Tiamat - Clouds (1992) [Original Japanese Pressing] Re-up

Posted By : Shar'EmAll | Date : 07 Feb 2012 12:34:00 | Comments : 1 |

Tiamat is a Gothic metal band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. Their music has been the subject of debate, utilizing subgenres like death metal, black metal, progressive, death/doom metal, and gothic metal, while incorporating their music with ethnic and experimental elements.

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The 1992 album Clouds was another major step in the quick sonic evolution of Tiamat, as the band continued to scale back their death metal roots while pursuing more conventional song structures. Songwriting contributions from new bassist Johnny Hagel take some of the load off vocalist Johan Edlund, whose improving English-speaking skills and raspy but clear intonations finally let listeners appreciate his esoteric lyrics. Every song on Clouds is distinct in its own way, but it doesn't get much better than "In a Dream" and "The Sleeping Beauty," both of which combine delicate acoustic guitars with crushing riffs and atmospheric keyboards. These same elements are mixed and matched in surprising fashion on "Smell of Incense," "The Scapegoat," and "Forever Burning Flames." The epic "Undressed" closes the album with similar inventiveness and points toward the future.

-- Review by Eduardo Rivadavia, allmusic com

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Tracklist:

01. In A Dream
02. Clouds
03. Smell Of Incense
04. A Caress Of Stars
05. The Sleeping Beauty
06. Forever Burning Flames
07. The Scapegoat
08. Undressed

Produced by Woldemar Sorychta. Engineered by Siggy Bemm.

- Johan Edlund: Vocal, Guitar
- Thomas Petersson: Guitars
- Johnny Hagel: Bass
- Kenneth Roos: Keyboards
- Niklas Ekstrand: Drums

Original non-remastered Japanese 1st pressed CD.
Manafactured in December 1994 by Teichiku Records Co. Ltd. Japan.
All thanks goes to the original ripper!