Oceans of Sadness was a progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band from Belgium

Belgium

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History

Oceans of Sadness caught their first bit of attention in 1996 when one of their demos was chosen Demo of the Month in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 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

Graspop Metal Meeting is an annual metal festival in Dessel, Belgium that has taken place each year since 1996. Despite the small size of the festival grounds the festival draws a large number of international spectators, with a total of 142,000 visitors in the course of the 2011 edition...

, the most famous Belgian metal festival. They would return there in 2003 and 2007. Oceans of Sadness definitively broke through when their single So Close was given airtime by music television channels TMF

The Music Factory

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 and JIMtv.

Oceans of Sadness have been supporting acts for a.o. Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...

, Within Temptation

Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...

 and Obituary

Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...

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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 'n Beauty (1998)
• For We Are
  For We Are
  For We Are is the début album by the Belgian alternative metal band Oceans of Sadness.- Track listing :# "As the Feast Begins" # "For When You Sleep, My Love" # "Re-Erase" # "A Dying Nightingale" # "Again the Wölf Wins"...
  
  (2000)
• Laughing Tears, Crying Smile
  Laughing Tears, Crying Smile
  Laughing Tears, Crying Smile is the second album by the Belgian alternative metal band Oceans of Sadness.- Track listing :# "Sinner's Dream" # "So Close" # "One Entire Shield of Pain" # "From the Seed to the Flower"...
  
  (2002)
• Send in the Clowns (2004)
• Mirror Palace (2007)
• The Arrogance of Ignorance (2008)

External links

• Official site
• Oceans Of Sadness at MySpace
  MySpace
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