Oceans of Sadness Break Up

[Akumu]

Belgian progressive metallers OCEANS OF SADNESS have announced plans to disband after 16 years of existence. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows:

"First of all we want to thank all of you for supporting OCEANS OF SADNESS during these last 15 years.

"Thanks to you we had the chance to do a lot of cool things, much more than we ever dreamed of 15 years ago...

"During these 15 years we've never really tried to be part of any particular scene music-wise and our image has always been the last thing we cared about. Creating our own sound and writing original and inspiring metal has always been our only real goal and we are proud of the road we travelled during the 5 albums we recorded, with 'The Arrogance Of Ignorance' being the last one, released in 2008 on Scarlet Records.

"We are really proud of all our music and we ourselves have always believed that we kept getting better and better at what we wanted to do.

"But now we feel that our story may have been told.... Theoretically we could easily go on for another 15 years... but we won't.

"We feel time has come for us to relax for a while and who knows what happens in the future... I'm pretty sure all of us will continue making music, maybe together, maybe separately, but more important is that we all have the feeling we can now close this chapter of our lives with pride and dignity.

"We're not the kind of guys to close a door and throw away the key forever, not at all... however, we don't have the intention to come back in this shape in a few years either... Music is about creativity and challenging yourself and right now we feel we got stuck in some sort of routine for quite a while now... We lack the energy to record yet another album, again negotiating with labels, just to end up with another deal that only costs us a lot of money, followed by a few shows... We'll see what happens in the future, like with everything in life: nothing is certain...

"On a positive note: To celebrate the end of OCEANS OF SADNESS in style we decided to leave the scene with a blast and do a special last show.

"The date and other details will be released when all is certain.

"Thanks for everything! We hope you will enjoy our music for many years to come!"

Blabbermouth



Thank you so much for bringing them over, Glenn. Great set, and great people...

 

[Harvester]

*sigh*

 

[TychoCelchu]

Ugh, sad news! They were an awesome band who, in my opinion were on the upswing (Arrogance of Ignorance is my idea of a modern metal masterpiece). Glenn did a great move getting them here.

 

[ApolloFC]

Woah 15 years? And I thought they only had the last album. Damn

 

[seh750]

That's really disappointing. I had never heard of them prior to PPXI, enjoyed their album and was completely blown away by their live performance. I've been trying to pick up their back catalog, but the older discs are hard to find. Anybody know of a shop where I can order them (I have Arrogance and Mirror Palace)?

 

[zekeyou]

*sigh*

Ditto here. One of the PP highlights for me, for sure-- and a band I probably wouldn't have checked out if not for PP.

 

[AngraRULES]

Disappointing news. I was hoping to catch them live at some point..

 

[VenomGA]

horrible, horrible news. one of the best non-traditional bands to have ever played the festival.

 

[jem777az]

I just saw this on blabbermouth. What a crappy way to start the day. I feel fortunate to have seen them last year. Thank you to Glenn for bringing these guys to ProgPower.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Wow, that's a bummer, Yet another "new to me" band whose set I thouroiughly enjoyed @ PPUSA....

 

[General Zod]

Hmmm... I thought that Tijs had hinted that the next disc was nearly done and that they merely needed a label. Sad.

 

[ZaneF2010]

I'm happy I got to see them at Progpower, definantely one of my favorite sets last year.

 

[Akumu]

Hmmm... I thought that Tijs had hinted that the next disc was nearly done and that they merely needed a label. Sad.

Yeah, they had a Facebook update in December that said they had 6-7 songs written already. I was really looking forward to it.

 

[zedowns]

Oceans of Sadness, Oceansize, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum... whos next?

 

[Gammaween]

I was really looking forward to hearing what these guys were going to do to follow up 'The Arrogance Of Ignorance' as I really enjoyed that album. I really wanted to see them play PP last year, but I couldn't swing it. This just makes me regret not being able to go even more. Well I guess I'll just listen to their last masterpiece a few times today...

 

[DADRocks]

That sucks. Loved their last cd and I'm really glad I was able to catch them.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

Oceans of Sadness, Oceansize, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum... whos next?

SGM BROKE UP!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Megametal]

Oh well, couldn't get into them anyway.

 

[Prog_Please]

Oceans of Sadness, Oceansize, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum... whos next?

You forgot to mention ISIS!!!! That's the most depressing of them all. lol

 

[AeonicSlumber]

For me Isis was the least depressing. Dudes actually making money doing what they loved decided they had enough artistic integrity to decide to call it a day because they've said everything they wanted to say. Can't fault them on that.