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Swedish gothic metal band

Key facts

Also known as
Treblinka (1987–1989)
Origin
Täby , Stockholm , Sweden
Genres
Gothic metal gothic rock death-doom (early) black metal (early)
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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
musical group
Named after
Tiamat
Country
Sweden
Country of origin
Sweden
Record label
Napalm Records
Official website
www.churchoftiamat.com
Image
Tiamat performing in Krasnodar, May, 2013-5.jpg
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inception
1987-00-00
location of formation
Stockholm
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different from
Tiamat
start of work period
1988-00-00
social media followers
3183
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tiamat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.