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Title: Excellent follow-up to "Deeper Kind of Slumber".
Review: I first heard this band with their last album, and remember telling a friend to listen to how great the music was and forget about the annoying singer. On this new release, group leader Edlund uses his strange, baritone vocal style to much greater effect, on an album that improves upon their gothic, moody sound. Much more focused and better produced than the last album, Skeletron should appeal to anybody into the Type O Negative/Eurogoth scene. The album goes from heavy, guitar-oriented riffing to moody keyboard intervals, usually in the same song. I could have done without their Rolling Stones cover (although it's better than most cover songs) and with the loss of their lead guitarist, the guitar solos are basically non-existent. Nevertheless, Tiamat have produced an excellent, mature album with a style much their own. That in itself makes it better than 90% of all the other crappy hard rock/metal out there now. Worth a listen!
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