This punishing live album originally released in 2010 captures the original lineup of Swedish metalheads
Candlemass
in concert. The ten epic songs that make up the set list capture a cross section of the band's technical time-shifts and nearly prog-like metal workouts. Singer
Johan Laengquist
's theatrical, sometimes operatically influenced vocals push tracks like "Hammer of Doom" and the almost 12-minute micro-opus "A Sorcerer's Pledge." ~ Fred Thomas