Album: Skeleton Skeletron by Tiamat (1999)
Genre: Gothic Metal | Style: Metal
Record Label: Century Media
Format: Album

Description: Skeleton Skeletron is the 1999 album release by Swedish band Tiamat.
Following A Deeper Kind of Slumber, the band took a less ambiguous direction to their style, utilizing a Gothic metal-based sound but with various atmospheric soundscapes/effects and female background vocals added in.
"Church of Tiamat" (Track #1) is also the name of the band's official website.
The end of the songs "As Long as You Are Mine" and "Lucy" include quotes of French poet Jean de La Fontaine's entire fable Le Loup et l’Agneau (The Wolf and the Lamb).

Artist Background: Tiamat is a metal band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1987. Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat. The Sumerian Cry album included re-recorded Treblinka songs and was released in June 1990. After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify ... Part of the Stockholm, Sweden music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Gothic Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Paradise Lost, Moonspell, Lake of Tears, My Dying Bride

Music Scene: Part of the Stockholm, Sweden music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Gothic Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Gothic Metal, Metal, 1990s, Album, Century Media

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Skeleton Skeletron is the 1999 album release by Swedish band Tiamat.
Following A Deeper Kind of Slumber, the band took a less ambiguous direction to their style, utilizing a Gothic metal-based sound but with various atmospheric soundscapes/effects and female background vocals added in.
"Church of Tiamat" (Track #1) is also the name of the band's official website.
The end of the songs "As Long as You Are Mine" and "Lucy" include quotes of French poet Jean de La Fontaine's entire fable Le Loup et l’Agneau (The Wolf and the Lamb).

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