"We hope you all can understand how disappointed we are. And angry! Disappointed with the fact that a grown man can behave so badly towards others � his friends � and for such a long time. And so easily, when he doesn't get everything he wants, throws it all away. We're still in shock! We never thought it was possible for somebody in this great band to have such a bad attitude towards his bandmates!We are also angry that we have bought the shit for so long. Been fucked over so much, so many times since the reunion 2002. It's really shameful!"It only took a couple of gigs to understand that Messiah wasn't back to make friends, so we have fought hard to keep this together for you � our fans. It's been a rough ride, but when you stand in front of 200 or 2,000 or even 20,000 screaming fans it's worth all trouble."And yes, it was close that last album didn't include Messiah, but we made it happe because we love this music and we love that you guys love us!! But it was the last album with Messiah Marcolin on vocals. We can't deal with the big man anymore. Sorry!! We tried to reason with him before the recording of the new one but Messiah's behaviour was beyond the acceptable. Mr. Marcolin has been too much to take and the reasons behind his departure from CANDLEMASS are not very flattering for him. No details, sorry....too embarrassing..."On the positive side (there is one!), this can make the band stronger and lead to something better. We don't stand and fall with Messiah Marcolin. We will look hard for a worthy replacement because we got a superb album recorded already. With the right voice it will kill!! We hope for a new start with CANDLEMASS, a band we love way too much to ditch because of one rotten apple!!"
The two rock bands have had discussions with SVT for the last couple of years, and are both said to be very interested in taking part. HAMMERFALL's lead singer Joacim Cans says that some people feel that hard rock has no place in the Eurovision Song Contest, but he disagrees. "Melodifestivalen is a great opportunity to play for such a big audience," he says. "Look at LORDI from [this year's event] as a great example. The people of Europe wants more rock and roll in the contest."
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Three songs are already written, 'Save Me', 'Torn' and 'Every Times It Rains', and they sound very very promising.
We will exactly follow the path of Seven Seals for our debut album for Frontiers Records."
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