Amanethes

Amanethes
Studio album by Tiamat
Released	May 2, 2008
Recorded	The Mansion, Studio Mega and Cue [1]
Genre	Gothic metal [2] [3]
Length	62:00 67:00 (digipack edition)
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Johan Edlund [1]
Tiamat chronology
Prey (2003) Amanethes (2008) The Scarred People (2012)

Amanethes is the ninth studio album by Swedish gothic metal band Tiamat. It was released on May 2, 2008. The album was more positively received than Tiamat's previous releases, in part because of its return to their earlier more metallic sound. ^[2]

Track listing

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Exclaim!	unfavorable [5]
Release Magazine	6/10 [3]
Lollipop Magazine	(positive) [6]

All tracks by Johan Edlund except "Amanes" (lyrics by J. Edlund, music by J. Edlund & A. Iwers)

1. "The Temple of the Crescent Moon" – 5:33
2. "Equinox of the Gods" – 4:35
3. "Until the Hellhounds Sleep Again" – 4:07
4. "Will They Come?" – 5:13
5. "Lucienne" – 4:41
6. "Summertime Is Gone" – 3:53
7. "Katarraktis apo Aima" – 2:43
8. "Raining Dead Angels" – 4:18
9. "Misantropolis" – 4:13
10. "Amanitis" – 3:21
11. "Meliae" – 6:11
12. "Via Dolorosa" – 4:05
13. "Circles" – 3:45
14. "Amanes" – 5:30
15. "Thirst Snake" (digipack bonus track) - 5:00 ^[7]

Personnel

• Johan Edlund – vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, keys, bouzouki, percussion
• Thomas Wyreson - electric & acoustic guitars
• Anders Iwers – bass
• Lars Sköld – drums

Additional vocals by Ireth & Katerina Papageorgiou.

Backing vocals by Johan Edlund, Thomas Wyreson & Ireth.

Outro vocals on "Equinox of the Gods" by Leopold Ozzy Wyreson.

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart [8]	13

References

1. "Amanethes". Church of Tiamat. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
2. Amanethes at AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012
3. Huss, Mattias (June 6, 2008). "Tiamat: Amanethes". Release Magazine . Retrieved February 3, 2026.
4. Henderson, Alex. "Amanethes:Overivew". Allmusic. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
5. Taylor, Laura Wiebe (June 16, 2008). "Tiamat Amanethes reviews". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 29, 2018.
6. Hefflon, Scott (June 1, 2009). "Tiamat - Amanethes". Lollipop Magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
7. BLABBERMOUTH.NET - TIAMAT: 'Amanethes' Digipack To Include Bonus Track Archived 2008-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
8. Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-14.