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| alias = Treblinka (1987–1989)
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| origin = ], ], Sweden
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| years_active = 1987–present
| label = ], ], ]
| associated_acts = ], ], ]
| current_members = ]<br />Lars Sköld<br />]<br />]
| past_members = Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg<br />Anders Holmberg<br />Stefan Lagergren<br />Niklas Ekstrand<br />Thomas Petersson<br />Johnny Hagel<br />Kenneth Roos<br />P.A. Danielsson
}}
'''Tiamat''' is a Swedish metal band that formed in ] in 1987 and led by ]. The band went through a number of stylistic changes in their earlier releases before settling on ].
==History==
Initially, the band had the name '''Treblinka''' and a style of ]/]. After having recorded the album '']'' in 1989, guitarist/vocalist ] and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat, after the ] ] and forebear to other gods. The ''Sumerian Cry'' album included re-recorded Treblinka songs and was released in June 1990. AllMusic refers to early Tiamat as "one of the leading lights in symphonic black metal."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tiamat-mn0000588536/biography |title=Tiamat - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=] |access-date=2 September 2012 |quote=Over the course of the 1990s, Sweden's Tiamat evolved from a typical ] outfit into one of the leading lights in 'symphonic' black metal.}}</ref>


After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify the band's style with influences ranging from ], ], ], ] and ], with ] lyrical themes. ]'s writings also appear to have influenced Tiamat's thematology, a development consistent with a broader trend in death metal culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://overgroundscene.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/hplovecraft-and-death-metal/ |title=H.P.Lovecraft and Death Metal (4th update) &#124; overground scene |website=Overgroundscene.wordpress.com |date=26 January 2009 |access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> Polish guitarist ] would produce and contribute instrumentation to many of the band's albums, as well as those by Tiamat's own tour and labelmates, including ], ], ] and ].
'''Tiamat''' is a band from ] that was formed in ], in 1988. The band's music has been described variously as ], ], and ], due to some variances in sound throughout their discography.


1994's critically acclaimed '']'' mixed raw vocals, slow guitar riffs and synthesizer sounds which sounded different from other ] bands active at that time. An almost continuous forty-minute piece of music, ''Wildhoney'' led to the band's appearances at the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/tby/tiamat|title=MusicMight - Unique, Detailed Biography MusicMight|access-date=26 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626081249/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/tby/tiamat|archive-date=26 June 2009}}</ref> and ] heavy metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later.
==Biography==
Initially, they had begun as straightforward ] under the name Treblinka. The band split up in 1989, leaving vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund, who would subsequently change the name to Tiamat.


], Russia, May 2013]]
After '']'' (which was the first Tiamat album, but written while under the name Treblinka), Edlund's leadership modified the sound with moody, atmospheric textures and vocals that
Upon the release of '']'' in 1997, Edlund relocated from Sweden to ] and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a more ] sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a ] and ] influence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p14500|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Tiamat > Biography ))) |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=26 December 2008}}</ref>
would attribute them (along with ] and ]) as one of the starters of ] and ].


The band signed to ] in June 2007, and released their ninth album '']'' on 18 April 2008.
1994's critically acclaimed '']'' was seen by many as their crossover album, mixing harsh vocals, slow, intricate guitar riffs and celestial-sounding synthesizers which were quite different from other ] bands active at that time. An almost continuous forty-minute piece of music, ''Wildhoney'' was considered to be a landmark release in the field of extreme metal, preceding many of the trends that would be repeated throughout the genre throughout the next decade.


On 10 August 2008, Thomas Wyreson announced that he was quitting the band, stating that "it's just kinda hard to make everything work with the family etc."<ref>{{cite web|author=bravewords.com |url=http://www.bravewords.com/news/95332 |title=Guitarist Thomas Wyreson Leaves TIAMAT |publisher=Bravewords.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229144342/http://www.bravewords.com/news/95332 |access-date=26 December 2008|archive-date=29 February 2012 }}</ref>
Upon the release of ''] (1997)'', Edlund relocated from Sweden to Germany and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a more melodic ] sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a ] influence.


Their song "Cain" was also featured in the 2004 video game '']''.
The band is currently signed to ].


