- Tiamat (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Tiamat
Img_capt = Tiamat onHard Rock Laager , 2006
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Origin =Stockholm ,Sweden
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Genre =Black metal (Treblinka-era)Death metal (first album)Doom metal (mid)Progressive metal (mid)Gothic metal /Goth rock (recent)
Years_active = 1988 – present
Label =Century Media Records ,Nuclear Blast
Associated_acts =Arch Enemy Ayreon Cemetary Ceremonial Oath DismemberIn Flames Lake of Tears Lucyfire Opeth
[Moonspell]
URL = [http://churchoftiamat.com churchoftiamat.com]
Current_members =Johan Edlund
Thomas WyresonAnders Iwers
Lars Sköld
Past_members =Tiamat is a
metal band that formed inStockholm, Sweden in 1988. Their music has been the subject of debate, utilizing subgenres likeblack metal , progressive, doom/death and gothic, but more recently they have focused on what has been described as "atmospheric/gothic rock" [cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=859|title=Encyclopaedia Metallum - Tiamat ] with ethnic, psychedelic and experimental elements.Biography
Initially, the band played straightforward
black metal under the name Treblinka. [cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=9478|title=Encyclopaedia Metallum - Treblinka (Swe) ] After having recorded the albumSumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitaristJohan Edlund and bassistJörgen 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 [cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Tiamat/+wiki|title=Tiamat’s Biography – Last.fm ] andKing Crimson , with Sumerian lyrical themes. German guitaristWaldemar Sorychta would produce and contribute instrumentation to many of the band's albums, as well as those by Tiamat's own tour and labelmates, includingMoonspell ,Rotting Christ ,Lacuna Coil and Samael.1994's critically acclaimed "
Wildhoney " mixed raw vocals, slow guitar riffs and synthesizer sounds which sounded different from otherextreme metal bands active at that time. An almost continuous forty-minute piece of music, "Wildhoney" was considered to be a landmark release within the progressive/doom metal genres and would lead to the band's appearances at the Dynamo [cite web|url=http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,9323.sm|title=TIAMAT | Unique, Detailed Biography | Rockdetector ] andWacken 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 toGermany and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a moregothic rock sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy influence. [cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5ekqikc6bbo9~T1|title=allmusic ((( Tiamat > Biography ))) ]The band signed to
Nuclear Blast Records in June 2007. Tiamat released their new albumAmanethes April 18 , 2008.Members
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Vocals ,Guitar , Keyboards,Theremin -Johan Edlund ] , also frontsLucyfire , a side project with a similar direction to recent Tiamat.
*Guitar -Thomas Wyreson
* Bass -Anders Iwers ,] brother of currentIn Flames bassistPeter Iwers .
*Drum s -Lars Sköld Discography
Full length
*"
Sumerian Cry " - June 7, 1990 CMFT Productions
*"The Astral Sleep " - September 1 1991 Century Media
*"Clouds" - April 2, 1992 Century Media
*"Wildhoney " - October 25, 1994 Century Media
*"A Deeper Kind of Slumber " - August 12, 1997 Century Media
*"Skeleton Skeletron " - August 11, 1999 Century Media
*"Judas Christ" - April 30, 2002 Century Media
*"Prey" - October 27, 2003 Century Media
*"Amanethes " - April 18, 2008 Nuclear Blast RecordsDemos, singles, EP, Live and DVD
* "A Winter Shadow" (Demo) (1990)
* "
The Sleeping Beauty (Live in Israel) " (Live) (1993)
* "Gaia" (EP) (1994)
* "The Musical History of Tiamat" (Live/Compilation(2 Disc)) (1995)
* "Cold Seed" (single) (1997)
* "For Her Pleasure" (EP) (1999)
* "Brighter than the Sun" (single) (1999)
* "Vote For Love" (single) (2002)
* "Cain" (single) (2003)
* "The Church of Tiamat" (DVD) (2006)
* "Commandments" (Best of/Compilation) (2007)Influence
Both
Toby Driver , former member ofmaudlin of the Well andKayo Dot , andMoonspell singer Fernando Ribeiro mention Tiamat as one of their major musical influences.References
External links
* [http://www.churchoftiamat.com/ Tiamat's official website.]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tiamat Tiamat's official Myspace.]
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