| Dactylis Glomerata | ||||
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| Released | 13 April 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
| Studio | Swedish Broadcasting Corporation Studio 4, Slamtilt Studio and Studio Montezuma (overdubs) Sunlight Studio (disc 2), Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Epic doom metal | |||
| Length | 43:44 | |||
| Label | Music for Nations | |||
| Producer | Leif Edling | |||
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Dactylis Glomerata is the sixth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released on 13 April 1998 through Music For Nations. This was their first album released since their split in 1994.
The album was originally destined to be the second release by Candlemass main songwriter Leif Edling's side-project Abstrakt Algebra but, under request from the record label Music for Nations, it was converted into a Candlemass album. There were many musicians involved in the long process of recording, including members of the Abstrakt Algebra's line-up, guitarist Michael Amott of Arch Enemy and Carcass fame and new singer Björn Flodkvist.
The music on the album lacks much of the epic doom sound of previous works and embraces a more experimental and progressive approach, with elements of stoner rock and space rock.
In 2006, it was reissued by GMR Music as a 2 CD edition. The second disc contains the previously unreleased album Abstrakt Algebra II, from which this album's tracks derived.