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Tiamat

Tiamat is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Candlemass, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Rotting Christ and Century Media Records. Those roots explain a lot about how Tiamat arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paradise Lost, Moonspell, My Dying Bride, Sentenced and Saturnus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tristania, Zetra, Sentenced, Runemagick and Skyclad, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Tiamat, reaching back through Candlemass and forward to Tristania. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

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.

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TiamatCandlemassPink FloydKing CrimsonRotting ChristCentury Media RecordsCeremony of OppositesBlack SabbathMercyful FateTristaniaZetraSentencedRunemagickSkycladAngelloreParadise LostMoonspellMy Dying BrideSentencedSaturnusAnathemaTristaniaDarkseed

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Tiamat connections

Tiamat grew out of Candlemass, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Rotting Christ, shares an orbit with Paradise Lost, Moonspell, My Dying Bride and Sentenced, went on to shape Tristania, Zetra, Sentenced and Runemagick. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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