The band's tenth full-length studio album, '']'', was released on 2 November 2012 through ].
==Line-up==

* ] - Vocals, ], ], ]
==Members==
* ] - Guitar
{{col-begin}}
* ] - ]
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* ] - ]s
;Current members
*] – vocals, guitars, keyboards, theremin {{small|(1987–present)}}
*Lars Sköld – drums {{small|(1994–present)}}
*] – bass, occasional vocals {{small|(1996–present)}}
*] – guitars, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals {{small|(2010–present)}}

;Past members
*Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg – bass {{small|(1987–1992)}}
*Anders Holmberg – drums {{small|(1987–1990)}}
*Stefan Lagergren – guitars {{small|(1987–1990)}}
*Niklas Ekstrand – drums {{small|(1990–1994)}}
*Thomas Petersson – guitars {{small|(1990–1994, 1996–1999, 2001–2008)}}
*Johnny Hagel – bass {{small|(1992–1996)}}
*Kenneth Roos – keyboards {{small|(1992–1994)}}
*P.A. Danielsson – keyboards {{small|(1994–1995; died 2004)}}
{{col-2}}

;Current touring members
*Rikard Zander – keyboards {{small|(2014–2016, 2017-present)}}
*Gustaf Hielm – bass {{small|(2016-present)}}
*Magnus Henriksson – guitars {{small|(2017–2018, 2022-present)}}
*Simon Johansson – guitars {{small|(2022-present)}}

;Former touring members
*] – drums {{small|(1989)}}
*Martin Brändström – keyboards {{small|(2002–2009)}}<ref name="tour2004"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dark-tranquillity-s-martin-br-ndstr-m-to-tour-with-tiamat/ |title=Dark Tranquillity's Martin BrÄndstrÖm To Tour With Tiamat |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=19 January 2009 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
*Henrik Bergqvist – guitars {{small|(2002)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tiamat-pain-to-embark-on-european-tour/ |title=Tiamat, Pain To Embark On European Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=20 July 2002 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
*] – guitars {{small|(2004)}}<ref name="tour2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tiamat-dark-tranquillity-keyboardist-talisman-guitarist-to-join-touring-lineup/ |title=Tiamat: Dark Tranquillity Keyboardist, Talisman Guitarist To Join Touring Lineup |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2 November 2004 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
*Henriette Bordvik – female vocals {{small|(2005, 2015, 2016, 2017) }}
*] – keyboards {{small|(2006–2007)}}
*] – guitars {{small|(2008)}}
*Joakim Svalberg – keyboards {{small|(2011–2012)}}
*Thomas Wyreson – guitars {{small|(2016, 2017–?)}}
*Carl Westholm – keyboards {{small|(2016, 2017–?)}}
*Daniel Karlsson – keyboards {{small|(2017)}}
*Jonas Öijvall – keyboards {{small|(2018–?)}}
*] – keyboards {{small|(2018–?)}}
{{col-end}}

;Timeline
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==Discography== ==Discography==
=== Studio albums ===
* '']'' (1990)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
* '']'' (1991)
|-
* '']'' (1992)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
* '']'' (1993)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
* '']'' (1994)
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions
* '']'' (1997)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales
* '']'' (1999)
|-
* '']'' (2002)
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE<br /><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=tiamat&cat=a |title=Swedish Charts Portal |publisher=swedishcharts.com |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
* '']'' (2003)
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/tiamat/longplay |title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche |publisher=musicline.de |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
* '']'' (2005)
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUT<br /><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=tiamat&cat=a |title=Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=tiamat&cat=a |title=Ultratop Belgian Charts |publisher=ultratop.be |date=24 November 2012 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 7 June 1990
* Label: CMFT Productions
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 1 September 1991
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 2 December 1992
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 25 October 1994
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| — || 29 || — || —
|
* US: 8,082+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30336 |title=Sludge Scan For March 2000 &#124; Metal Sludge |publisher=Metalsludge.tv |access-date=22 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811102751/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30336 |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 12 August 1997
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| 39 || 29 || 22 || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 11 August 1999
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| 56 || 19 || 47 || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 30 April 2002
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| 52 || 28 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 27 October 2003
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
|| — || 83 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 27 May 2008<ref>{{cite web|author=Alex Henderson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/amanethes-mw0000786026 |title=Amanethes - Tiamat &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=27 May 2008 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD, LP, DL
|| 13 || 69 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row" |'']''
|
* Released: 2 November 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-scarred-people-mw0002426680 |title=The Scarred People - Tiamat &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
* Label: Napalm
* Formats: CD, LP, DL
|| 11 || 62 || — || 154
|
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="row" |"A Winter Shadow"
|1990
|''The Astral Sleep''
|-
! scope="row" |"Cold Seed"
|1997
|''A Deeper Kind of Slumber''
|-
! scope="row" |"Brighter Than the Sun"
|1999
|''Skeleton Skeletron''
|-
! scope="row" |"Vote for Love"
|2002
|''Judas Christ''
|-
! scope="row" |"Cain"
|2003
|''Prey''
|-
! scope="row" |"The Temple of the Crescent Moon"
|2008
|''Amanethes''
|-
! scope="row" |"Born to Die"
|2013
|''The Scarred People''
|}

