Originally Tiamat Death Metal music plays under the name "Treblinka". The band finally disbanded in 1989. Johan Edlund (vocals, guitar, keyboards), change the name of the band became "Tiamat". (Tiamat is a goddess in Babylonian and Sumerian mythology)
Tiamat combine subgenres like Death Metal, Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal and Rock Experimental / Avant-garde rock with ethnic elements. Theme of the Sumerian Tiamat lyrics, poems of love, drugs, and religion.
Tiamat is a Gothic Metal band's most successful in Europe. Tiamat influenced by Metal bands such as Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Pink Floyd, Sisters of Mercy and King Crimson.
German guitarist, Waldemar Sorychta, contributed a lot in this band's albums and on some tours with Moonspell Tiamat, Rotting Christ, Lacuna Coil and Samael.
Tiamat tour of the United States along with Black Sabbath and Motörhead. Tiamat also appeared at major festivals such as Dynamo Open Air and Wacken Open Air.
Tiamat has produced nine studio albums, one demo album (A Winter Shadow - 1990), 4 singles album (Cold Seed - 1997, Brighter Than the Sun - 1999, Vote For Love - 2002, Cain - 2003), 2 EP (Gaia - 1994, For Her Pleasure - 1999), 1 live album (The Sleeping Beauty - Live in Israel 1993), 1 album DVD (The Church of Tiamat - 2006), and 3 compilation album (The Musical History of Tiamat - Live 1995, Commandments - Best of 2007, The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years 2008).
Member:
Johan Edlund (Treblinka, Expulsion, Lucyfire, Dark Age, Ayreon) - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Theremin (1988-Present)
Anders Iwers (Desecrator, Ceremonial Oath, In Flames, Cemetary, Mercury Tide) - Bass (1996-Present)
Lars Sköld (Jupiter Society) - Drums (1994-Present)
Former Members:
Birgit Zacher - vocals (1997)
Stefan Lagergren (River's Edge, Expulsion, Mr. Death, Treblinka, Judge and Jury, Tranquility) - Guitar (1988-1990)
Thomas "Petersson" Wyreson - Guitar (1990-1994, 1996-2008)
Magnus Sahlgren (Celeborn, Dismember, Lake of Tears) - Guitar (1994)
Henrik Bergqvist - Guitar (2002)
Johan Niemann (Afterglow, Mind's Eye, Demonoid, Hubi Meisel, Tears of Anger, Evil Masquerade, Therion, Crash the System, The Murder of My Sweet) - Guitar (2008)
Fredrik Åkesson (Southpaw, Talisman, Krux, John Norum, Arch Enemy, Sabbtail, Opeth, Shock Tilt) - Guitar
Jorgen Thullberg (Expulsion, Mr. Death, Treblinka, The Clint Eastwood Experience) - Bass (1988-1992)
Johnny Hagel (Sundown, Sorcerer) - Bass (1992-1996)
Jonas Malmsten - Keyboard (1991)
Waldemar Sorychta - Keyboard (1991, 1994)
Kenneth Roos - Keyboards (1992-1994)
P.A. Danielsson (Veni Domine) - Keyboard (1994-2005)
Dirk Draeger (LucyFire) - Keyboard (1997)
Martin Brändström (Dark Tranquillity) - Keyboard (2002, 2009)
Joost van den Broek - Keyboards (2009)
Sami YLI-Sirniö - Sitar (1997)
Anders Holmberg (Expulsion) - Drums (1988-1990)
Niklas Ekstrand (Face Down) - Drums (1990-1994)
Discography:
Sumerian Cry (1990)
The Astral Sleep (1991)
Clouds (1992)
Wildhoney (1994)
A Deeper Kind of Slumber (1997)
Skeleton Skeletron (1999)
Judas Christ (2002)
Prey (2003)
Amanethes (2008)
