A Deeper Kind of Slumber
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Deeper Kind of Slumber
| type = studio
| artist = Tiamat
| cover = Tiamat - A Deeper Kind of Slumber.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|1997|04|22}}
| recorded = January–March 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Gothic rock
| length = 59:57
| label = Century Media
| producer = Dirk Draeger, Johan Edlund
| prev_title = Wildhoney
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Skeleton Skeletron
| next_year = 1999
}}
A Deeper Kind of Slumber is the fifth studio album from Swedish band Tiamat. Featuring female background vocals by Birgit Zacher (Moonspell, Angel Dust) and experimentation with a variety of influences, the album marked the group's first complete withdrawal from both death metal and conventional heavy metal, following their 1994 release, Wildhoney. It was also the first production after their relocation to Germany, and was written almost entirely by founder/lead songwriter Johan Edlund. Much of the music had reflected on Edlund's personal relationship with drugs, creative differences within the band as well as an interpersonal relationship.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = A Deeper Kind of Slumber
| total_length = 59:57
| title1 = Cold Seed
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Teonanacatl
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Trillion Zillion Centipedes
| length3 = 1:29
| title4 = The Desolate One
| length4 = 3:44
| title5 = Atlantis as a Lover
| length5 = 5:28
| title6 = Alteration X 10
| length6 = 5:09
| title7 = Four Leary Biscuits
| length7 = 4:03
| title8 = Only in My Tears it Lasts
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = The Whores of Babylon
| length9 = 3:52
| title10 = Kite
| length10 = 2:04
| title11 = Phantasma De Luxe
| length11 = 4:58
| title12 = Mount Marilyn
| length12 = 10:33
| title13 = A Deeper Kind of Slumber
| length13 = 5:47
}}
Credits
=Tiamat=
- Johan Edlund – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, theremin, co-production
- Thomas Petersson – electric and acoustic guitars
- Anders Iwers – bass guitar
- Lars Sköld – drums
=Additional personnel=
- The Inchtabokatables – violin, cello
- Sami Yli-Sirniö – sitar
- Ertugrul Coruk – flute
- Anke Eilhardt – Oboe
- Birgit Zacher – additional vocals
- Dirk Draeger – keyboards, engineering, production
- Siggi Bemm – engineering, mixing, mastering
Charts
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| Chart (1997)
!Peak |
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| Swedish Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Tiamat&cat=a|title=Swedish Charts|accessdate=4 April 2011}}
| style="text-align:center;"|39 |
References
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Category:Symphonic rock albums
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