=== EPs ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" | EP details
|-
! scope="row" |''Gaia''
|
* Released: 28 November 1994
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD
|-
! scope="row" |''For Her Pleasure''
|
* Released: 8 November 1999
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, DL
|}

=== Live albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''The Sleeping Beauty (Live in Israel)''
|
* Released: 5 April 1994
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''The Musical History of Tiamat''
|
* Released: February 1995
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD
|-
! scope="row" |''Commandments''
|
* Released: 26 February 2007
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD, DL
|-
! scope="row" |''The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years''
|
* Released: 18 August 2008
* Label: Century Media
* Formats: CD
|}

=== Video albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Video details
! scope="col"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ |title=Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista |publisher=Sverigetopplistan.se |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''The Church of Tiamat''
|
* Released: 24 April 2006
* Label: Metal Mind Productions
* Formats: DVD
||5
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Directed
! Album
|-
|1992
|"Sleeping Beauty"
|{{center|—}}
|''Clouds''
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|"Whatever That Hurts"
|{{center|Tamara Jordan}}
|rowspan=2|''Wildhoney''
|-
|"Gaia"
|{{center|Tamara Jordan}}
|-
|1997
|"Cold Seed"
|{{center|Tamara Jordan}}
|''A Deeper Kind of Slumber''
|-
|1999
|"Brighter Than the Sun"
|{{center|Doro Film}}
|''Skeleton Skeletron''
|-
|2002
|"Vote for Love"
|{{center|Alexander Detig (Sound & Vision Film, Video & Media GmbH)}}
|''Judas Christ''
|-
|2003
|"Cain"
|{{center|] (Revolver Film)}}
|''Prey''
|-
|2003
|"Do You Dream of Me?"
|{{center|Eugen Erhan}}
|''Wildhoney''
|-
|2012
|"The Scarred People"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tiamat-the-scarred-people-video-released/ |title=Tiamat: 'The Scarred People' Video Released |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=12 October 2012 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
|{{center|angst-im-wald}}
|rowspan=4|''The Scarred People''
|-
|rowspan=3|2013
|"384"
|{{center|Ioanna Lampropoulou<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tiamat-384-video-released/ |title=Tiamat: '384' Video Released |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=28 February 2013 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>}}
|-
|"Love Terrorists"
|rowspan=2|{{center|Johan Edlund, Ioanna Lampropoulou<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tiamat-love-terrorists-video-released/ |title=Tiamat: 'Love Terrorists' Video Released |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=28 April 2013 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=21207 |title=Tiamat - Release New Video |publisher=Metal Storm |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>}}
|-
|"The Red of the Morning Sun"
|}

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Swedish metal band

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Tiamat
Tiamat performing at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011Tiamat performing at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011
Background information
Also known asTreblinka (1987–1989)
OriginTäby, Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Years active1987–present
LabelsCentury Media, Nuclear Blast, Napalm
MembersJohan Edlund
Lars Sköld
Anders Iwers
Roger Öjersson
Past membersJörgen "Juck" Thullberg
Anders Holmberg
Stefan Lagergren
Niklas Ekstrand
Thomas Petersson
Johnny Hagel
Kenneth Roos
P.A. Danielsson

Tiamat is a Swedish metal band that formed in Stockholm in 1987 and led by Johan Edlund. The band went through a number of stylistic changes in their earlier releases before settling on gothic metal.

History

Initially, the band had the name Treblinka and a style of black/death metal. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, guitarist/vocalist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat, after the Babylonian goddess representing the primordial sea and forebear to other gods. The Sumerian Cry album included re-recorded Treblinka songs and was released in June 1990. AllMusic refers to early Tiamat as "one of the leading lights in symphonic black metal."

After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify the band's style with influences ranging from Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Pink Floyd and King Crimson, with Sumerian lyrical themes. H. P. Lovecraft's writings also appear to have influenced Tiamat's thematology, a development consistent with a broader trend in death metal culture. Polish guitarist Waldemar Sorychta would produce and contribute instrumentation to many of the band's albums, as well as those by Tiamat's own tour and labelmates, including Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Lacuna Coil and Samael.

1994's critically acclaimed Wildhoney mixed raw vocals, slow guitar riffs and synthesizer sounds which sounded different from other extreme metal bands active at that time. An almost continuous forty-minute piece of music, Wildhoney led to the band's appearances at the Dynamo and Wacken Open Air heavy metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later.

Tiamat performing in Krasnodar, Russia, May 2013

Upon the release of A Deeper Kind of Slumber in 1997, Edlund relocated from Sweden to Germany and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a more gothic rock sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy and Pink Floyd influence.

The band signed to Nuclear Blast in June 2007, and released their ninth album Amanethes on 18 April 2008.

