Oceans of Sadness was a
progressive metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...
band from Belgium.
History
Oceans of Sadness were featured in 1996 with a ''Demo of the Month'' in the Dutch metal magazine ''
Aardschok'' .
They released their first album, ''For We Are'', in 2000. One year later, they played for the first time at
Graspop Metal Meeting
Graspop Metal Meeting is a Belgian heavy metal festival held in Dessel each year since 1996, excluding 2020 and 2021 due to covid restrictions. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festiva ...
, the most famous Belgian metal festival. They would return there in 2003 and 2007. Oceans of Sadness received airtime for their single ''So Close'' by music television channels
TMF and
JIMtv.
Oceans of Sadness have been supporting acts for a.o.
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, ...
,
Within Temptation
Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have been classified by critics as gothic metal and symphonic metal, although each album contains other inf ...
and
Obituary.
Band members
* Tijs Vanneste
(vocals)
* Hans Claes
(keyboards)
* Wim Melis
(guitar)
* Tom Van Cauwenberghe
(guitar)
* Jo Van Heghe
(bass)
* Guy Vernelen
(drums)
Discography
* ''Between Heaven, Earth and Beauty''
(1998)
* ''For We Are''
(2000)
* ''Laughing Tears, Crying Smile''
(2002)
* ''Send in the Clowns''
(2004)
* ''Mirror Palace''
(2007)
* ''The Arrogance of Ignorance''
(2008)
External links
Oceans Of Sadnessat
MySpace
Alternative metal musical groups
Belgian heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1995
Musical groups disestablished in 2011
Scarlet Records artists
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