Original sentence: 1994's critically acclaimed Wildhoney mixed death growls, slow guitar riffs and synthesizer sounds which sounded different from other symphonic black metal bands active at that time.Edlund subsequently changed the name to Tiamat.Initially, the band played straightforward death metal under the name Treblinka.Their music can generally be considered doom metal, but the actual classification of the style varies with each album.They split up in 1989, leaving vocalist and guitarist Johan Edlund as the band's sole member.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 melodic sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy influence
Edited sentence: 1994's critically acclaimed Wildhoney was seen by many as their crossover album, mixing harsh vocals, slow, intricate guitar riffs and celestial-sounding synthesizers which were quite different from other symphonic black metal bands active at that time.Initially, they had begun as straightforward death metal under the name Treblinka.The band split up in 1989, leaving vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund, who would subsequently change the name to Tiamat.The band's music has been described variously as gothic metal, doom metal, and symphonic metal, due to some variances in sound throughout their discography.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 melodic goth rock sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy influence