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{{Short description|Finnish metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = ...And Oceans
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| 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 Records|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: [[#Members|...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 music|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 (band)|Marduk]], [[Vader (band)|Vader]], and [[Mortician (band)|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)===
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* ''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 (...And Oceans album)|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'' ([[Extended play|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}}

==External links==
*{{MusicBrainz artist|id=284460fc-c58a-4214-b81c-299a66bbd786|name=...and Oceans}}
{{Havoc Unit}}

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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1989]]
[[Category:Finnish black metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Industrial metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Symphonic black metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Post-metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Finnish musical quartets]]
[[Category:Season of Mist artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Helsinki]]

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