Tiamat "Skeleton Skeletron (Japan, Victor Entertainment, VICP-60886)"

Skeleton Skeletron is the sixth studio album from Swedish band Tiamat.

Following A Deeper Kind of Slumber, the band took a less ambiguous direction to their style, utilizing a Gothic rock sound but with various atmospheric soundscapes/effects and female background vocals added in.

"Church of Tiamat" (Track #1) is also the name of the band's official website.

The end of the song "As Long as You Are Mine" includes a quote of the opening of French poet Jean de La Fontaine's fable Le Loup et l’Agneau (The Wolf and the Lamb). The end of the song "Lucy" contains a popular sample from the 1957 science-fiction film The Brain from Planet Arous.

Track listing

Skeleton Skeletron

1. "Church of Tiamat" 4:52
2. "Brighter Than the Sun" 4:08
3. "Dust Is Our Fare" 5:02
4. "To Have and Have Not" 5:09
5. "For Her Pleasure" 5:03
6. "Diyala" 1:25
7. "Sympathy for the Devil" (Rolling Stones cover) 5:20
8. "Best Friend Money Can Buy" 4:35
9. "As Long as You Are Mine" 4:40
10. "Lucy" 5:17
11. "Children of the Underworld"    4:51

Total length  50:06  

The lyrics to "Best Friend Money Can Buy" are partly based on Rudyard Kipling's "Thorkild’s Song".

A video was made for 'Brighter than the Sun'. The girl in that video is Nicole Bolley, who also provides additional vocals on the album.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Woodhouse Studios.

Additional recordings at Studio Wildhoney and Element Studios.