Amanethes

Amanethes
Studio album by Tiamat
Released May 2, 2008
Recorded The Mansion, Studio Mega and Cue[1]
Genre Gothic metal, extreme metal
Length 62:00, 67:00 (digipack edition)
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Johan Edlund[1]
Tiamat chronology
Prey
(2003)Prey2003		 Amanethes
(2008)		 The Scarred People
(2012)The Scarred People2012

Amanethes is the ninth studio album by Swedish gothic metal band Tiamat. It was released on May 2, 2008. The album was more positively received than Tiamat's previous releases, in part because of its more extreme metal sound similar to that of the band's early work.[2]

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Exclaim!unfavorable[4]

All tracks by Johan Edlund except "Amanes" (lyrics by J. Edlund, music by J. Edlund & A. Iwers)

  1. "The Temple of the Crescent Moon" – 5:33
  2. "Equinox of the Gods" – 4:35
  3. "Until the Hellhounds Sleep Again" – 4:07
  4. "Will They Come?" – 5:13
  5. "Lucienne" – 4:41
  6. "Summertime Is Gone" – 3:53
  7. "Katarraktis Apo Aima" – 2:43
  8. "Raining Dead Angels" – 4:18
  9. "Misantropolis" – 4:13
  10. "Amanitis" – 3:21
  11. "Meliae" – 6:11
  12. "Via Dolorosa" – 4:05
  13. "Circles" – 3:45
  14. "Amanes" – 5:30
  15. "Thirst Snake" (digipack bonus track) - 5:00[5]

Personnel

Additional vocals by Ireth & Katerina Papageorgiou.

Backing vocals by Johan Edlund, Thomas Wyreson & Ireth.

Outro vocals on "Equinox of the Gods" by Leopold Ozzy Wyreson.

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 13

References

  1. 1 2 "Amanethes". Church of Tiamat. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  2. ↑ Amanethes at AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012
  3. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Amanethes:Overivew". Allmusic. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Laura Wiebe (July 2008). "Aggressive Tendencies:Metal & Hardcore reviews". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - TIAMAT: 'Amanethes' Digipack To Include Bonus Track Archived 2008-03-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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