Messiah Marcolin

Messiah Marcolin
Messiah with Candlemass
Background information
Birth name	Bror Jan Alfredo Marcolin
Also known as	Messiah Marcolin Eddie Marcolin
Born	December 10, 1967 (1967-12-10) (age 43)
Origin	Ronneby, Sweden
Genres	Doom metal Heavy metal
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, drums
Years active	1984–present
Associated acts	Candlemass Mercy Memento Mori Therion Satariel
Website	Myspace Page

Messiah Marcolin (born Bror Jan Alfredo Marcolin on December 10, 1967), also known as 'Eddie Marcolin', is a vocalist best known for his work in the doom metal band Candlemass.

History

1984-1985

Messiah Marcolin's first releases were with the heavy metal band Mercy. After recording an EP, Mercy were looking for a singer to record with and Messiah was asked to join just two weeks before recording. He sang on two Mercy albums, the first in 1984 and the second one year later. Looking for a heavier direction, Messiah decided to leave the band.

1987-1991, Early Career With Candlemass

Marcolin initially joined Candlemass to replace session vocalist Johan Längqvist who could not be convinced to remain as singer for the band after Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. His debut with Candlemass is the band's second album Nightfall. This period produced Messiah's best work with Candlemass, with the singer starring on such albums as Nightfall, Ancient Dreams and Tales of Creation.

Due to personal differences with some of the other members during the Tales of Creation tour in 1991, Marcolin left Candlemass. At this point, he had three full length studio albums and a live album with Candlemass.

1991-2003

In the interim, Messiah worked on several projects. In 1993 he co-founded Memento Mori with Mike Wead and sang on two of their albums in 1993 and 1994 before leaving as he was not being credited for writing melodies.

Messiah then worked with members of Stillborn on a project named "Colossus" and released a demo and contributed a cover of "Sad But True" to a Metallica tribute album named "Metal Militia: A Tribute to Metallica II" in 1996. The band did not progress further after this.

Following the departure from Colossus, Messiah returned to Memento Mori to record and release an additional album named Songs for the Apocalypse, Vol. 4 in 1997.

He also did guest vocals in the songs "The Sun is Grey", "Holy Trinity" and "Doveshooter" for the Melodic death metal/Blackened death metal band Satariel

2002-2006

The "Nightfall era" line up of Candlemass reformed in 2002 and did various festivals and gigs. From this reunion tour, Candlemass released Doomed For Live, in addition to another compilation, Essential Doom, which saw the inclusion of a demo track of 'Witches', a song to be included on their eponymous 2005 release. After the Candlemass album, Messiah appeared on 2 DVD releases (Documents of Doom and The Curse of Candlemass) highlighting the two eras which he fronted the band, before a statement by Candlemass was released in October 2006, noting yet another Messiah departure.^[1]

Additionally, in 2003, Messiah co-founded and released a single three track demo with "Requiem", though the band did not progress further citing the Candlemass reunion and musical differences within the band as reasons for not continuing.^[2]

2007 onwards

Messiah has spent time as a guest vocalist with Therion for a string of tourdates in 2007.^[3]

As of July 2008, Messiah's MySpace page states that he is writing new material for a solo album.

References

1. ^ Vocalist MESSIAH MARCOLIN Is Out Of CANDLEMASS. Retrieved December 19, 2007
2. ^ Requiem info. Retrieved January 02, 2008
3. ^ THERION To Be Joined By Former CANDLEMASS Singer For Select European Shows. Retrieved December 19, 2007

External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum: the Metal Archives (external link)
• [1] (external link)
• [2] (external link)
• Colossus Myspace Page
• Requiem Official Page
• Myspace Page

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