Clouds/The Sleeping Beauty [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Tiamat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HLB
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,435 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. In a Dream

2. Clouds

3. Smell of Incense

4. A Caress of Stars

5. The Sleeping Beauty

6. Forever Burning Flames

7. The Scapegoat

8. Undressed

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but check out Wildhoney first, October 28, 2000

By 

Lute Leigh (Ballarat, AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clouds/The Sleeping Beauty (Audio CD)

This album is a turning point for Tiamat. Although its still very death-metaly you can hear the subtle Floyd-like ambience/atmosphere throughout the album. Starting with the slow melodic acoutical intro, the song 'In a Dream' kicks in with a heavy riff. His vocals, (with a little help from the booklet,) become clearer with each listen. Unlike other death-metal bands you can understand what is being said. Through the album getting to the middle you get the best songs 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'A Caress of Stars', which are both acoustical, distorted, and atmospheric - which in turn lead to their greatest album 'Wildhoney'. Finally at the end you are left with a heart beat, not unlike Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. Anyone influenced by Pink Floyd are worth a look, and this is no exception.

For anyone who has heard Tiamat, through albums 'A Deeper Kind Of Slumber' or 'Skeleton Skeletron' and thought they were just okay (like myself) give 'Clouds' and 'Wildhoney' a chance, unless of course you are looking for straight hard-core metal, and not thinking-mans metal.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best CDs in my collection, May 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Clouds/The Sleeping Beauty (Audio CD)

And my collection is REALLY big; and not so bad as subject may suggest... If you've heard Tiamat is heavy/death meatal band, FORGET this! Go on, buy this one! And check out for other releases by Tiamat, one of the best bands out there!