Title: tiamat sumerian cry

Description: Biography of Tiamat

Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka.They split up in 1989, leaving vocalist and guitarist Johan Edlund as the band's sole member. Edlund subsequently changed the name to Tiamat in 1990 and called three members of Treblinka to reform the band. Later they released their debut album Sumerian Cry, which was the last death metal release by the band.

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 heavy metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later.

Upon the release of A Deeper Kind of Slumber (1997), Edlund relocated from Sweden to Germany and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a more gothic rock sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy influence.

The band signed to Nuclear Blast Records in June 2007. Tiamat is currently working on their new album Amanethes, which is set to be released on April 18th, 2008.
* Sumerian Cry June 7, 1990 CMFT Productions
* The Astral Sleep September 1, 1991 Century Media
* Clouds April 2, 1992 Century Media
* Wildhoney October 25, 1994 Century Media
* A Deeper Kind of Slumber August 12, 1997 Century Media
* Skeleton Skeletron August 11, 1999 Century Media
* Judas Christ April 30, 2002 Century Media
* Prey January 27, 2004 Century Media
* Amanethes April 18, 2008 Nuclear Blast Records