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pp-protected|expiry=2012-07-13T02:49:13Z|small=yesInfobox musical artist | name = Tiamat| image = Tiamat band - 2.jpg| caption = Tiamat at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011.| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Stockholm , Sweden | instrument =| genre = Death metal , http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/tiamatamanethes.htm Tiamat - Amanethes Review by Chad Bowar gothic metal , symphonic black metal cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tiamat-p14500 |title=Tiamat |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2011-07-14| years_active = 1987–present| label = Century Media Records|Century Media , Nuclear Blast | associated_acts = Mr. Death (Band) | website = URL| http://churchoftiamat.com/| current_members = Johan Edlund Anders Iwers Lars Sköld| past_members = Stefan Lagergren Anders Holmberg Jörgen Thullberg Niklas Ekstrand Johnny Hagel Kenneth Roos Magnus Sahlgren Thomas Wyreson (aka Petersson) Tiamat is a Heavy metal music|metal band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1987.
Biography
Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka (band)|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 included re-recorded Treblinka songs and was released 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 mythology|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 (band)|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 Open Air|Dynamo cite web|url= http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{EABC515D-A342-49E8-BBA7-661BC05 |title=MusicMight - Unique, Detailed Biography MusicMight|date=|accessdate=2008-12-26 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 The Sisters of Mercy|Sisters of Mercy and Pink Floyd influence.cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p14500|pure_url=yes |title=allmusic ((( Tiamat > Biography ))) |publisher=Allmusic.com |date= |accessdate=2008-12-26
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." cite web|author=bravewords.com |url= http://www.bravewords.com/news/95332 |title=Thomas Wyreson Leaves Tiamat |publisher=Bravewords.com |date= |accessdate=2008-12-26
Members
Johan Edlund – vocals , Electric guitar|guitar
Anders Iwers – Bass guitar|bass
Lars Sköld – Drum kit|drums
Discography
Studio albums
Sumerian Cry - June 7, 1990 CMFT Productions
The Astral Sleep - September 1, 1991 Century Media
Clouds (Tiamat album)|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 (album)|Prey - October 27, 2003 Century Media
The Sleeping Beauty (Live in Israel) (Live) (1993)
The Church of Tiamat (DVD) (2006)
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
reflist
External links
Commons and category|Tiamat (band)
http://www.churchoftiamat.com/ Tiamat's official website.
http://www.myspace.com/tiamat Tiamat's official Myspace.
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