| Prey | ||||
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| Released | October 27, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock, gothic metal | |||
| Length | 59:05 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Johan Edlund | |||
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Prey is the eighth studio album by Swedish gothic metal band Tiamat. It was released on October 27, 2003 through Century Media Records.
The song "Cain" appeared in Troika Games' 2004 PC game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines .
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 8/10 [2] |
All tracks are written by Johan Edlund, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cain" | 5:25 | |
| 2. | "Ten Thousand Tentacles" | 1:34 | |
| 3. | "Wings of Heaven" | 4:32 | |
| 4. | "Love in Chains" | 4:24 | |
| 5. | "Divided" | 5:18 | |
| 6. | "Carry Your Cross and I'll Carry Mine" | 4:37 | |
| 7. | "Triple Cross" | 1:21 | |
| 8. | "Light in Extension" | 4:47 | |
| 9. | "Prey" | 3:31 | |
| 10. | "The Garden of Heathen" | 1:25 | |
| 11. | "Clovenhoof" | 4:54 | |
| 12. | "Nihil" | 6:09 | |
| 13. | "The Pentagram" | Aleister Crowley | 7:20 |
| Total length: | 59:05 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Sleeping (In the Fire)" | Blackie Lawless | 3:47 |
| Total length: | 62:52 | ||
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