Candlemass "Tales Of Creation (2005 Reissue, Remastered, Enhanced CD, USA, Candlelight Records USA, CDL0261CD)"

Tales of Creation is the fourth album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass released in 1989 and reissued in 2001 with a bonus CD.

Concept album, about a man who falls asleep under an oak tree and dreams about the journey of life.

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. The cover art is a modified Gustave Doré's work "The Creation of Light".

Tales of Creation was also the last to feature vocalist Messiah Marcolin for 15 years until he (temporarily) came back.

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. The Prophecy 01:27   
2. Dark Reflections 05:06   
3. Voices in the Wind 00:14  
4. Under the Oak 06:00  
5. Tears 04:13
6. Into the Unfathomed Tower 03:04
7. The Edge of Heaven 06:25  
8. Somewhere in Nowhere 03:47
9. Through the Infinitive Halls of Death 05:07
10. Dawn 00:25   
11. A Tale of Creation 06:55

Time:  42:43  

Disc 2

1. Dark Reflections (Demo) 03:21  
2. Under the Oak (Demo) 07:44  
3. Into the Unfathomed Tower (Demo) 03:10  
4. Somewhere in Nowhere (Demo) 04:37  
5. A Tale of Creation (Demo) 05:55  
6. Interview 19:29  

Time:  44:16

Enhanced content:

- Dark Reflections (Live Video)

Disc 1 track 6 is sub divided as follows:

Pt.I Dance of the Fay

Pt.II Magic/Entering the Tower

Pt.III Dance of the Fay (Reprise)

Pt.IV Souls Flight

Pt.V Towards the Unknown

Pt.VI Choir of Angels

Pt.VII Outside the Gates of Heaven

Disc 2:

6. An interview with Leif Edling, Messiah Marcolin and Lars Johansson.

Recording information:

Recorded at Stockholm Recording, June / July 1989.

Enhanced content recorded live at Fryshuset, Stockholm 1999.