TIAMAT - Sumerian Cry LP (Gold Vinyl)

"Sumerian Cry" is Tiamat's first, but their most vicious release. What makes the music effective, is that it's at a somewhat innocent stage in extreme metal. Death metal, for instance, would get more and more tight, more and more produced, even sometimes losing what made it against the norm and a nonconforming style of music in the first place. Tiamat pulled off some of this release with a little bit of luck and charm, combined with a particular sinister atmosphere that's so saturated, it probably drips some kind of poisonous or infectious fluid. Unfortunately, judging by their later material, the band never looked back on the style.