Tales Of Creation - Candlemass

Perhaps sensing that the niche they were progressively carving with each album would prove too difficult to climb out of before long, Candlemass began to diversify its approach, to a small but significant degree in this final album of the decade, and of the band's classic period. Opening with an objective spoken word introduction over a guitar overture, it's clear that the band is experimenting with new ideas here, and though the subsequent 'Dark Reflections' is similar to their earlier album openers, it's still surprisingly fast and energetic for this band, though its one drawback is that Messiah Marcolin's chorus performance is perhaps a little too sing-song ...  Read the complete review