---
title: "Tiamat"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/tiamat"
genre: "Gothic Metal"
country: "Sweden"
formed: 1987
---

# Tiamat

**Tiamat** is a gothic metal band, from Sweden, active 1987 to present.

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.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Tiamat |
| Genre | Gothic Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Formed | 1987 |
| Releases in catalog | 13 |

## Genres

[Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Anders Iwers](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anders-iwers) | Bass guitar | 1996 to present | Current |
| [Johan Edlund](https://themetalnet.com/musician/johan-edlund) | Lead vocals | 1989 to present | Current |
| [Lars Sköld](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lars-skold) | Membranophone | 1994 to present | Current |
| [Roger Öjersson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/roger-ojersson) | Electric guitar | 2011 to present | Current |
| [Jörgen Thullberg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jorgen-thullberg) | Electric bass guitar | 1989 to 1992 | Former |
| [Johnny Hagel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/johnny-hagel) | Bass guitar | 1992 to 1996 | Former |
| [Kenneth Roos](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kenneth-roos) | Keyboard | 1992 to 1994 | Former |
| [Niklas Ekstrand](https://themetalnet.com/musician/niklas-ekstrand) | Membranophone | 1990 to 1994 | Former |
| [Thomas Petersson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/thomas-petersson) | Electric guitar | 1990 to 2008 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1990 | [Sumerian Cry](https://themetalnet.com/album/4cd361a8-5b22-308f-b2f5-2e1e4bd0f25b) | Album |
| 1991 | [The Astral Sleep](https://themetalnet.com/album/35c71237-d0b4-33f7-9761-053b6b1b5352) | Album |
| 1992 | [Clouds](https://themetalnet.com/album/5c540c0c-277c-375e-9d56-778a48c8e022) | Album |
| 1994 | [Gaia](https://themetalnet.com/album/2fe05bd2-ca1f-3cc0-8161-6fcfd2af5439) | EP |
| 1994 | [Wildhoney](https://themetalnet.com/album/f743de25-5811-3f43-9a2e-6acead1892fe) | Album |
| 1997 | [A Deeper Kind of Slumber](https://themetalnet.com/album/f4e8c0aa-4850-330f-90b6-55d0ab872274) | Album |
| 1999 | [For Her Pleasure](https://themetalnet.com/album/5abea553-2d7f-30a2-b902-ee7b63f2eea3) | EP |
| 1999 | [Skeleton Skeletron](https://themetalnet.com/album/ab392817-6edd-30e0-9ad9-df59607af3f5) | Album |
| 2002 | [Judas Christ](https://themetalnet.com/album/a2c224ca-443c-308a-a31d-c435fb7bf212) | Album |
| 2003 | [Prey](https://themetalnet.com/album/47522a8d-f8f7-3ae9-b432-e110c01b786b) | Album |
| 2008 | [Amanethes](https://themetalnet.com/album/9911c79d-3a56-3531-b62a-654d4d6c6910) | Album |
| 2012 | [The Scarred People](https://themetalnet.com/album/856dae95-c1de-4c09-97f6-8804bece6229) | Album |
|  | [Skeleton Skeletron / For Her Pleasure](https://themetalnet.com/album/738fb763-77d0-4995-93ed-d4b8961a07ef) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Paradise Lost](https://themetalnet.com/band/paradise-lost) (listened together)
- [Moonspell](https://themetalnet.com/band/moonspell) (listened together)
- [Katatonia](https://themetalnet.com/band/katatonia) (listened together)
- [Anathema](https://themetalnet.com/band/anathema-20aa23e3) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Therion](https://themetalnet.com/band/therion) (listened together)
- [My Dying Bride](https://themetalnet.com/band/my-dying-bride) (listened together)
- [Theatre of Tragedy](https://themetalnet.com/band/theatre-of-tragedy) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together)
- [The Gathering](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-gathering) (listened together)
- [Type O Negative](https://themetalnet.com/band/type-o-negative) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiamat
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tiamat/859
- x: https://twitter.com/ChurchofTiamat
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTrueTiamaT
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/3799
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiamatband/
- bandcamp: https://tiamat.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/se/artist/18243640
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SwHKKNKYToC1YzWVNWAIN

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/tiamat](https://themetalnet.com/band/tiamat). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt