Ancient Dreams
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | November 23, 1988 |
| Genres | Doom Metal |
| Labels | Active Records |
| Length | 52:11 |
| Ranked | #52 for 1988 , #3,103 all-time |
Album Photos (3)
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Ancient Dreams Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mirror Mirror | 6:16 | 93 | 5 | |
| 2. | A Cry from the Crypt | 7:25 | 91 | 5 | |
| 3. | Darkness in Paradise | 6:46 | 93 | 5 | |
| 4. | Incarnation of Evil | 7:18 | 89 | 5 | |
| 5. | Bearer of Pain | 7:22 | 90 | 5 | |
| 6. | Ancient Dreams | 7:04 | 91.3 | 4 | |
| 7. | The Bells of Acheron | 5:20 | 93 | 5 | |
| 8. | Epistle No. 81 | 4:37 | 88.8 | 4 |
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Line-up (members)
- Messiah Marcolin : Vocals
- Lars "Lasse" Johansson : Guitars
- Mats "Mappe" Björkman : Guitars
- Leif Edling : Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1-7), Songwriting (tracks 1-8)
- Jan Lindh : Drums
Recorded at Nacka Recording House, August 1988.
Mixed at Montezuma Recording.
Mastered at Polar Studios.
Cat. nr. : CD - CDATV 7.
"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."
A video was made for "Mirror Mirror".
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Mixed at Montezuma Recording.
Mastered at Polar Studios.
Cat. nr. : CD - CDATV 7.
"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."
A video was made for "Mirror Mirror".
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Ancient Dreams Lists
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Ancient Dreams Reviews
(2)Date : Jul 30, 2024
It's kind of a continuation of Nightfall, what's a really hard thing to do, but this work doesn't lost much compare to the previous album. A 90/100 easily. "Mirror Mirror" is probably the hit of this album for me. The melody sung by Marcolin is sensational. Beautiful song.
"A Cry From the Crypt" features a riff that seems to have no conclusion in the first few seconds, which makes you more interested in the song. Marcolin's vocals holding this note in the first part are excellent. The riff that follows the chorus is simple but still catchy, although it is not the best on this album. The Candlemass vibe of "Let's make a thousand songs in one with different leads and riffs" appears here as well.
"Darkness in Paradise" is anotther hit here. One of the best with "Mirror Mirror".
Their signature riff in "Incarnation of Evil" is worth the experience.
After all, an almost perfect album.
Best ones:
1 - Mirror Mirror
2 - Darkness in Paradise
3 - The Bells of Acheron
Not the best:
Bearer of Pain
"A Cry From the Crypt" features a riff that seems to have no conclusion in the first few seconds, which makes you more interested in the song. Marcolin's vocals holding this note in the first part are excellent. The riff that follows the chorus is simple but still catchy, although it is not the best on this album. The Candlemass vibe of "Let's make a thousand songs in one with different leads and riffs" appears here as well.
"Darkness in Paradise" is anotther hit here. One of the best with "Mirror Mirror".
Their signature riff in "Incarnation of Evil" is worth the experience.
After all, an almost perfect album.
Best ones:
1 - Mirror Mirror
2 - Darkness in Paradise
3 - The Bells of Acheron
Not the best:
Bearer of Pain
1 like
Date : Aug 16, 2020
Candlemass deliver the same kind of quality, riff-driven epic Trad Doom as always. Again with Messiah’s intense vocal prowess, the album retains the sound from Nightfall. Ancient Dreams tends to be seen as a drop in quality, but I instead see it as a trade off of sorts. There is no doubt that Ancient Dreams fails to deliver the same highs as Nightfall; however, it also does away with any sort of filler material, which dragged Nightfall down a bit. What remains is an extremely consistent album where every song is of equal quality – an odd exception being the title track, who’s riffs are just odd, and Messiah’s vocals don’t really play off them well.
All in all, another high quality Trad Doom album that should be given the same respect as the rest of Candlemass’ first four albums.
All in all, another high quality Trad Doom album that should be given the same respect as the rest of Candlemass’ first four albums.
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May 28, 2024
all the first four albums with Messiah Marcolin behind the microphone were excellent
1 like
Jul 24, 2015
Three really amazing records in a row. It's really an extension of what they had done previously; great songs and awesome riffs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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