Sumerian Cry

Sumerian Cry
Studio album by Tiamat
Publication (s)	1990
admission	October 14-29, 1989
Label (s)	CMFT, metalcore
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	Black metal , death metal
Title (number)	10
running time	43:59
occupation	Hellslaughter : rhythm and lead guitar , vocals Juck: electric bass Emetic: lead and rhythm guitar Najse: drums
production	Tiamat
Studio (s)	Sunlight Studio
chronology - Sumerian Cry The Astral Sleep (1991)

Sumerian Cry is the debut album by the Swedish metal band Tiamat .

Emergence

Some of the songs were written when the members involved were still active under the name Treblinka . In 1989 Emetic and Najse Auschwitzer left Treblinka to concentrate on their other band Expulsion, while Hellslaughter continued to operate under the new name Tiamat. However, both were still involved in the recording of the debut. While Daniel Ekeroth is talking about a name change and the former member Juck also sees it that way, Megalomaniac Productions called Treblinka Edlund's first band, and Edlund himself said that Treblinka had nothing to do with Tiamat. Some tracks recorded under the name Treblinka were re-recorded for Tiamat's debut album Sumerian Cry . The recordings took place in October 1989 in the Sunlight studio and were paid for by the band themselves. Sumerian Cry is the first album of the Swedish death metal scene recorded in the Sunlight studio before the classics by Entombed and Carnage , but remained unreleased until April 1990 and, in contrast to the later typical Sunlight recordings, was produced by the band itself . The band was "ripped off" by CMFT.

Track list

1. Intro - Sumerian Cry (Part 1) - 0:57
2. In the Shrines of the Kingly Dead - 4:09
3. The Malicious Paradise - 4:28
4. Necrophagios Shadows - 4:35
5. Apothesis of Morbidity - 6:05
6. Nocturnal Funeral - 4:05
7. Altar Flame - 4:30
8. Evilized - 5:00
9. Where the Serpents Ever Dwell / Outro - Sumerian Cry (Part 2) - 6:08
10. The Sign of the Pentagram - 3:54

Music style and lyrics

The album is very different from most contemporary Swedish bands and didn't sound like Entombed or Carnage, nor did it sound like Merciless . Basically, Sumerian Cry continues Treblinka's path. Musically it is "definitely Death Metal, with a meaty sound and Edlund's deep, growling vocals ". The appearance of the band, the resulting atmosphere and the “dark and mysterious lyrics” bring the band close to Black Metal ; for Ekeroth, however, “any atmosphere that could have been created is ruined by the blues passage and ridiculous cartoon sampling at the end of the record . Back then, metal was about fun. ”The style is primitive, as Hellslaughter himself said.

Reviews

Frank Albrecht described the album in Rock Hard magazine as "catastrophically produced" and the songs as "only rudimentarily audible, the lyrics mega embarrassing and the drumming downright ridiculous". After the release of two new songs on the sampler Eyes of Death , "the name of the band is dragged in the dirt by releasing this disc", and the album reflects "nowhere near the current standards of this Swedish formation". In his review of the follow-up The Astral Sleep , he wrote that the band “couldn't get much worse than on their debut album 'Sumerian Cry' […]”, but the follow-up was a “real surprise” and he got off the band "a long groove of this caliber [...] now by no means expected". In Slayer - Fanzine , however, the LP was described as great. According to Ekeroth, the album shows the band's limited talent, who couldn't have played more precisely, but he and others on the scene would have loved the album and respected Tiamat. In 2009 Rock Hard added the album to its list of "250 Black Metal Albums To Know".

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Daniel Ekeroth: Swedish Death Metal . Second edition. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 150, accessed November 7, 2012.
2. ↑ David Leslie: Before Tiamat, there was Treblinka. Beyond the Dark Horizon, July 17, 2009; archived from the original on January 2, 2013 ; accessed on November 7, 2012 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Church of TIAMAT ( Memento from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 7, 2012.
4. ^ ^{A b c d} Daniel Ekeroth: Swedish Death Metal . Second edition. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, pp. 161f., Accessed November 7, 2012.
5. ^ ^{A b} Daniel Ekeroth: Swedish Death Metal . Second edition. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 163, accessed November 7, 2012.
6. ^ Frank Albrecht: Tiamat . Sumerian Cry . In: Rock Hard , No. 52, accessed November 7, 2012.
7. ^ Frank Albrecht: Tiamat . The Astral Sleep . In: Rock Hard , No. 54, accessed November 7, 2012.
8. ↑ Tiamat . In: Slayer , No. 8, 1991, p. 6.
9. ↑ 250 Black Metal Albums That You Should Know . In: Rock Hard , No. 269, October 2009, p. 75.