Oceans of Sadness

Oceans of Sadness
Origin	Dessel, Belgium
Genres	Progressive metal
Years active	1995–2011
Labels	Scarlet Records
Members	Tijs Vanneste Hans Claes Wim Melis Tom Van Cauwenberghe Jo Van Heghe* Guy Vernelen

Oceans of Sadness was a progressive metal band from Belgium.

History

Oceans of Sadness were featured in 1996 with a Demo of the Month in the Dutch metal magazine Aardschok ^{[volume & issue needed]}.

They released their first album, For We Are, in 2000. One year later, they played for the first time at Graspop Metal Meeting, the most famous Belgian metal festival. They would return there in 2003 and 2007. Oceans of Sadness received airtime ^[when?] for their single So Close by music television channels TMF and JIMtv.

Oceans of Sadness have been supporting acts for a.o. Dimmu Borgir, Within Temptation and Obituary.

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 and Beauty (1998)
• For We Are (2000)
• Laughing Tears, Crying Smile (2002)
• Send in the Clowns (2004)
• Mirror Palace (2007)
• The Arrogance of Ignorance (2008)

External links

• Oceans Of Sadness at MySpace (in English)