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.
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", and the band's profile was raised by a European tour with
Marduk,
Vader, and
Mortician. Band members also played in
Rotten Sound,
Deathbound, and 6 Billion Ways to Die.
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. In October 2022, the band announced their upcoming album,
As in Gardens, So in Tombs, would be released on January 27, 2023. ==Members==