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Biography
Refimprove|date=January 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Havoc Unit| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Helsinki, Finland|Helsinki , Finland | genre = Industrial metal , symphonic black metal , death metal , Experimental music|experimental | years_active = Festerday: 1989–1995-...and Oceans: 1995–2005-Havoc Unit: since 2005| label = Century Media - Season of Mist | associated_acts = O Rotten Sound Throes of Dawn | website = http://www.endpointzero.net/ www.endpointzero.net| current_members = Jos.f (Kenny)-T.kunz (Toni Pihlaja)-Heinr.ich (Mika Aalto)-Sa.myel (Sami Latva)| past_members = de Monde-Martex (Jani Martikkala)-Mr. Oos-Anti-Pete Havoc Unit , formerly known as ...and Oceans , is an industrial black metal band from Finland . It was formed in 1989 as a death metal outfit called Festerday , 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. 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.
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 .Loftus, Johnny "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p470289|pure_url=yes ...and Oceans Biography", Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation The Symmetry of 1 - 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",Jeffries, Vincent "Allmusic|class=album|id=r522347|pure_url=yes A.M. G.O.D.: Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis of Dismorphism Review", Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation and the band's profile was raised by a European tour with Marduk (band)|Marduk , Vader (band)|Vader , and Mortician (band)|Mortician . 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".Hinds, Andy "Allmusic|class=album|id=r606436|pure_url=yes Cypher Review", Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation Band members also played in Rotten Sound , Deathbound , and 6 Billion Ways to Die.
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