Clouds (Tiamat album)

Clouds
Studio album by Tiamat
Released	2 December 1992
Genre	Death-doom [1] gothic metal
Length	39:29
Label	Century Media
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta
Tiamat chronology
The Astral Sleep (1991) Clouds (1992) Wildhoney (1994)

Clouds is the third full-length album by Swedish metal band Tiamat, released in 1992 through Century Media Records. It continues the extreme sound of previous albums with more melodic, gothic rock-inspired elements, including occasional clean singing, while retaining extremely heavy instrumentation and Johan Edlund's death growl.

Track listing

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

All lyrics are written by Johan Edlund, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"In a Dream"		Edlund, Ekstrand, Petersson	5:12
2.	"Clouds"		Petersson, Ekstrand, Edlund	3:40
3.	"Smell of Incense"		Edlund, Petersson	4:29
4.	"A Caress of Stars"	Edlund, Hannah Stjarnvind	Petersson, Edlund	5:26
5.	"The Sleeping Beauty"		Hagel, Edlund	4:10
6.	"Forever Burning Flames"		Ekstrand, Peterson	4:22
7.	"The Scapegoat"		Ekstrand, Petersson, Edlund	4:56
8.	"Undressed"		Edlund, Petersson	7:10
Total length:				39:29

Personnel

• Johan Edlund – vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
• Thomas Petersson – guitars, acoustic guitar
• Johnny Hagel – bass
• Kenneth Roos – keyboards
• Niklas Ekstrand – drums
• Jonas Malmsten – additional keyboards

Covers

German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak covered "The Sleeping Beauty" on their 2016 EP The Kindred of the Sunset .

References

1. "Tiamat to Release Deluxe Reissue Edition of Their Third Album 'Clouds' via Metal Scrap Records". Ghost Cult Magazine. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
2. "Allmusic review".