---
title: "Leif Edling"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/leif-edling"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "Sweden"
formed: 1963
---

# Leif Edling

**Leif Edling** is a doom metal band, from Sweden, active 1963 to present.

Leif Edling is a Swedish musician, best known as the bassist, main songwriter and one of the founding members of the doom metal band Candlemass. He is the only constant member of the band since its inception to the present day. Nevertheless, since the band's second reunion in 2002, Edling has been backed up again by founding rhythm guitarist Mats Björkman, who had been absent from 1997 to 2002.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Edling

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Leif Edling |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Formed | 1963 |
| Releases in catalog | 2 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | [The Black Heart of Candlemass: Demos and Outtakes '83 - '99](https://themetalnet.com/album/7783942f-5d06-331a-b6c4-0681129cbe4c) | Album |
| 2008 | [Songs of Torment - Songs of Joy](https://themetalnet.com/album/bfc8deec-4f76-311a-9d4d-443033e91e35) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Candlemass](https://themetalnet.com/band/candlemass) (listened together)
- [Fireball Ministry](https://themetalnet.com/band/fireball-ministry) (listened together)
- [Bereft](https://themetalnet.com/band/bereft) (same tags)
- [Thedus](https://themetalnet.com/band/thedus) (same tags)
- [Conviction](https://themetalnet.com/band/conviction) (same tags)
- [Ancient VVisdom](https://themetalnet.com/band/ancient-vvisdom) (same tags)
- [Dark Matter](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-matter) (same tags)
- [Djinn and Miskatonic](https://themetalnet.com/band/djinn-and-miskatonic) (same tags)
- [Winterkou](https://themetalnet.com/band/winterkou) (same tags)
- [Mama Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/mama-doom) (same tags)
- [Sahara](https://themetalnet.com/band/sahara) (same tags)
- [Thy Sinister Bloom](https://themetalnet.com/band/thy-sinister-bloom) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Leif_Edling/6957

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/leif-edling](https://themetalnet.com/band/leif-edling). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt