The Candlelight Years

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The Candlelight Years
Box set by Opeth
Released	June 28, 2008
Recorded	1994-1997
Genre	Progressive death metal
Length	65:31, 66:06, 52:38
Label	Candlelight Records
Producer	Opeth Dan Swano Fredrik Nordstrom Anders Friden
Opeth chronology
Watershed (2008) The Candlelight Years (2008) N/A

The Candlelight Years is an upcoming Opeth boxset compiling their first three albums Orchid, Morningrise and My Arms, Your Hearse, originally released on Candlelight Records. Although the albums have been released (and even re-released) before, this is the first time they have been collected. It also marks the first time the albums will be released in Japan. The set will be released on June 28, 2008 and is presented in fold-out digipak packaging.

[edit] Track listing

Orchid

1. "In Mist She Was Standing" (Mikael Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren) – 14:09
2. "Under the Weeping Moon" (Åkerfeldt) – 9:52
3. "Silhouette" (Anders Nordin) – 3:07
4. "Forest of October" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 13:04
5. "The Twilight Is My Robe" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 11:03
6. "Requiem" (Åkerfeldt, Nordin) – 1:11
7. "The Apostle in Triumph" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 13:01

Morningrise

1. "Advent" – 13:45
2. "The Night and the Silent Water" – 11:00
3. "Nectar" – 10:09
4. "Black Rose Immortal" – 20:14
5. "To Bid You Farewell" – 10:57

My Arms, Your Hearse

1. "Prologue" – 1:01
2. "April Ethereal" – 8:41
3. "When" – 9:14
4. "Madrigal" – 1:26
5. "The Amen Corner" – 8:43
6. "Demon of the Fall" – 6:13
7. "Credence" – 5:26
8. "Karma" – 7:52
9. "Epilogue" – 3:59

[edit] Personnel

Orchid

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar
• Peter Lindgren – guitar, acoustic guitar
• Johan DeFarfalla – bass, backing vocals
• Anders Nordin – drums, percussion, piano

Morningrise

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar
• Peter Lindgren – guitar, acoustic guitar
• Johan DeFarfalla – bass
• Anders Nordin – drums, percussion

My Arms, Your Hearse

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar, bass
• Peter Lindgren – guitar
• Martin Lopez – drums
• Fredrik Nordström – Engineer, Producer, Hammond Organ (in "Epilogue")
• Anders Friden – Co-Producer

v • d • e Opeth Mikael Åkerfeldt · Fredrik Åkesson · Martin Mendez · Martin Axenrot · Per Wiberg David Isberg · Andreas Dimeo · Kim Pettersson · Johan DeFarfalla · Stefan Guteklint · Mattias Ander · Nick Döring · Anders Nordin · Martin Lopez · Peter Lindgren Studio albums Orchid · Morningrise · My Arms, Your Hearse · Still Life · Blackwater Park · Deliverance · Damnation · Ghost Reveries · Watershed Other releases Apostle in Triumph · Lamentations · Opeth Box Set · The Roundhouse Tapes · The Candlelight Years Singles "The Drapery Falls" · "Still Day Beneath the Sun" · "The Grand Conjuration" · "Porcelain Heart" Related articles Discography · Bloodbath · Porcupine Tree