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Tiamat
Tiamat band

Country: Szwecja / Sweden
Date of establishing : 1988
WWW: http://www.churchoftiamat.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tiamat
Music genere: Gothic Metal

Band members:

Johan Edlund – vocals, guitar
Anders Iwers – bass
Lars Sköld – drums
Niklas Ekstrand - Former drummer 

Biography:

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.