Tales of Creation is the fourth album by 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...

 released in 1989 and reissued with bonus CD in 2001.

Some of the material from this album ("Dark Reflections", "Under the Oak", "Into the Unfathomed Tower", "Somewhere in Nowhere" and "A Tale of Creation") were originally recorded in 1985 by one of the earliest incarnations of Candlemass. "Under the Oak" is actually a remake of a song from their 1986 debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is the debut album of the Swedish Doom metal band Candlemass, released June 10, 1986 on Black Dragon Records. It was re-issued in 2003 with a bonus live CD...

. The cover art is a modified Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré

Paul Gustave Doré was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.-Biography:...

's work "The Creation of Light".

Tales of Creation was also the last to feature vocalist 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:...

 for 15 years until he (temporarily) came back.

Track listing

All songs 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. "The Prophecy" – 1:28
2. "Dark Reflections" – 5:06
3. "Voices in the Wind" – 0:15
4. "Under the Oak" – 6:00
5. "Tears" – 4:13
6. "Into the Unfathomed Tower" – 3:05
7. "The Edge of Heaven" – 6:25
8. "Somewhere in Nowhere" – 3:48
9. "Through the Infinitive Halls of Death" – 5:07
10. "Dawn" – 0:26
11. "A Tale of Creation" – 6:54

Bonus CD tracks

1. Dark Reflections (demo)
2. Under the Oak (demo)
3. Into the Unfathomed Tower (demo)
4. Somewhere in Nowhere (demo)
5. A Tale of Creation (demo)
6. Interview
7. Dark Reflections (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