Prey

by Tiamat

Overview

Tiamat mastermind Johan Edlund, on eighth album Prey, continues his obsession with mediocre, synth-driven goth rock, marking a logical progression from the atrocious 2002 effort Judas Christ. In other words, Prey isn't an embarrassment like its predecessor, but it's still a dull, plodding affair, and a distant cry from Tiamat's chilling crossover masterpiece, Wildhoney (which is a Pink Floydian prog-psych-death benchmark in a catalog filled with wide-ranging experimentation). Dominated by big, droning chords, medium to crawling tempos, and Edlund's clean, sub-Andrew Eldritch/Peter Steele croon, Prey drifts in a sea of contrived depression, and any ill-advised stabs at catchy songwriting -- "Wings of Heaven," "Carry Your Cross and I'll Carry Mine" -- sound clunky and forced. In fact, very little energy is exuded here -- uninspired, workmanlike guitars are played like a chore, often secondary to blase, minor-key keyboard tinkles and whooshes, with Edlund tossing in a few uninspired riffs, as if trying to lure Tiamat worshipers of old back into his increasingly unattractive, eyeliner-clad nest. The tedious Prey is not the return to form that longtime Tiamat fans could have hoped for, Edlund instead searching for an entirely different black-clad audience and stumbling once again, both conceptually and artistically. Disappointing. ~ John Serba

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2022
Label:	Music Video Distribution / Sevan Mater
UPC:	0617669377505
Rank:	55844

Tracks

1. Cain
2. Ten Thousand Tentacles
3. Wings of Heaven
4. Love In Chains
5. Divided
6. Carry Your Cross and I'll Carry Mine
7. Triple Cross
8. Light In Extension
9. Prey
10. The Garden of Heathen
11. Clovenhoof
12. Nihil
13. The Pentagram

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tiamat   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Johan Edlund   Design,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Layout Design
Patric Ullaeus   Video Director
Minerva Pappi   Mastering
Aleister Crowley   Composer