Tiamat (band)
Tiamat | |
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Tiamat performing at Kavarna Rock Fest 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Treblinka (1987–1989) |
| Origin | Täby, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Napalm |
| Members | Johan Edlund Lars Sköld Gustaf Hielm Simon Johansson Per Wiberg |
| Past members | Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg Anders Holmberg Stefan Lagergren Niklas Ekstrand Thomas Petersson Johnny Hagel Kenneth Roos P. A. Danielsson Anders Iwers Roger Öjersson |
Tiamat is a Swedish metal band founded near Stockholm in 1990 and led by Johan Edlund. To date they have released ten studio albums. The band went through a number of stylistic changes in their earlier releases before settling on gothic metal. Under Edlund's leadership, the band would modify their style with influences ranging from Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Pink Floyd and King Crimson combined 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.