Tales of Creation

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

Some of the material from this album ("Dark Reflections", "Under the Oak", "Into the Unfathomed Tower", "Somewhere in Nowhere" and "A Tale of Creation") was 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 version of Gustave Doré's "The Creation of Light."

Tales of Creation was also the last Candlemass album to feature vocalist Messiah Marcolin until he returned for the self-titled album in 2005.

Personnel

 * Candlemass
 * Messiah Marcolin - vocals
 * Lars "Lasse" Johansson - lead guitars
 * Mats "Mappe" Björkman - rhythm guitars
 * Leif Edling - bass
 * Jan Lindh - drums


 * Additional musicians
 * Jim Bachman - narration
 * Jay Larssen - narration


 * Production
 * Mats Lindfors - producer, mixing
 * Micke Mårtensson - artwork, layout