Astral Sleep

Astral Sleep

Track Listings

1. Neon Aeon (Intro)

2. Lady Temptress

3. Mountain of Doom

4. Dead Boys' Choir

5. Sumerian Cry, Pt. 3

6. On Golden Wings

7. Ancient Entity

8. Southernmost Voyage

9. Angels Far Beyond

10. I Am the King (...Of Dreams)

11. Winter Shadow

12. Seal (Outro)

13. Winter Shadow

14. Ancient Entity

Tracks:

Neo Aion
Lady Temptress
Mountain Of Doom
Dead Boys Quire
Sumerian Cry (Part III)
On Golden Wings
Ancient Entity
The Southernmost Voyage
Angels Far Beyond
I Am The King (Of Dreams)
A Winter Shadow
The Seal (Outro)

Customer Reviews:

Back in a day Tiamat was a good band!!!.......2005-11-16

One of the greatest bands in early 90's. Tiamat was a black, death hybrid, and one of those rare bands that try to make a fussion on this styles in the 90's. Great album, recommended!! So stay away of the other releases!!!

Lord Morted.......2005-04-02

This is the begining of the future changes tiamat will go through.Tiamat secound ablum astral sleep is a wave of desructive death metal,But they stay oddly close to there once black metal roots.

Look back not forward with Tiamat.......2004-02-13

Having started putting out demos under the name Treblinka up until the first ep "Severe Abomination" (1989), Tiamat are, or rather were, one the first bands in death metal to succesfuly mature their sound by wihthout losign any brutality and showing off their melodic side as well.

Having only vaguely heard some of Tiamat's music with albums like Wildhoney, i had always wondered why they were somtimes lumped into the death/black/dark metal category with the other scandanavian greats. I had heard that Tiamat'a first three albums leaned more towards dark or death metal and that they had strayed from their roots on later releases. Feeling adventurous, i picked up The Astral Sleep and was impressed almost instantly. I might even be so bold as to suggest that people who don't really know black or death metal that much should start here instead of any Opeth album.

I think that this album contains enough diversity to be respected by the "rock" crowd and enough dark brutality to earn a well deserved place in every heavy music fan's collection. So if you heard Wildhoney and were looking for something less dramatic and more brutal and edgy to it, i strongly recommed The Astral Sleep.

I also suggest you buy their first three albums in this order: The Astral Sleep, Clouds, Sumerian Cry.

This band, sadly, is only a shadow of its former self. The beauty of Tiamat's music lies in their past, not their present catalogue, beware!

Awful.......2003-01-03

My first Tiamat album was Wildhoney which was brilliant, I then got a deeper kind of slumber which was a more polished and somber effort, not as classic as Wildhoney but still a great cd. I decided to track down some older Tiamat and got the astral sleep and I must say I was very very disappointed. I love heavy music of all kinds but this is just a sloppy, misguided mess. It's like they wrote the songs as they were playing them. They have no direction or guidance. The only song I can stand is lady temptress, the rest feels like someone is yelling at me for no reason and I just want them to shut up, luckily I can make them by hitting the stop button. This is just a very very bad annoying cd that will get very old in about 20 minutes. Save your money.

TIAMAT's First Signs of it's Transition.......2002-05-22

As one of their first Albums, "The Astral Sleep" can only be appreciated for what it is...Dark Metal. The metal is fast, & Edlund's vocals are brutal. But if you're a fan of ALL of TIAMAT'S work you can notice through hindsight, that this album shows the signs of the bands future plans. Along with many of the songs is the acustic guitar, and the atmospheric intro and outro that are made with the synthesizers. "Lady Temptress", & "Mountain of Doom" are great songs to point out on this album with the brutal vocals, subtle acustic riffs, and quick drum and guitar patterns. "I am the King of Dreams", and "A Winter Shadow", contain wonderful guitars, solo riffs, and lyrics(when identified), are found to be well-thought out. Of all the songs on this album I find "The Sounthernmost Voyage" the track which, stands out the most. The keyboards are very somber, the lyrics are wonderfully written, and Edlund sings with thoughtfulness. This isn't a dark metal song at all! This is the very song that one should pay attention to when looking at the progress and metamorphasis which, TIAMAT has undergone. As a TIAMAT fan, and a TOTAL fan at that, I truly appreciate all of their albums, both heavy and quick, or slow with sullen vocals. This is a wonderful album which takes us back to TIAMAT's earlier days. It is an important stepping stone in the band's history, which has led them to future records like: Wildhoney, A Deeper Kind of Slumber, and Judas Christ.

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Astral Sleep
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000K2Q90I
Release Date: 2006-11-28

Tracks:

Neon Aeon (Intro)
Lady Temptress
Mountain of Doom
Dead Boys' Choir
Sumerian Cry, Pt. 3
On Golden Wings
Ancient Entity
Southernmost Voyage
Angels Far Beyond
I Am the King (...Of Dreams)
Winter Shadow
Seal (Outro)
Winter Shadow
Ancient Entity

Album Description

Digitally remastered and expended reissue of this Swedish Heavy Metal band's 1991 release now featuring two additional bonus tracks: 'Winter Shadow' and 'Ancient Entity'. Century Media. 2006.

New Age Music For Relaxation And Meditation "Over 60 minutes of music Written & Performed by Michline Allaire - Alain Lemay

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New Age Music For Relaxation And Meditation "Over 60 minutes of music Written & Performed by Michline Allaire - Alain Lemay
Crystal Water , Whispering Winds , Shadow Dancing , Aurora , Tranquility , Dreams of Tomorrow , Skywalk , Crimson Waves , Lavender Blue , and Sea of Green / Mood Swings / Cosmic Meditation / Astral Sleep / Distant Shore
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000QQBKAM

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