epicus doomicus metallicus

• candlemass'in 1986 yılında çıkardığı mükemmel albüm:
  
  johan lanquist-vocals
  mats bjorkman-guitars
  leif edling-bass
  matz ekstrom-drums
  
  solitude
  demons gate
  crystal ball
  black stone wielder
  under the oak
  a sorcerer's pledge
• candlemass'in ilk albümü.
• doom metalin tanımıdır adeta bu albüm. her şarkısı ayrı güzel olsa da, solitude başka bir olaydır. johan lanquist de yine bu albümde vokal dersleri vermektedir. hatta nevermore'un mükemmel vokalisti warrel dane'in stilini nereden aldığı bu albümde görülebilir ki zaten kendisi de hep bu albümün t-shirt'üyle dolaşır.
• albümde yer alan under the oak daha sonra tales of creation albümünde tekrar çalinmistir.
• albümdeki şarkı sözleri şu şekildedir:
  
  solitude
  
  i'm sitting here alone in darkness
  waiting to be free,
  lonely and forlorn i'm crying
  i long for my time to come
  death means just life
  please let me die in solitude
  
  hate is my only friend
  pain is my father
  torment is delight to me
  death is my sanctuary
  i seek it with pleasure
  please let me die in solitude
  
  receive my sacrifice
  my lifeblood is exhausted
  no one gave love and understanding
  hear these words
  vilifiers and pretenders
  and please let me die in solitude
  earth to earth
  ashes to ashes
  dust to dustback to top
  
  demons gate
  
  beyond all nightmares i met my fate
  an ancient passage surrounded by hate
  scared i was with my hand on my cross
  i went into the demons gate
  across the styx among the mists of hades
  a gate of stones marks the path
  to soul's damnation and hell's wrath
  
  ancient evil is awaiting there
  at the doorstep to hell
  within it's darkness the demons dwell
  from the dark age the passage hail
  created by witchcraft and hate
  where every sinner will meet his fate
  
  the place is cursed by the hands of doom
  unholy powers in reign
  the devil's paradise of pain
  approach !
  the eibon opens for you
  the choirs of damnation, call you on through
  the twilight possesses, the heart of your soul
  the starlight is fading to black, into the
  demons gateback to top
  
  crystal ball
  
  black heart, your soul is min
  gaze into and the secrets you'll find
  just read the signs
  
  gaze into the crystal
  see what it tells
  it can bring you all fortune
  do you so well
  visions and dreams you can see in the
  crystal ball
  
  i saw the rainbows end
  i am raptured i cannot pretend
  i have found atlantis
  alisman of seth
  i have seen it all
  dreamt away through the crystal ball
  tell me more i want to know
  please hear my callback to top
  
  black stone wielder
  
  the rain kept on falling
  and darkened the sky
  the dawn was to come with the sunrise
  revealing the shadows
  that passed through the mist
  the torchlight was flickering, the storm
  was chasing them on
  
  a procession of dark coats
  followed the star
  foretold to come since ages
  in silence they walked on
  crossing the lands
  on their way to bethlehem, to break the
  chains of the spell
  stone, they worshipped the stone
  in generation from father to son
  a star, a star is to come
  to light them way to the one who is born
  the leader he knelt there
  to greet the newborn
  holding his pendant before him
  teardrops were falling from his eyes as he said
  
  take this stone and use it well don't do as i did long ago
  
  into the sundown he returned
  the moon was rising and heaven burned
  like shadows disappeared the men
  and the black stone wielders were never seen again
  stone, they wielded the stone
  in generation from father to son
  a star, a star is to come
  and light them the way to the one who is born
  
  they came across the western sea
  with powers greater than needed
  the wizards commanded the lightning
  every creature knelt in for their will
  but they wielded the black stone with evil
  and their evil was cast back on them
  condamned to praise god forever
  'til his son was born to deliverback to top
  
  under the oak
  
  ...deep was my anguish infor these words
  they froze my blood and changed my soul
  the master has spoken, the truth, not any lies
  the devil gives and evil takes
  the thing in life that man forsakes
  a throne in hell, a price or a sacrifice ?
  still the wind was blowing soft
  and gentle here under the oak
  which gave me shelter and rest infor my trial
  i'm not strong, weak is my mind
  a new beginning, where to find ?
  i'm the last one on earth, please forgive us our crime
  it was a time, when love was mine
  now it's time to sacrifice
  
  my heart, bleeding for my race
  the traces of mankind sweeped out
  by the hand of our lord
  i cried for the ones i lost
  midnight in paradise, grief
  away goes my hope
  i cried for the ones i lost
  
  hear my prayers
  climbing on the clouds above
  silent cry
  reach the inner halls of truth
  give me a sign !
  
  a crimson sky, bless my eyes
  up goes the sun, my time has comeback to top
  
  a sorcerer's pledge
  
  part i
  
  time stands still in these ancient halls
  only the castle itself can tell what it keeps
  dark are the secrets between these walls
  hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps
  
  where is the morning
  where is the sun
  thousand years of midnight
  the sunrise is gone
  an old man marked by a life so long
  
  is sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong
  waiting still for new times to come
  a thousands years to see if he has won
  
  where is the morning
  where is the sun
  a thousand years of midnight
  
  the sunrise is gone
  i
  what has he done ?
  why is he sleeping so long ?
  he wants to live for evermore
  
  soon is he young
  n will he open his eyes ?
  when he is strong enough to rule
  
  back in our time goes the legend
  of a sorcerer so old
  he drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn
  soon a tyrant will conquer
  so spoke the wise
  of the day when the sorcerer will rise
  
  blood is his wine
  the sorcerer is cheating on time
  and he'll be stronger than before
  
  cursed be the sun
  the women will weep for his fun
  in the name of his magic so strong
  
  part iii
  a thousand years have gone
  armageddon hasn't come
  only the cry of a child echoes in the dark
  wards goes time
  as the stars are passing by
  and nothing remains of this foolishman except his fate
• ağır atmosferik, süpersonik über bir albüm.
  
  bu albümden sonra candlemass çok başka diyarlara yelken açmıştır kanımca. messiah marcolin'e sonsuz saygı ve sevgi beslesem de, bu albüm ve johan langquist'in vokali bambaşka arkadaş. under the oak'ın gaz açılışı, demons gate'in aksak ritmi ve yarmış solosu&vokalleri, solitude'un verdiği duygular... anlatılmaz yaşanır bir albümdür bu. onlarca yıldır halen ilk günkü dinlediğim zevkle dinlediğim belki tek albüm.
  
  en harbi doom albüm. taş gibi, mermer gibi albüm.
• adı ne kadar kötüyse kendisi o kadar iyi olan albüm.
• çok fazla doom kültürüm yok lâkin, dünyanın en iyi doom albümüdür. aksini iddia eden varsa yeşillendirsin, dinleyeyim sözümü geri alırım belki.
• en sevdiğim ve kanımca gelmiş geçmiş en iyi doom metal albümüdür.candlemass'ın her saniyesi insanı büyüleyen, epik bir ağıtı.özellikle solitude ve sondaki kadın vokaliyle insanın içini parçalayan a sorcerer's pledge bu kasvetli albümü çok iyi yansıtıyor.
• 4 depresif necromancer tarafından yazılmış gibi albüm. muhteşem gitar melodileri ve vokal içerir