Without question, my favourite Candlemass record, a must have on vinyl due not only to its wistful artwork, but the sheer weight of its riffs. This is pure doom, possibly an acquired taste as Messiah Marcolin's operatic vocals soar above the slo-mo laments, but this is unique, a smooth almost beautiful brand of epic doom metal, original and as atmospheric as some old crumbling monastery. 'Darkness In Paradise', 'Bearer Of Pain' and 'A Cry From The Crypt' just some of the mournful juggernauts on offer, shrouded in more fog than an autumn churchyard, the bells droning out across the ruins, black figures floating from the crevices. Candlemass were always different, never intent on rehashing old Sabbath riffs but instead romancing the eardrums with epic records such as this.
8.5/10
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