Candlemass deliver the same kind of quality, riff-driven epic Trad Doom as always. Again with Messiah's intense vocal prowess, the album retains the sound from Nightfall. Ancient Dreams tends to be seen as a drop in quality, but I instead see it as a trade off of sorts. There is no doubt that Ancient Dreams fails to deliver the same highs as Nightfall; however, it also does away with any sort of filler material, which dragged Nightfall down a bit. What remains is an extremely consistent album where every song is of equal quality - an odd exception being the title track, who's riffs are just odd, and Messiah's vocals don't really play off them well.
01 Mirror Mirror 02 A Cry From The Crypt 03 Darkness In Paradise 04 Incarnation Of Evil 05 Bearer Of Pain 06 Ancient Dreams 07 The Bells Of Acheron 08 Epistle No. 81 09 Black Sabbath Medley