The Best of Candlemass: As It Is, as It Was is a compilation album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass. It consists of tracks from the first five studio albums, a live album and a couple of EPs. This compilation was released after their "unofficial" break up.
Track listings All songs by Leif Edling, except "The End of Pain" by Edling/Lars Johansson. Disc one "Solitude" – 5:36 "Bewitched" – 6:39 "Dying Illusion" – 5:49 "Demons Gate" – 9:11 "Mirror Mirror" (live) – 5:30 "Samarithan" – 5:29 "Into the Unfanthomed Tower" – 3:04 "Bearer of Pain" – 7:24 "Where the Runes Still Speak" – 8:39 "At the Gallows End" – 5:46 "Mourner's Lament" – 6:08
Disc two "A Tale of Creation" – 6:54 "Ebony Throne" – 4:23 "Under the Oak" – 6:00 "Well of Souls" (live) – 5:23 "Dark Are the Veils of Death" – 4:04 "Darkness in Paradise" – 6:48 "The End of Pain" – 4:23 "Sorcerer's Pledge" – 10:13 "Solitude" (12" version) – 5:47 "Crystal Ball" (12" Version) – 5:27 "Bullfest" (93 Swedish Party Single) – 3:14
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