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/:: Artist :: Candlemass ::\
:: Album :: Ancient Dreams ::
:: Year :: 1988 ::
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:: . Genre :: Metal Source :: Vinyl . ::
:: Label :: Active Records R.date :: 12.04.2014 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: ACT LP7 Size :: 97,1 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 48 kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: http://www.candlemass.se/candlemass/
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:: 01. Mirror Mirror 06:13 ::
:: 02. A Cry From the Crypt 07:21 ::
:: 03. Darkness In Paradise 06:45 ::
:: 04. Incarnation of Evil 07:15 ::
:: 05. Bearer of Pain 07:20 ::
:: 06. Ancient Dreams 07:00 ::
:: 07. The Bells of Acheron 05:18 ::
:: 08. Epistle No. 81 04:34 ::
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:: The real developments for the doom metal genre came during ::
:: the æ80s. One band that had a hand in this movement was ::
:: SwedenÆs Candlemass. Formed from the remnants of bassist ::
:: Leif EdlingÆs group Nemesis, Candlemass made doom even more ::
:: epic than it originally was. The late period of the decade ::
:: was the strongest for the band, and Ancient Dreams is a ::
:: factor in this widely-regarded viewpoint. ::
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:: Released in 1988, one year after the masterpiece Nightfall, ::
:: Ancient Dreams had the daunting task of reaching the level ::
:: of excellence of the bandÆs second album. Ancient Dreams ::
:: did it with an almost-scary easiness. The short time ::
:: between records was not something out of the ordinary for ::
:: Candlemass; they did that for their first four albums, ::
:: showing an unprecedented amount of creativity. ::
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:: Three albums into their illustrious career, the quintet had ::
:: engulfed themselves in the cold embrace of mid-tempo doom. ::
:: These songs average at least six minutes, and are content ::
:: with the type of unsettling pace that makes the weak-in- ::
:: spirit beg for a fast break. The band were wise to add a ::
:: few more pushy sections on ôDarkness In Paradiseö and ::
:: ôMirror Mirror,ö though nothing beats the painful weight of ::
:: riffs on ôEpistle No. 81ö (the only track to make four ::
:: minutes feel like 20). ::
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:: Nightfall was the point where the band really fit ::
:: themselves into a niche, so Ancient Dreams is more about ::
:: staying comfortable in this niche than breaking free. ::
:: Edling does all the writing again, save for ôEpistle No. ::
:: 81ö and the killer Black Sabbath medley. His approach is to ::
:: oppress the listener with so much heaviness that itÆs tough ::
:: to escape, and unlike past albums, there isnÆt a cheeky ::
:: interlude like ôMarche Funebre.ö ::
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:: This was the second Candlemass album with howler Messiah ::
:: Marcolin on vocal duty. He had a major presence on these ::
:: songs, and though his emoting is a little ham-fisted, no ::
:: other vocalist could give this material the passion that he ::
:: does. Lead guitarist Lars Johansson gets props for some of ::
:: the best solos of the bandÆs existence, including the ::
:: scorcher on ôBearer of Painö and the soulful guitar wails ::
:: on ôA Cry From The Crypt.ö ::
:: ::
:: In what seemed to be the fate of the majority of metal ::
:: bands in the æ90s, Candlemass treaded water with a few ::
:: undistinguished releases. They broke up and reformed ::
:: several times, making a mini-comeback in the latter part of ::
:: the æ00s. Nothing beats their early albums, and on Ancient ::
:: Dreams, the band was at their peak in dishing out classic ::
:: doom metal. For making its mark in doom metal lore, Ancient ::
:: Dreams gets the nod for this weekÆs Retro Recommendation. ::
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:: Source: ::
:: http://heavymetal.about.com/od/candlemass/fr/Candlemass- ::
:: Ancient-Dreams-Review.htm ::
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