''A Deeper Kind of Slumber'' is the fifth studio album from Swedish band

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. Featuring female background vocals by Birgit Zacher (

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, Angel Dust) and experimentation with a variety of influences, the album marked the group's first complete withdrawal from both death metal and conventional heavy metal, following their 1994 release, '' Wildhoney''. It was also the first production after their relocation to Germany, and was written almost entirely by founder/lead songwriter

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. Much of the music had reflected on Edlund's personal relationship with drugs, creative differences within the band as well as an

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Track listing

Credits

Tiamat

*Johan Edlund – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards,

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, co-production *Thomas Petersson –

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and acoustic guitars *

Anders Iwers Anders Iwers (born 6 October 1972) is a Swedish heavy metal musician and bassist of the bands Tiamat and Avatarium. He is the older brother of former In Flames bassist Peter Iwers. Iwers is a former member of the metal band Dark Tranquillity. ...

–

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*Lars Sköld – drums

Additional personnel

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– violin, cello * Sami Yli-Sirniö – sitar *Ertugrul Coruk – flute *Anke Eilhardt – Oboe *Birgit Zacher – additional vocals *Dirk Draeger – keyboards, engineering, production *Siggi Bemm – engineering, mixing, mastering

Charts

References

1997 albums Tiamat (band) albums Symphonic rock albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub