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A tyrant is a despotic ruler or person.

Tyrant may also refer to:

Music

Bands

• Tyrant (Japanese band), a black metal band in Japan
• Tyrant, an American doom metal band later known as Saint Vitus
• Tyrant, a German thrash metal band later known as Tormentor and finally as Kreator
• Tyrant Records, a Canadian record label which merged into Union Label Group

Albums

• Tyrant (Backyard Babies album), an album by Swedish rock band Backyard Babies
• Tyrant (Circle album), an album by Finnish rock band Circle
• Tyrant, an album by American band Thou

Songs

• "Tyrant" (song), a song by heavy metal band Judas Priest on the album Sad Wings of Destiny
• "Tyrant", a song by OneRepublic on the 2007 album Dreaming Out Loud
• "Tyrants", a song by black metal band Immortal on the album Sons of Northern Darkness
• "Tyrants" (song), a song by Catfish and the Bottlemen
• "Tyrant" (song), 2024 song by Beyoncé, featuring Dolly Parton

Other uses

• Tyrant (American horse), winner of the 1885 Belmont Stakes
• Tyrant (British horse), winner of the 1802 Epsom Derby
• Tyrant (Marvel Comics), a comic book character for Marvel Comics
• Tyrant (Spiderbaby Grafix), a comic book series by Steve Bissette
• Tyrant (TV series), a 2014 American television series
• Tyrant (Ultra monster), a Kaiju (fictional monster)
• Tyrant flycatchers, a family of birds
• Tyrants, a partial title to the Mega Lo Mania video game as it was titled in the U.S.
• "Tyrant 22", the call sign of Army Ranger Kristoffer Domeij
• "Tyrant", the reincarnation of the Cyberdemon in the 2020 game Doom Eternal. Although the Cyberdemon was redesigned in 2016's Doom reboot, the Cyberdemon was given its classic appearance from 1994's Doom II.

See also

• Tyranny (disambiguation)
• Tyrannus (disambiguation)
• The Tyrant (disambiguation)

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