-up will soon take shape, and both live-shows and a second album are being worked on.

Enter the castle of dreams!

Tracklist:
01. Eye Of Death
02. Castle Of My Dreams
03. Where Are The Heroes
04. Raw Energy
05. Revolution
06. Freedom
07. Bird Of Sadness

Line-up:
Johan Langquist – Vocals
Erik Henriksson – Guitar / Keys (Session)
Fredrik Isaksson – Bass
Stafen Englin – Drums
Emelie Lindquist – Soprano / Backing Vocals

Courtesy of Sure Shot Worx

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well