More epic doom descends from the fiery zenith as Sweden' finest set out another untouchable stall that weighs a ton and leaves holes in the ground. I'm still preferring the majestic 'Ancient Dreams' and Messiah's frowns, but this is still essential gloom under the plodding riffage and occasional Sabbath leanings, but this is more poetic in its darkness, often reflected in the bands album covers, being old paintings. Candlemass have cast dark shadows for some time now, conjuring images of rain-soaked castles and murky depths, their stoneface noise often bold and beautiful and soaring above a genre that offers way too many stale old wizards.
Finest moments here being 'The Well Of Souls', 'Bewitched' and 'Samarithan'.
8/10
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