The Astral Sleep | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Tiamat |
Cover: | Tiamat - The Astral Sleep.jpg |
Released: | September 1, 1991 |
Genre: | Blackened death metal,[1] gothic metal[2] |
Length: | 48:38 |
Label: | Century Media |
Producer: | Waldemar Sorychta |
Prev Title: | Sumerian Cry |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | Clouds |
Next Year: | 1992 |
The Astral Sleep is the second studio album from Tiamat. It marks their debut on longtime label, Century Media Records. This album was reissued in 2006 with two tracks from A Winter Shadow single, released in 1990.
Musically, this album blends the death metal style of Tiamat's debut album with gothic metal elements. Lyrically, this album features a mixture of Satanism with introspective and esoteric themes.
Notes
All keyboards on this album by Jonas Malmsten.Additional guitar solo on "Ancient Entity" by Waldemar Sorychta.