Tiamat

Tiamat is a Swedish metal band founded near Stockholm in 1990 and led by Johan Edlund. They have released ten studio albums. The band went through a number of styles before settling on gothic metal. Under Edlund's leadership, the band was influenced by Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Pink Floyd and King Crimson combined with Sumerian themes. H. P. Lovecraft also appears to have influenced Tiamat's lyrics, a common trait in death metal.