Ancient Dreams is the third album of Swedish doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band Candlemass

Candlemass

Candlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...

 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

Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century...

, second in his series, "The Voyage of Life", entitled "Youth".

Track listing

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

Leif Edling

Leif Edling is best known as the main songwriter and bass player of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass.Edling started his musical career in the band Trilogy, then under the name of Toxic, as a singer together with Ian Haugland in 1979. He then played in a band named Witchcraft but left in...

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

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

, 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
  Leif Edling
  Leif Edling is best known as the main songwriter and bass player of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass.Edling started his musical career in the band Trilogy, then under the name of Toxic, as a singer together with Ian Haugland in 1979. He then played in a band named Witchcraft but left in...
  
   - bass guitar
• Messiah Marcolin
  Messiah Marcolin
  Messiah Marcolin , also known as 'Eddie Marcolin', is a vocalist best known for his work in the doom metal band Candlemass.-1984-1985:...
  
   - vocals
• Mats Björkman - rhythm guitar
• Lars Johansson - lead guitar
• Jan Lindh
  Jan Lindh
  Jan Lindh is a Swedish musician, drummer of doom metal band Candlemass. He has left and rejoined Candlemass three times: he joined the band in 1987 and stayed with them until their first breakup in 1994, then briefly rejoined in 2002 and again in 2004....
  
   - drums

• Thomas Cole
  Thomas Cole
  Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century...
  
   - cover art

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
1989	Ancient Dreams	#174