Candlemass "Ancient Dreams (France, Active Records, CDATV 7)"

Ancient Dreams is the third album of Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, 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, second in his series, "The Voyage of Life", entitled "Youth". Ancient Dreams was the first Candlemass album to chart in the US, debuting at No. 174 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

"Epistle 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."

The band were not happy with the album's sound mix for which they blamed their then record label. The band felt that the album production had been rushed in order to have the LP released in time for their US tour.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leif Edling except where noted.

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" (Carl Michael Bellman, arr. Edling) 4:37
9. "Black Sabbath Medley" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) 6:14

Total length: 58:31

The Black Sabbath medley consists of: "Symptom of the Universe", "Sweet Leaf", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Into the Void", "Electric Funeral", "Supernaut", and "Black Sabbath", in that order.

Recorded at Nacka Recording House, August 1988.

Mixed at Montezuma Recording.

Mastered at Polar Studios.