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Tiamat
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Täby, 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 metal 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.
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Prey
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A Deeper Kind of Slumber
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Skeleton Skeletron
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Brighter Than the Sun
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Do You Dream of Me?
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Cold Seed
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The Ar
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Wings of Heaven
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Vote for Love
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Visionaire
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Divided
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Planets
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A Pocket Size Sun
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Shoutbox
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hybridmachine wrote:
I'm thoroughly impressed!
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Quispiam wrote:
nice master of atmosphere [3]
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Pennyroya1Tea wrote:
nice master of atmosphere [2]
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Trip69 wrote:
nice master of atmosphere
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Eternium666 wrote:
"this is the single greatest band of all time." [2] <3
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NeoShadow wrote:
Wings of Heaven is epic!
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BabycakesBaby wrote:
♥♥A Deeper Kind of Slumber ♥♥
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deformedrainbow wrote:
this is the single greatest band of all time.
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Philoos wrote:
Looking forward to see you in Poland...
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AlexandreF wrote:
The Astral Sleep reminds me of my happy youth.
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Foggster wrote:
my early death metal times...great.
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enigma81581 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Doom+or+death+metal+with+mostly+clean+vocals
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Senefera wrote:
To each his own, I guess. I can appreciate Tiamats DM roots; some of it is really good. But Deeper Kind of Slumber and Wildhoney will always have that special place in my heart. The first time I heard Teonanacatl was at my bf's place when I was 16. It hit my heart like a truck, and is one of my 'love at first listen' songs.
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Neshinea wrote:
brilliant band :DD
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ikeepdreaming wrote:
окуенная группа
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FerdenOgKallet wrote:
I can utterly appreciate Tiamat's first album because it has a significantly stylish Sumerian lyrical theme although it sounded Black/Death metal to me. Their seond album has a melodic structure with differential themes of landscapes, poetry and emotion. I really didn't like their third album that much; nevertheless - I can tolerate 2-3 tracks from Clouds (1992). Their later works went into the pinnacle of mediocrity. That's just my opinion. :-)
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DepartureSong wrote:
If you think all band members deserve recognition, please check out Full Band Images!
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Conde_Maquina wrote:
<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
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Jamyjka wrote:
Tiamat! <3 the best
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tristan_f wrote:
Im not trying to contradict myself , but when i mentioned they would have become huge in my first post ( i meant among the DM crowd , because their debut easily stood out among the thousands of debuts/demos coming out of sweden) . They probably dont care what death metallers think of them anymore , but still we have the right to always crib thinking just what if...........
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