... And Oceans
Quite the oddity, this Finnish group with the strange band name and
quirky member pseudonyms that seem to change with almost every
album.
The band debuted in 1998 with
The Dynamic Gallery Of Thoughts, a symphonic black metal
album frequently and favorably compared to
Dimmu Borgir
circa
Stormblast,
though even early on there are signs that this
band is trying to do something different.
By 2000 the band had really started spreading its wings, releasing
an album with the elaborate title
Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis Of Dismorphism.
Why they decided to exchange one set of stage names for another is
anyone's guess, but anyway the focus here is still on black metal,
but with a unique twist, that being the very evident
electronic/techno keyboard work.
Clearly a band who writes songs with titles such as
"Mechanic Hippie", "Baby Blue Doll - Merry Go Mind", or
"Intelligence Is Sexy"
(not the mention the titles on their latest album, each of which
is a mouthful in itself)
is a band working on their own terms.
... And Oceans is
highly recommended not only to black metal fans but also metal fans
in general looking for something just a bit different.
Eventually the band decided to morph their sound into something quite
different, and so ... And Oceans was officially put to rest, and
a new band, with a largely similar lineup, emerged.
That band, with a much harsher industrial sound, is
Havoc Unit.
Current Members
Killstar/K-2T4-S (Kenny)
vocals
Tripster/Neptune (T)
guitars
Petri Siekkula
guitars
Q/Atomica/Gaunt (Mika Aalto)
bass
(Rotten Sound)
Plasmaar/Anzhaar (Anti)
keyboards
Sami Latva
drums
(Rotten Sound)
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Former Members/Guests
de Monde (7Even II)
guitars
Mr. Oos
bass
Grief/Martex (Jani Martikkala)
drums
(Enochian Crescent)
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Discography
The Dynamic Gallery Of Thoughts
1998
Season Of Mist
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- Trollfan
- Som Oppna Bocker
- September (Nur Hjartat Bloder)
- The Room Of Thousands Arts
- Karsimyksien Vaaleat Kadet
- Je Te Connais Beau Masque
- Ur Aldrig Saga Och Sang
- Samtal Med Tankar: Halo Of Words
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- Killstar/K-2T4-S
- Tripster/Neptune
- de Monde
- Mr. Oos
- Plasmaar/Anzhaar
- Grief/Martex
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WAR Vol I (split with Bloodthorn)
1998
Season Of Mist
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- Je Te Connais Beau Masque
- Meters Final (Accelerate)
- Flesh (GGFH cover)
- Breeding The Evil Inside (Bloodthorn cover)
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- Killstar/K-2T4-S
- Tripster/Neptune
- de Monde
- Mr. Oos
- Plasmaar/Anzhaar
- Grief/Martex
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The Symmetry Of I - The Circle Of O
1999
Season Of Mist
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- Mechanic Hippie
- Aquarium Of Children - Ajatusten Merenpinta
- The Black Vagabond And The Swan Of Two Heads
- Solipsism
- Baby Blue Doll - Merry Go Mind
- Acid Sex And Marble Teeth (You-Phoria)
- I Wish I Was Pregnant
- Stained
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- Killstar/K-2T4-S
- Tripster/Neptune
- de Monde
- Q/Atomica/Gaunt
- Plasmaar/Anzhaar
- Grief/Martex
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A.M.G.O.D.
2000
Century Media
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- Intelligence Is Sexy
- White Synthetic Noise
- Tears Have No Name
- Esprit De Corps
- Odious & Devious
- Of Devlish Tongues
- Postfuturistika
- TBA In A Silver Box
- New Model World
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- Killstar/K-2T4-S
- Tripster/Neptune
- de Monde
- Q/Atomica/Gaunt
- Plasmaar/Anzhaar
- Grief/Martex
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Cypher
2002
Century Media
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- Fragile: Pictures Of Silence: Melting The Skies
- Picturesque: Cataclysm Savour: And The Little Things That Make Us Smile
- Angelina: Chthonian Earth: Her Face Forms Worms
- Halcyon: The Heavy Silence: In Silent Rain
- Aphelion: Light Evanescence: Into Extinction
- Opaque: The Morning I Woke Up Dead: Today Is The Day
- Aphid: Devil Flower: Fruits Of Lunacy
- Voyage: Lost Between Horizons: Eaten By The Distance
- Catharsis: End Of Organisms: Absolute Purification Of Sins
- Silhouette: In White Rooms: Vacant Bodies
- Comatose: The World Amnesia: Planet Dead
- Debris: The Magenta Harvest: Liquid Flesh
- Nail: An Odyssey In Flesh: Celebrate The New Skin
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- Killstar/K-2T4-S
- Tripster/Neptune
- Petri Siekkula
- Q/Atomica/Gaunt
- Plasmaar/Anzhaar
- Sami Latva
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