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Rating: A lot of water has flowed under the bridges since the black beginnings. This album marks the definitive consecration of Tiamat as one of the leading exponents of current Gothic Rock. Do not be fooled by the album's name; Edlund and company, in fact, besides abandoning the black atmospheres of their early days, have also definitively set aside the anti-religious and particularly anti-Christian rancor, shifting quite a bit and targeting their invectives against the church as an institution, which they claim, is created by men at the expense of other men.
Leaving aside Johan Edlund's philosophy, the mind and singer of Tiamat, musically, in my opinion, Tiamat with this "Judas Christ" have reached full maturity. The novelty compared to previous albums is that from listening, a more positive and fresh atmosphere overall is evident both musically and lyrically. The decadent sounds have not been completely abandoned and find their place in songs like "The Return of the Son of Nothing" and "So Much For Suicide". The peaks of this album, in the opinion of the writer, are to be found in those songs from which the new course of Tiamat emerges, namely in the hit "Vote For Love", written by Edlund himself to leave a positive image of himself for posterity, in "Angel Holograms" with its rhythmic and determined riff, "Spine" and "I am in Love With Myself", songs in which Edlund's vocal tone excels (very similar to that of Andrew Eldritch). The album closes with two splendid ballads, "Heaven Of High" and "Too Far Gone", very sweet and lighthearted songs.
In conclusion, an excellent album for those like myself who miss bands like Sisters of Mercy, of which, in my humble opinion, Tiamat are the most worthy successors.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 The Return of the Son of Nothing (04:58)
The warrior went back to Rome
The nomads settled for solid homes
The crusader returned to heathen
The snake searched for garden of Eden
The manikin went back in her cocoon
And NASA flew back to the moon
The great white returned to the coral reef
As the geisha stepped up on a water lily leaf
Everything was like before
And the pharaohs killed the first born son
Good lord Jesus Christ went back to his whore
The whore went back to Babylon
The pope went back on the dole
And Santa flew back to the northpole
Judas went back to Nazareth
And the president back in his jet
The raven flew back to Hades
And the shemales went back to the eighties
The dandy went back to Perth
And the dead went straight back to birth
02 So Much for Suicide (04:22)
We've been soaked in acid
always praised the downfall
the sound of cadent wings
it's a wonder we're standing tall
but in the truth of the morning glory
and the fear in our wishing well
we're on to another story
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
We are white zombies
chained to our own demise
decades of sleepwalking
no light's shining in out eyes
we've painted all doors bible black
Wir haben niemals kampflos aufgegeben
If there's light we'll claim it back
Time to clime it back....
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
03 Vote for Love (04:49)
We've been soaked in acid
Always praised the downfall
With the sound of cadent wings
It's a wonder we're standing tall
But in the truth of the morning glory
And the fear in our wishing well
We're on to another story
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
We are white zombies
Chained to our own demise
Decades of sleepwalking
No light's shining in out eyes
We've painted all doors bible black
Wir haben niemals kampflos aufgegeben
If there's light we'll claim it back
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
It's about time we all get out and vote for love
Time to claim it back
Time to claim it back
05 Fireflower (03:46)
You're only but so is the desolate one
You're drowning but so was the first born son
I'll soak you in fire, fill your black holes
And free your soul
Always cold outside
And it's freezing inside
Into the fire we ride
A shortcut out of the white
Until we're stitched to the night
Our faith our light
You're standing still but spinning around the sun
You're flying with your feet still on the ground
You're pray in this world, it's eating you
And that's what I'll do
12 Too Far Gone (04:50)
I've been through all of this a million times before
seems all my demons got me knocking on hell's door
I know it's too late to regret what I have done
but I still love you like the morning loves the sun
Too far gone to see the light
and I will never ever leave this place alive...
Too far gone to see the light
no I will never ever leave this place alive...
I guess it's fair to say that this round is on me
caribbean blue has turned to blackest misery
I've put a velvet cloth on everything we've done
but I still love you like a bullet loves the gun
Too far gone to see the light
and I will never ever leave this place alive...
Too far gone to see the light
and I will never ever leave this place alive...
Too far gone to see the light
and I will never ever leave this place alive...
Too far gone to see the light
no I will never ever leave this place alive...
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