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OCEANS OF SADNESS

 Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 1:24pm by

Oceans of Sadness

Oceans of Sadness are a band who grabbed my attention based solely on their name, which despite its emo-osity beckoned me to give them a listen. The Belgium-based sextet combine elements of Scandinavian-influenced death/doom (Insomnium, Daylight Dies, Agalloch) with a more airy, ethereal, progged-out but dark sense of melody reminiscent of To-Mera meets Type O Negative. Does that make any sense at all? Didn’t think so, but neither do 99% of music descriptions.

Oceans of Sadness’ MySpace page says they have a new album coming out some time this year called The Arrogance of Ignorance but doesn’t specify a date. One track from that record, “Some Things Seem So Easy,” is posted on their MySpace. Also check out their haunting, truly wicked sounding cover of Alice in Chains’ “Them Bones” (complete with a keyboard rendition of the guitar solo). Dig it.

-VN

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  • bucketochicken

    As someone of Beligian descent with “Van” in his last name, I think I have to be a fan of a metal band from Belgium with three “Van” band members.
    Wooooooo!!!! Lineage!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    1) Keyboard solos replacing guitar solos are not metal.
    2) That cover blows and blows hard. What is that – midi?
    3) I was prepared to get all snarky about your post of yet another death-whatever band, but this band is no where near death or (fillinthebland)core. It’s just moody, keyboard infested ear-rot.

  • bucketochicken

    AMENDMENT TO PREVIOUS POST:

    Ok, I actually listened to them. Meh-core.

  • http://www.hibernum.net hibernum

    FYI, linky no worky, url has metalsucks in it.

  • http://onYourChin.org Deez Nutz

    Look numb nuts, if you can’t find them through that link it’s your own damn fault. Noah fuck off please.

  • http://www.myspace.com/oceansofsadness OOS

    Thanks for your support.

    More info and new teasers from the upcoming album on eof these days ;-)

  • http://www.oceansofsadness.com OOS

    The new album “The Arrogance Of Ignorance” will be out on Scarlet Records late September! More info on http://www.oceansofsadness.com and http://www.myspace.com/oceansofsadness .

    By the way, thanks for you reactions on the Alice In Chains tribute we did but allow me to add that the adaption of the solo we did in the song is not a synth but a real violin (played by a friends of ours, check http://www.myspace.com/ballroomquartet ) ;-)

    Rock ‘n roll to pleasure your soul.

    OOS