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/ gothic metal band from the Netherlands.

History

The band was formed in 1993 and released their first demos ''Morph'' (1993) and ''Druid'' (1994). Orphanage then recorded their first full album Oblivion (1995) and one year later released their second album, By Time Alone. In 1997, the band released the EP

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, which was released in 2000. The last album Driven was released in 2004. On 18 October 2005 the band announced that they had disbanded. All 4 full albums were released on the

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and DSFA labels.

Line-up

Orphanage – Metal Storm
at metalstorm.ee ;Final line-up *George Oosthoek – harsh vocals (1994–2005) *Rosan van der Aa – clean vocals (1995–2005) *Theo Holsheimer – guitars (2004–2005) *Marcel Verdurmen – guitars (2004–2005) *Guus Eikens – keyboards (1993–2000, 2004–2005), guitar (2000–2004) *Remko van der Spek – bass (2000–2005) *Sureel – drums (2000–2005) ;Former members *Jason Köhnen – harsh vocals (1993) *Stefan Ruiters – clean vocals (1993) *Martine van Loon – clean vocals (1994–1995) *Lex Vogelaar – guitars (1993–2000) *Lasse Dellbrügge – keyboards (2000–2004) *Eric Hoogendoorn – bass (1993–2000) * Stephen van Haestregt – drums (1993–1994) *Jules Vleugels – drums (1995) *Erwin Polderman – drums (1995–2000)

Timeline

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Discography

;Demos * ''Morph'' (1993) * ''Druid'' (1994) ;Albums * '' Oblivion'' (1995) * '' By Time Alone'' (1996) * ''

'' (2000) * '' Driven'' (2004) ;EP's * '' At The Mountains Of Madness (EP)'' (1997) * '' The Sign Tour EP'' (2003)

References

External links

Orphanage at metal-archives.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orphanage Dutch heavy metal musical groups Dutch death metal musical groups Dutch musical groups Musical groups established in 1993 Musical groups disestablished in 2005 Dutch gothic metal musical groups Nuclear Blast artists 1993 establishments in the Netherlands