"Amanethes", the new album from
TIAMAT, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 69. As previously reported, the CD also landed on the Swedish chart at No. 13 —
TIAMAT's highest-ever chart entry in its home country.
"Amanethes" has received rave reviews in Sweden, with the major newspaper
Expressen calling it "a perfect album" and giving it a rare top rating. On
Kritiker.se, a web site that compiles album reviews in the biggest Swedish magazines,
"Amanathes" is the highest-rated release among all national and international LPs.
"Amanethes" was produced by
TIAMAT mainman
Johan Edlund, and was recorded mainly at
The Mansion in Greece, with additional recordings taking place at
Studio Mega in Sweden and
Cue in Greece. The album was mixed and mastered by
Siggi Bemm in
Woodhouse Studios, Germany in January 2008.
The digipack version of
"Amanethes" contains the exclusive bonus track
"Thirst Snake".
TIAMAT's last studio album,
"Prey", was released in 2003 through
Century Media.
In other news,
TIAMAT bassist
Anders Iwers will sit out some of the group's upcoming festival dates due to the birth of his second child. Replacing
Anders for the first two shows will be
Jesper Sklarin from
FINGERSPITZENGEFĂśHL.
TIAMAT has been confirmed for
Artmania Festival 2008, set to take place July 18-19 in Sibiu, Romania.
Watch
TIAMAT performing
"To Have and Have Not" in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2007:
