Tiamat - A Deeper Kind Of Slumber
Century Media  (1997)
Alternative Metal

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CD  59:57
13 tracks
   01   Cold Seed             03:51
   02   Teonanacatl             04:17
   03   Trillion Zillion Centipedes             01:29
   04   The Desulate One             03:43
   05   Atlantis As A Lover             05:27
   06   Alteration X 10             05:09
   07   Four Leary Bisquits             04:03
   08   Only In My Tears It Lasts             04:47
   09   The Whores Of Babylon             03:51
   10   Kite             02:03
   11   Phantasma De Luxe             04:57
   12   Mount Marilyn             10:33
   13   A Deeper Kind Of Slumber             05:47
Personal Details
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Country Sweden
Packaging Digipac
Recording Date 1997
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Notes
Date of US Release June 6, 1997 A Deeper Kind of Slumber moves Tiamat even farther away from traditional heavy metal, with synthesizers dominating the arrangements and Johan Edlund doing completely away with metal growling in favor of an unearthly croon. Although it's not very metallic, the music is quite heavy in its own way, creating a numb, sleepy ambience that feels both introverted and resignedly pessimistic; perhaps this is due to Edlund's conceiving the album at home with little outside input, and his relationship difficulties at the time. A Deeper Kind of Slumber is perhaps a cut below Wildhoney in terms of consistent listenability, but Tiamat certainly cannot be accused of refusing to develop or experiment.