Tales of Creation
| Tales of Creation | ||||
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| Released | 25 September 1989 | |||
| Recorded | June–July 1989 | |||
| Studio | Stockholm Recording, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Epic doom metal | |||
| Length | 42:43 | |||
| Label | Music for Nations (UK)
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10 |
Tales of Creation is the fourth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass released on 25 September 1989. It was 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.