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Stockholm, Sweden (1988 – present)
Tiamat is a metal band that formed in Täby, Sweden in 1988. Their music has been the subject of debate, utilizing subgenres like black metal, progressive, doom/death and gothic, but more recently they have focused on what has been described as atmospheric gothic rock with ethnic, psychedelic and experimental elements.
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. German 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 was considered to be a landmark release within the progressive/doom metal genres and would lead to the band’s appearances at the Dynamo and Wacken Open Air metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later.
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. German 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 was considered to be a landmark release within the progressive/doom metal genres and would lead to the band’s appearances at the Dynamo and Wacken Open Air metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later.
Videos
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Tiamat - Will They Come
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Tiamat - Temple of the Crescent Moon
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Tiamat - Sympathy for the devil (rolling stones cover)
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Tiamat - Light In Extension
Top Albums
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Whatever That Hurts
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Cain
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Gaia
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Brighter Than the Sun
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The Ar
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Cold Seed
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Wildhoney
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Visionaire
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Wings of Heaven
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Kaleidoscope
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Vote for Love
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25th Floor
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Planets
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Divided
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A Pocket Size Sun
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Shoutbox
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xbry89x wrote:
METAL KITTEH :D
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Svartkladd wrote:
nice gig in saint-petersburg
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Nighthood wrote:
Wish they'd tour more in the UK, London is too far away! D:
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FaultyClockwork wrote:
Wildhoney and A Depper Kind of Slumber are, IMO, two of the best albums I've heard, particularly the former.
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Arbuz wrote:
Seen live. Every song sounds just like previous and the next one. <3
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deemmon wrote:
Their show yesterday was SUPERB!!
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Borellus_ wrote:
Tiamat is nicely gothic, but the singer somehow looks transvestite... It's rather disturbing.
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annachek wrote:
OMG, I've just seen Tiamat in Russian Novosibirsk %)
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Symmetryx wrote:
hah uma das das maiores do mundo, grande carinho que tenho por esta banda. ^^ quem curte pode add e tals. ^^ fans in brazilian! amazing fuckin' band! please come to brazil now! Metal for all.
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Winterbound wrote:
Nice picture.
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megadethnatic wrote:
Hug me honey, love me honey, kiss me till I'm in a coma. ^^
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xSIZEMATTER wrote:
"Anahita_ wrote: Prey is a masterpiece" I agree
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Clangeddin wrote:
Nice picture ;).
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astral-insomnia wrote:
now am a proud top listener :)
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DarkMisanthrope wrote:
metalheads are always cute, no matter how their face is painted or how dramatic they want to look xD :3
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yerdumb666 wrote:
cats are and always will be completely metal.
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scapino wrote:
nice pussy
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Goblim wrote:
Haha bra bild
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UmbraeNoctem wrote:
Hail Tiamat!
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Rotor12 wrote:
Даже в Антарктиде это знают. Факт!
Events
- Nov 18 Tiamat Podzemka, Rostov-na-Donu, Russian Federation
- Nov 20 Tiamat Порт, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Tiamat
Точка, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Recent Activity
- SC10n tagged Tiamat with gothic metal, doom metal and metal. 4 minutes ago
- danny18 tagged Tiamat with ‘seen live’. 6 minutes ago
- rapeiscool tagged Tiamat with ‘real rock’. 8 minutes ago
- sixxdogg, ironpsycho, dersteps and 2 other people added Tiamat to their libraries. 3 hours ago
- chaosweaver218 tagged Tiamat with ‘doom metal’. 8 hours ago
- S4TD added Tiamat to S4TD’s library. 9 hours ago
- katrin_z tagged Tiamat with gothic metal and metal. 9 hours ago
- DarkGaurdian and Lunar_ox added Tiamat to their libraries. Friday morning
- Cloud-Room tagged Tiamat with ‘favoritos’. Friday morning
- olgrrl tagged Tiamat with gothic metal, atmospheric metal and melancholic. Friday morning
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