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Tiamat
Tiamat at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011.Tiamat at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011.
Background information
OriginStockholm, Sweden
GenresGothic metal , doom metal , progressive rock , death metal (early)
Years active1987–present
LabelsCentury Media, Nuclear Blast
MembersJohan Edlund
Anders Iwers
Lars Sköld
Past membersStefan Lagergren
Anders Holmberg
Jörgen Thullberg
Niklas Ekstrand
Johnny Hagel
Kenneth Roos
Magnus Sahlgren
Thomas Wyreson (aka Petersson)
Websitechurchoftiamat.com

Tiamat is a metal band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1987.

Biography

Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat. The Sumerian Cry album, as recorded by Treblinka, was released as Tiamat's debut album in June 1990.

After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify the band's style with influences ranging from Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Pink Floyd and King Crimson, with Sumerian lyrical themes. 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.

Upon the release of A Deeper Kind of Slumber (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 Records in June 2007, and released their new album Amanethes on April 18, 2008.

On August 10, 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."

Members

Tiamat on Hard Rock Laager, 2006

Discography

Studio albums

Demos

  • A Winter Shadow (Demo) (1990)

Singles

  • Cold Seed (single) (1997)
  • Brighter than the Sun (single) (1999)
  • Vote For Love (single) (2002)
  • Cain (single) (2003)

EPs

  • Gaia (EP) (1994)
  • For Her Pleasure (EP) (1999)

Live albums and DVDs

Compilations

  • The Musical History of Tiamat (Live/Compilation(2 Disc)) (1995)
  • Commandments (Best of/Compilation) (2007)
  • The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years (Boxed set (12 Disc/1 DVD)) (2008)

References

  1. http://www.last.fm/music/Tiamat
  2. http://www.last.fm/music/Tiamat
  3. http://www.last.fm/music/Tiamat
  4. "MusicMight - Unique, Detailed Biography MusicMight". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  5. Huey, Steve. "allmusic ((( Tiamat > Biography )))". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  6. bravewords.com. "Thomas Wyreson Leaves Tiamat". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2008-12-26.

External links

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Studio albums
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