Tim Aymar

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tim Aymar

| image = Tim Aymar.jpg

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| birth_name = Timothy L. Aymar

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1963|9|4}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|13|1963|9|4}}

| death_place = New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| genre = {{flatlist|

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1985–2023

| label = {{flatlist|

Cruz Del Sur
Nuclear Blast
Relapse}}

| past_member_of = Control Denied, Pharaoh, Angband, Triple-X

| website = {{URL|http://www.facebook.com/tim.aymar.metal}}
{{URL|http://www.solarflight.net}}
{{URL|http://www.emptywords.org}}

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Timothy Lee Aymar (September 4, 1963 – February 13, 2023){{Cite web|url=https://www.siwicki-yanickofh.com/obituary/Timothy-Aymar|title= Official Obituary of Timothy L. Aymar September 4, 1963 ~ February 13, 2023 (age 59)|work=Siwicki - Yanicko Funeral Home|accessdate=February 12, 2025}} was an American heavy metal singer. He was best known as the vocalist of progressive metal band Pharaoh{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pharaoh-mn0004191523#biography|title=Overview: Pharaoh|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=February 12, 2025}} and for his work with Chuck Schuldiner in Control Denied. His rise to fame began with his band, Triple-X.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/triplexpgh|title=Triple X - Pittsburgh Hard Rock Legends|work=Facebook|accessdate=February 12, 2025}}{{bsn|date=February 2025}}

Career

Aymar had been a vocalist since 1985 with the band 313.{{cite web|url=https://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/three-thirteen|title=Three Thirteen, by 313|work=Bandcamp|accessdate=February 12, 2025}} He later joined Triple X and released an album with them. He joined Psycho Scream, where his bandmate Jim Dofka introduced him to the music of Chuck Schuldiner and his band Death. 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.emptywords.org/MettleinterviewTimAymar12-2001.htm|title=Tim Aymar on His Mettle|author=Damian Smoklo|date=December 2001|work=True Metal/Mettle|access-date=February 12, 2025|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230325230343/http://www.emptywords.org/MettleinterviewTimAymar12-2001.htm}} and was known for his strong vocals in that band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/chuck-schuldiners-control-denied-the-fragile-art-of-existence-to-be-released-on-vinyl/|title=CHUCK SCHULDINER's CONTROL DENIED: 'The Fragile Art Of Existence' To Be Released On Vinyl|date=April 4, 2018|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=February 12, 2025}}

Death

Aymar died in February 2023, at the age of 59.{{cite news |title=Control Denied and Pharaoh Vocalist Tim Aymar Dead at 59 |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/control-denied-and-pharaoh-vocalist-tim-aymar-dead-at-59 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=Blabbermouth |date=February 15, 2023}}

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 Anheuser-Busch.{{Cite web|url=https://melodic-hardrock.com/bios/triple-x/|title=TRIPLE X|website=Hard Rock / A.O.R. / Glam Webzine|language=en-US|access-date=February 12, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108052821/https://melodic-hardrock.com/bios/triple-x/|archivedate=November 8, 2016}}

Discography

= With 313 =

313 Album 'Three Thirteen' released on CD by Divebomb Records in early 2019.

This was released on vinyl in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15814946-313-Three-Thirteen|title=Three Thirteen|work=Discogs|accessdate=February 12, 2025}}{{bsn|date=February 2025}}