Tales of Creation

by Candlemass

Tales of Creation cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 September 1989
  • Label: Active
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 1:26:59
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Lars Johansson, Leif Edling, Jan Lindh, Messiah Marcolin, Mats Bj枚rkman, Jim Bachman, Jay Larssen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The fourth studio album from the Swedish masters is an incredibly heavy, sweeping triumph of epic doom metal. Messiah Marcolin's dramatic operatic vocals soar over ominous, somber guitar riffs, detailing dark, sprawling narratives of fantasy and creation.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, rhythmic, monumental, occult, melodic

Tracklist

  1. The Prophecy (1:27)
  2. Dark Reflections (5:05)
  3. Voices In The Wind (0:14)
  4. Under The Oak (New Version) (6:00)
  5. Tears (4:13)
  6. Into The Unfathomed Tower (3:02)
  7. The Edge Of Heaven (6:24)
  8. Somewhere In Nowhere (3:47)
  9. Through The Infinitive Halls Of Death (5:06)
  10. Dawn (0:25)
  11. A Tale Of Creation (6:53)
  12. Dark Reflections (Demo) (3:21)
  13. Under The Oak (Demo) (7:44)
  14. Into The Unfathomed Tower (Demo) (3:09)
  15. Somewhere In Nowhere (Demo) (4:37)
  16. A Tale Of Creation (Demo) (5:55)
  17. Interview (19:29)

Credits

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