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
Lineup:
Johan Langquist / Vocals
Erik Henriksson / Guitar and Keys (Session)
Fredrik Isaksson / Bass
Stafen Englin / Drums
Emelie Lindquist / Soprano and Backing Vocals
