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Tiamat's debut still shines today

Leaf | 08/23/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is TIAMAT's first Album ( it wasn't released after Wildhoney, the other one that made a review thinks this way proberbly because the DIGIPACK-EDITION was released after Wildhoney ). It shows that Johan Elund ( aka Hellslaughter ) and .... ( aka JUCK???? ) were a great band from the beginning of their career. Sure, if you think that this sounds like Wildhoney or even Clouds you are certainly wrong. You can hear the influences of swedish-death-metal throughout the whole record ( Entombed and so on ) but Tiamat manged to set themselves apart with their ability of deep and dark songwriting. "Nocturnal Funeral", "Apothesis of Morbidity"(killah song title) "Where the Serpents ever dwell", "Evilized" (contains a bar piano!) and "The Mallicious Paradise" are my favorites on this album. Johan mostly growls like any deathmetal singer should, but even on this early release, he gives his voice a dark intensity, Glenn Benton wouldn't dare to dream of. Listen to him whisper the chorus of "The Mallicious Paradise" or desperately scream the semi-accustic part in "Nocturnal Funeral" and you will agree. This album has it's own dark and grim charme and that special taste most modern black-metal releases lack. The music sounds sinister and through the sound quality is terrible, it delivers more darkness than any other DM Album I have heard. If you are a fan of Tiamat than I think you should at least have heard this album. P.S. Why hasn't that DIGIPACK the orginal coverartwork. It was one of the most beautiful they ever had! People don't know what art is...."