{{Short description|Finnish metal band}} {{Redirect|Festerday|the song by Carcass|Reek of Putrefaction}} {{Refimprove|date=January 2009}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = ...And Oceans | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Helsinki, Finland | genre = Death metal, melodic death metal, symphonic black metal, experimental metal, industrial metal | years_active = Festerday: 1989–1992; 2013–2020{{-}}...and Oceans: 1995–2005, 2020–present {{-}}Havoc Unit: 2005–2013 | label = Century Media{{-}}Season of Mist | website = | current_members = {{unbulleted list|Timo Kontio|Teemu Saari|Kauko Kuusisalo|Antti Simonen|Mathias Lillmåns|Pyry Hanski}} | past_members = See: ...and Oceans membership }}
'''...And Oceans''', previously known as '''Havoc Unit''' and '''Festerday''', is a metal band from Finland. It was formed in 1989 as a death metal band, but soon changed its style to symphonic black metal. It released its first album as ...and Oceans in 1998, and in the following years it pursued a less traditional, more industrial-oriented direction.
==History== The band was formed in 1989 as Festerday and it originally played death metal. It changed name to ...and Oceans in 1995, and the band's debut release was the symphonic black metal album ''Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts'', released by Season of Mist.<ref name="Loftus">Loftus, Johnny "[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p470289|pure_url=yes}} ...and Oceans Biography]", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation</ref> ''The Symmetry of I – The Circle of O'' followed in 1998. The band signed to Century Media, who issued the ''A.M. G.O.D.: Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis of Dimorphism'' album, described by ''AllMusic'' as "definitely one of the band's finest",<ref name="Jeffries">Jeffries, Vincent "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r522347|pure_url=yes}} ''A.M. G.O.D.: Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis of Dimorphism'' Review]", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation</ref> and the band's profile was raised by a European tour with Marduk, Vader, and Mortician.<ref name="Loftus" /> The band's 2002 album ''Cypher'' was described by ''Allmusic'' as "Scandinavian cyber-metal", "sounding as if Skinny Puppy and Cannibal Corpse have spawned some kind of terrible, shrieking cyborg baby".<ref name="Hinds">Hinds, Andy "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r606436|pure_url=yes}} ''Cypher'' Review]", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation</ref> Band members also played in Rotten Sound, Deathbound, and 6 Billion Ways to Die.<ref name="Loftus" />
===Havoc Unit=== After ten years of existence as ...and Oceans and four full-length albums, the band changed its name to Havoc Unit in 2005. Its first album under the new name was ''h.IV+ (Hoarse Industrial Viremia)'', released in 2008. After five years, in 2013 band's name returned to be '''Festerday'''.<ref name="metal-archives.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Festerday/37317 |title=Festerday - Encyclopaedia Metallum |publisher=The Metal Archives |access-date=2017-05-27}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Havoc_Unit/109298 |title=Havoc Unit - Encyclopaedia Metallum |publisher=The Metal Archives |access-date=2017-05-27}}</ref>{{ugc|date=January 2023}}
===Return as ...''And Oceans''=== On January 14, 2020, heavy metal label Season of Mist announced the upcoming release of ''Cosmic World Mother'', a new album from the band, now reformed as ...''And Oceans.'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.season-of-mist.com/news/and-oceans-2020-01-14/|title=AND OCEANS - Cosmic World Mother - Jan 14, 2020|website=Season-of-mist.com|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>
In October 2022, the band announced their upcoming album, ''As in Gardens, So in Tombs'', would be released on January 27, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heaviestofart.com/post/and-oceans-announce-new-album-as-in-gardens-so-in-tombs|title=...AND OCEANS announce new album 'As in Gardens, So in Tombs' + share new single|website=Heaviest of Art|access-date=January 27, 2023|date=October 26, 2022}}</ref>
==Members== * T.kunz (Timo Kontio) – guitar {{small|(1989–present)}}, bass guitar {{small|(1992–1995, 1997–present)}} * de Monde "7Even II" (Teemu Saari) – guitar {{small|(1989–2001, 2017–present)}} * Kauko Kuusisalo – drums {{small|(2018–present)}} * Antti Simonen – keyboards {{small|(2018–present)}} * Mathias Lillmåns – vocals {{small|(2019–present)}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/and-oceans/ | title=...And Oceans (News, biography, albums, line-up, tour dates) {{pipe}} Official Season of Mist band }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Mathias_Lillm%C3%A5ns/4684 | title=Mathias Lillmåns - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives }}</ref> * Pyry Hanski – bass guitar {{small|(2020–present)}}
===Former members=== ====...And Oceans====
* Martex "Cauldron, Grief, Mr. Plaster" (Jani Martikkala) – drums {{small|(1997–2001)}} * Mr. Oos (Marcus Roos) – bass {{small|(1995–1997)}} * Anti "Anzaar" – keyboards {{small|(1997–2005)}} * Heinr.ich (Mika Aalto) – bass, keyboards {{small|(1999–2013, 2018–2019)}} * Pete (Petri Seikkula) – guitar {{small|(2001–2005)}} * Sa.myel (Sami Latva) – drums, bass, guitar {{small|(2002–2013)}} * Jallu – bass * Piia – keyboards, violin * Jos.f (Kena Strömsholm) – vocals {{small|(1989–2019)}}
====Festerday==== * Teemu Kilponen – drums {{small|(1990–1992)}} * Jakke Mäki – bass {{small|(1990–1992)}} * Jari Honkaniemi – bass {{small|(1989–1990)}} * Miikka Timonen – drums {{small|(1989–1990)}} * Veijo Pulkkinen – drums {{small|(1989–1990)}}
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==Discography== ===As Festerday (1989–1992; 2013–2020)=== <ref name="metal-archives.com"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/> * ''Festerday / Carnifex'' (split with Carnifex, 1991) * ''Demo II'' (demo, 1991) * ''Demo III'' (demo, 1992) * ''Iihtallan'' (album, 2019)
===As ...And Oceans (1995–2005; 2020–present) === ====Albums==== * ''The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts'' (1998) * ''The Symmetry of I - The Circle of O'' (1999) * ''A.M.G.O.D. (Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis of Dimorphism)'' (2001) * ''Cypher'' (2002) * ''Cosmic World Mother'' (2020) * ''As in Gardens, So in Tombs'' (2023) * ''The Regeneration Itinerary'' (2025) ====Other==== * ''Wave'' (demo, 1995) * ''Promo Tape'' (demo, 1996) * ''Mare Liberum'' (demo, 1997) * ''War Vol. I'' (split with Bloodthorn, 1998) * ''...and Oceans'' (box set, 2000) * ''mOrphogenesis'' (EP) (2001) * ''The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts / The Symmetry of I – The Circle of O'' (compilation, 2003)
===As Havoc Unit (2005–2013)=== * ''Havoc Unit / And Then You Die'' (split with And Then You Die, 2007) * ''Synæsthesia - The Requiem Reveries'' (2007) * ''Havoc Unit / ...and Oceans'' (2007) * ''h.IV+ (Hoarse Industrial Viremia)'' (2007)
==References== {{Reflist}}
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