The Candlelight Years

The Candlelight Years
Box set by Opeth
Released	June 28, 2008 (2008-06-28)
Recorded	1992–1997
Genre	Progressive black metal, Progressive death metal
Length	184:15
Label	Candlelight
Producer	Opeth, Dan Swanö, Fredrik Nordström, Anders Fridén
Opeth chronology
Watershed (2008) The Candlelight Years (2008) The Wooden Box (2009)

The Candlelight Years is an Opeth box set compiling their first three albums Orchid, Morningrise, and My Arms, Your Hearse, originally released on Candlelight Records.^[1] Although the albums have been released (and even re-released) before, this was the first time they have been collected in one set. It also marks the first time the albums were released in Japan.

The box set was released on June 28, 2008, and is presented in fold-out digipak packaging. This edition was limited to 2000 copies. The set was re-released on August 25, 2009, in a standard 3-disc jewel casing.

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
8. "Into the Frost of Winter" (bonus demo track) – 6:20

Morningrise

1. "Advent" (Mikael Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren) – 13:45
2. "The Night and the Silent Water" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 11:00
3. "Nectar" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 10:09
4. "Black Rose Immortal" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 20:14
5. "To Bid You Farewell" (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 10:57
6. "Eternal Soul Torture" (bonus demo track) (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren) – 8:35

My Arms, Your Hearse

1. "Prologue" (Opeth) – 1:01
2. "April Ethereal" (Opeth) – 8:41
3. "When" (Opeth) – 9:14
4. "Madrigal" (Opeth) – 1:26
5. "The Amen Corner" (Opeth) – 8:43
6. "Demon of the Fall" (Opeth) – 6:13
7. "Credence" (Opeth) – 5:26
8. "Karma" (Opeth) – 7:52
9. "Epilogue" (Opeth) – 3:59
10. "Circle of the Tyrants" (bonus Celtic Frost cover) (Celtic Frost) – 5:12
11. "Remember Tomorrow" (bonus Iron Maiden cover) (Iron Maiden) – 5:00

Personnel

Orchid and Morningrise

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

My Arms, Your Hearse

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
• Peter Lindgren – guitar
• Martin Lopez – drums
• Fredrik Nordström – engineering, production, Hammond organ (on "Epilogue")
• Anders Fridén – co-production

References