Ancient Dreams

Studio album by Candlemass

Released

November 22, 1988

Recorded

August 1988 at Nacka Recording House

Genre

Epic doom metal, progressive metal

Length

58:31

Candlemass chronology

Nightfall
(1987)

Ancient Dreams
(1988)

Tales of Creation
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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". Ancient Dreams was the first Candlemass album to chart in the USA, debuting at #74 on the Billboard album chart.

"Epstle 81" (Märk hur vår skugga), was written by Swedish poet/musician Carl Michael Bellman (1740 - 1795).

"Incarnation of Evil" is actually a reworked version of the old Nemesis track "Black Messiah."

The band is not happy with the album mix, and they place the blame on their (then) record label rush-producing the LP to coincide with a US tour.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Leif Edling except were noted..

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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"	Carl Michael Bellman	4:37
9.	"Black Sabbath Medley"	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	6:14
Total length:			58:31

Remastered CD Version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mirror Mirror" (live)	5:20
2.	"The Bells of Acheron" (live)	5:01
3.	"Bearer of Pain" (live)	6:12
4.	"A Cry From the Crypt" (live)	3:36
5.	"Interview"	23:51

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".

Personnel

Candlemass

Messiah Marcolin - Vocals
Lars Johansson - Lead guitar
Mats Björkman - Rhythm guitar
Leif Edling - Bass
Jan Lindh - Drums

Production

Rex Gisslén - Mixing
Peter Dahl - Mastering
Wendy Kramer - Artwork, Graphics
Micke Lind - Remastering
Micke Mårtensson - Artwork, Layout
Ulf Magnusson - Photography

Charts

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
Year	Album	Billboard 200
1989	Ancient Dreams	#74

References

↑ Rivaldavia, Eduardo. Ancient Dreams at AllMusic

Candlemass

Leif Edling Mats Björkman Jan Lindh Lars Johansson Mats Levén Klas Bergwall Matz Ekström Johan Längqvist Messiah Marcolin Thomas Vikström Bjorn Flödkvist Jejo Perkovic Michael Amott Carl Westholm Mats Ståhl Robert Lowe

Studio albums	Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Nightfall Ancient Dreams Tales of Creation Chapter VI Dactylis Glomerata From the 13th Sun Candlemass King of the Grey Islands Death Magic Doom Psalms for the Dead

EPs	Sjunger Sigge Furst Lucifer Rising

Live albums	Live Doomed for Live - Reunion 2002 No Sleep 'til Athens Ashes to Ashes

Compilation Albums	As It Is, As It Was Diamonds of Doom

Singles	"Solitude" "Samarithan" "At the Gallows End" "Under the Oak" "Assassin of the Light" "Black Dwarf"

DVDs	Documents of Doom The Curse of Candlemass Candlemass 20 Year Anniversary Ashes to Ashes

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