Ancient Dreams

Ancient Dreams is the third album of Swedish doom metal band Candlemass and was released in 1988, and reissued in 2001 by Powerline Records with bonus CD. The cover art of the album is a painting made by Thomas Cole, second in his series, "The Voyage of Life", entitled "Youth". The first album to chart i the USA. Debuting at #74 on the Billboard list. In december 2001 the album was certified Gold in the United States. Its the best selling album by Candlemass, with sales over 2.000.000 records worldwide. Making it to the second best selling artist of sweden in 1988 after Europe

Track listing

All songs (except #8 and #9) written by Leif Edling

1. "Mirror Mirror" – 6:15
2. "A Cry from the Crypt" – 7:24
3. "Darkness in Paradise" – 6:46
4. "Incarnation of Evil" – 7:19
5. "Bearer of Pain" – 7:23
6. "Ancient Dreams" – 7:04
7. "The Bells of Acheron" – 5:21
8. "Epistle No. 81" – 4:37
9. "Black Sabbath Medley" – 6:14

The track "Black Sabbath Medley" is a CD bonus track and is composed of parts of songs from Black Sabbath, namely: "Symptom of the Universe", "Sweet Leaf", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Into the Void", "Electric Funeral", "Supernaut", "Black Sabbath".

Bonus CD tracks

1. Mirror Mirror (live)
2. The Bells of Acheron (live)
3. Bearer of Pain (live)
4. A Cry from the Crypt (live)
5. Interview
6. Mirror Mirror (video)

Credits

• Leif Edling - bass guitar
• Messiah Marcolin - vocals
• Mats Björkman - rhythm guitar
• Lars Johansson - lead guitar
• Jan Lindh - drums

• Thomas Cole - cover art

Charts

Album chart positions

References