Although Tiamat achieve with this album -especially what the atmospheric density angeht- not quite the class of their works over "Wild Honey" and "Deeper Kind of Slumber", but they are in my opinion in the right direction. After also good, but a little black metal-heavy predecessor "Amanethes" one moves again in slightly more moderate gothic rock-realms. With "Winter Dawn" and "Born To Die" has even two veritable hits in his luggage. The other songs mostly know to convince. Although one could complain to that a few songs here and there a bit confused ("384", "Love Terrorists"), others are a little too slick and superficial work ("Messinian Letter", "Thunder & Lightning"), but the overall picture is still consistent.
As so often leaves Johan Edlund also with "The Scarred People" again significantly influences the Sisters of Mercy and Pink Floyd realize it, but as long as the result is right, you may like on the overlook one or other "accidental resemblance". The successful mixture makes it all just ...