On 10 August 2008, Thomas Wyreson announced that he was quitting the band, stating that "it's just kinda hard to make everything work with the family etc."

Their song "Cain" was also featured in the 2004 video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.

The band's tenth full-length studio album, The Scarred People, was released on 2 November 2012 through Napalm Records.

Members

Current members
  • Johan Edlund – vocals, guitars, keyboards, theremin (1987–present)
  • Lars Sköld – drums (1994–present)
  • Anders Iwers – bass, occasional vocals (1996–present)
  • Roger Öjersson – guitars, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals (2010–present)
Past members
  • Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg – bass (1987–1992)
  • Anders Holmberg – drums (1987–1990)
  • Stefan Lagergren – guitars (1987–1990)
  • Niklas Ekstrand – drums (1990–1994)
  • Thomas Petersson – guitars (1990–1994, 1996–1999, 2001–2008)
  • Johnny Hagel – bass (1992–1996)
  • Kenneth Roos – keyboards (1992–1994)
  • P.A. Danielsson – keyboards (1994–1995; died 2004)
Current touring members
  • Rikard Zander – keyboards (2014–2016, 2017-present)
  • Gustaf Hielm – bass (2016-present)
  • Magnus Henriksson – guitars (2017–2018, 2022-present)
  • Simon Johansson – guitars (2022-present)
Former touring members
  • Nicke Andersson – drums (1989)
  • Martin Brändström – keyboards (2002–2009)
  • Henrik Bergqvist – guitars (2002)
  • Fredrik Åkesson – guitars (2004)
  • Henriette Bordvik – female vocals (2005, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Martin Powell – keyboards (2006–2007)
  • Johan Niemann – guitars (2008)
  • Joakim Svalberg – keyboards (2011–2012)
  • Thomas Wyreson – guitars (2016, 2017–?)
  • Carl Westholm – keyboards (2016, 2017–?)
  • Daniel Karlsson – keyboards (2017)
  • Jonas Öijvall – keyboards (2018–?)
  • Per Wiberg – keyboards (2018–?)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
SWE
 GER
 AUT
 BEL
Sumerian Cry
  • Released: 7 June 1990
  • Label: CMFT Productions
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 — — — —
The Astral Sleep
  • Released: 1 September 1991
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 — — — —
Clouds
  • Released: 2 December 1992
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 — — — —
Wildhoney
  • Released: 25 October 1994
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 — 29 — —
  • US: 8,082+
A Deeper Kind of Slumber
  • Released: 12 August 1997
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 39 29 22 —
Skeleton Skeletron
  • Released: 11 August 1999
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 56 19 47 —
Judas Christ
  • Released: 30 April 2002
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 52 28 — —
Prey
  • Released: 27 October 2003
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL
 — 83 — —
Amanethes
  • Released: 27 May 2008
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
 13 69 — —
The Scarred People
  • Released: 2 November 2012
  • Label: Napalm
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
 11 62 — 154
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Album
"A Winter Shadow" 1990 The Astral Sleep
"Cold Seed" 1997 A Deeper Kind of Slumber
"Brighter Than the Sun" 1999 Skeleton Skeletron
"Vote for Love" 2002 Judas Christ
"Cain" 2003 Prey
"The Temple of the Crescent Moon" 2008 Amanethes
"Born to Die" 2013 The Scarred People

EPs

Title EP details
Gaia
  • Released: 28 November 1994
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD
For Her Pleasure
  • Released: 8 November 1999
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, DL

Live albums

Title Album details
The Sleeping Beauty (Live in Israel)
  • Released: 5 April 1994
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

Title Album details
The Musical History of Tiamat
  • Released: February 1995
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD
Commandments
  • Released: 26 February 2007
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, DL
The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years
  • Released: 18 August 2008
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD

Video albums

Title Video details Peak chart positions
SWE
The Church of Tiamat
  • Released: 24 April 2006
  • Label: Metal Mind Productions
  • Formats: DVD
 5
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year Title Directed Album
1992 "Sleeping Beauty" — Clouds
1995 "Whatever That Hurts" Tamara Jordan Wildhoney
"Gaia" Tamara Jordan
1997 "Cold Seed" Tamara Jordan A Deeper Kind of Slumber
1999 "Brighter Than the Sun" Doro Film Skeleton Skeletron
2002 "Vote for Love" Alexander Detig (Sound & Vision Film, Video & Media GmbH) Judas Christ
2003 "Cain" Patric Ullaeus (Revolver Film) Prey
2003 "Do You Dream of Me?" Eugen Erhan Wildhoney
2012 "The Scarred People" angst-im-wald The Scarred People
2013 "384" Ioanna Lampropoulou
"Love Terrorists" Johan Edlund, Ioanna Lampropoulou
"The Red of the Morning Sun"

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