Band:	Tiamat
Album:	A Deeper Kind Of Slumber
Style:	Atmospheric gothic metal
Release date:	1997

01. Cold Seed
02. Teonanacatl
03. Trillion Zillion Centipedes
04. The Desolate One
05. Atlantis As A Lover
06. Alteration X 10
07. Four Leary Biscuits
08. Only In My Tears It Lasts
09. The Whores Of Babylon
10. Kite
11. Phantasma De Luxe
12. Mount Marilyn
13. A Deeper Kind Of Slumber

The sound pathways that Tiamat chose to walk with "A Deeper Kind of Slumber" is a beautiful marriage of gothic and psychedelic rock influences. Keeping the emotional charge and a bit of the sound of gothic rock (even on the cover of the album Johan Edlund reminds of the well-known picture of Rozz Williams, former of the legendary death rock band Christian Death, holding withering flowers) enriching it with many psychedelic rock influences and ideas Tiamat create a dreamy atmospheric album. Deeply emotional and utterly filled with inspiration, "A Deeper Kind Of Slumber" won't let you down but for sure will accompany you through many sleepless nights with its serene esoteric atmosphere.

"A Deeper Kind of Slumber" opens in an appropriate with "Cold Seed", a calm composition with heavier/groovier moments when we reach the refrain, to slowly reach the utterly emotional "Teonanacatl". Beautiful-sounding guitar chords accompanying Edlund's serene descriptive voice can easily make you cry with its heart-rending melodies; "if you begin to fall please have some more, you could stay at my place if you want, I'll sleep on the floor". The album continues with "Trillion Zillion Centipedes" which is somehow a continuation of the previous composition with some effects and guitar chords accompanying Edlund's whispering recites.

The album flows with "The Desolate", a trip-hop influenced composition moving in low-tempo paths to slowly reach "Atlantis as a Lover" continuing the album in slow psychedelic rock experimentations making you lose yourself in the calmness of the serene soundscapes this composition evokes. The journey in an endless sea of emotions goes on with "Alteration X 10". Johan's tranquil voice echos in the room evoking melancholic visions as the mourning guitar chords and the inspired riffing accompany him. An instrumental composition, "Four Leary Biscuits", follows moving in interesting oriental rhythms to let the album continue with "Only In My Tears It Lasts", a trip-hop influenced song with psychedelic rock paintings through its whole duration and Edlund's calm voice.

And the album goes on with "The Whores of Babylon", another experimental composition based on some synth-born melodies and electro effects to reach "Kite", an utterly tranquil violin-based song that makes you dream with its bittersweet sound to calmly lead to "Phantasma De Luxe", a beautiful-sounding dreamy composition based for one more time on some effects pacing with the whole tranquil atmosphere, sweet-sounding guitar chords and Morpheus' sweet lullaby, Edlund's voice. "Mount Marilyn" continues the album in the same tranquil mood and the guitar chords in combination with Edlund's voice are enough to make you dream, make you fall in a sweet reverie as the Pink Floydish ideas float in the air for about ten minutes that seem like an ocean of memories to reach, as you slowly fall asleep in the arms of an angel, "A Deeper Kind Of Slumber" to reach forgotten memories, fading dreams, crystal tears that paced with the ocean as the calm guitar chords accompany the dreamy interpretation of Edlund that slowly makes you fall in the friendly waters of an ocean of lovely dreams and make you want to stay there? Forever?

If you like esoteric albums straight from a human fragile heart and you love traveling into the dreamy paths of the soul then you shouldn't miss "A Deeper Kind Of Slumber". The title says it all, you will fall into "a deeper kind of slumber" where dreams will overrun you seeming more vivid than ever. Open the gateway to your dreams?