Tiamat (band)
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Tiamat performing at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Gothic rock, gothic metal, death-doom (early) |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Napalm |
| Associated acts | Mr. Death |
| Members |
Johan Edlund Anders Iwers Lars Sköld Roger Öjersson |
Tiamat is a Swedish rock band that formed in Stockholm 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 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 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[1]. 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[2] 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.[3]
The band signed to Nuclear Blast in June 2007, and released their ninth 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."[4]
Their song Cain was also featured in the video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
The band's tenth full-length studio album, The Scarred People, was released on November 2, 2012 through Napalm Records.
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- Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
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| SWE [8] |
GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
BEL [11] | ||||||
| Sumerian Cry |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| The Astral Sleep |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| Clouds |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| Wildhoney |
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— | 29 | — | — |
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| A Deeper Kind of Slumber |
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39 | 29 | 22 | — | ||||
| Skeleton Skeletron |
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56 | 19 | 47 | — | ||||
| Judas Christ |
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52 | 28 | — | — | ||||
| Prey |
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— | 83 | — | — | ||||
| Amanethes |
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13 | 69 | — | — | ||||
| The Scarred People |
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11 | 62 | — | 154 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "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 |
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| Gaia |
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| For Her Pleasure |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details |
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| The Sleeping Beauty (Live in Israel) |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
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| The Musical History of Tiamat |
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| Commandments |
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| The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years |
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Video albums
| Title | Video details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| SWE [15] | |||||||||
| The Church of Tiamat |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Title | Directed | Album |
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| 1992 | "Sleeping Beauty" | Clouds | |
| 1994 | "Whatever That Hurts" | Wildhoney | |
| "Visionaire" | |||
| "Gaia" | |||
| 1997 | "Cold Seed" | A Deeper Kind Of Slumber | |
| 1999 | "Brighter Than The Sun" | Skeleton Skeletron | |
| 2002 | "Vote For Love" | Judas Christ | |
| 2003 | "Cain" | Prey | |
| 2012 | "The Scarred People"[16] | angst-im-wald | The Scarred People |
| 2013 | "384" | Ioanna Lampropoulou[17] | |
| "Love Terrorists" | Johan Edlund, Ioanna Lampropoulou[18][19] | ||
| "The Red Of The Morning Sun" |
References
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- ↑ Overground Scene (2009) H.P. Lovecraft and Death Metal https://overgroundscene.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/hplovecraft-and-death-metal/
- ↑ "MusicMight - Unique, Detailed Biography MusicMight". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "allmusic ((( Tiamat > Biography )))". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ↑ bravewords.com. "Thomas Wyreson Leaves Tiamat". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- 1 2 "Tiamat: Dark Tranquillity Keyboardist, Talisman Guitarist To Join Touring Lineup". Blabbermouth.net. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Dark Tranquillity's Martin BrÄndstrÖm To Tour With Tiamat". Blabbermouth.net. 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Tiamat, Pain To Embark On European Tour". Blabbermouth.net. 2002-07-20. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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- ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Sludge Scan For March 2000 | Metal Sludge". Metalsludge.tv. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ Alex Henderson (2008-05-27). "Amanethes - Tiamat | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "The Scarred People - Tiamat | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Tiamat: 'The Scarred People' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Tiamat: '384' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Tiamat: 'Love Terrorists' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ↑ "Tiamat - Release New Video". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2014-08-22.