Timothy L. Aymar (born September 4, 1963) is an American heavy metal singer. He is best known as the vocalist of

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band

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and for his work with

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Career

Often known for his strong vocals on

band but his music career as a vocalist started years before that. He's been a vocalist since 1985 with the band 313, then he joined Triple x and released an album with them. Then he joined Psych Scream, where his bandmate Jim Dofka introduce him to the music of Chuck Schuldiner and his band

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. Schuldiner heard Aymar's voice on Psycho Scream and contacted him through his bandmate Jim Dofka. After a three-song audition, he joined Schuldiner's new band Control Denied as the vocalist.

Awards

Aymar's band Triple-X won the In Pittsburgh Music Awards for Best Metal Band in 1990, and was the first regional band to be awarded a national sponsorship, which was from Anheuser-Busch/Budweiser

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. Tim was also voted 'Vocalist of the Year' in readers polls of many of the

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Tri-State Area's rock and entertainment publications.

Discography

With 313

*Three Thirteen Album demos 1985 & 1987 (both full-length)

With Triple X

*''Bang'' (full-length, 1991)

With Control Denied

*''

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'' (full-length, 1999)

With Psycho Scream

*Spring '94 Limited Edition (demo, 1994) *''Virtual Insanity'' (full-length 1994) *Demo 1996 (demo, 1996)

With Pharaoh

*''After the Fire'' (2003) *''The Longest Night'' (2005) *''Be Gone'' (2008) *''Ten Years'' (EP) (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''The Powers That Be'' (2021)

With Vicious Cycle

*''Burrn'' (demo, 2002)

With Advent of Bedlam

*''Flesh Over God'' (full-length, 2012)

With Xthirt13n

*''A Taste of the Light'' (full-length, 2014)

With Angband

* ''IV'' (full-length, 2020)

References

External links

Facebook Profile

Pharaoh Website

Death and Control Denied Website
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