Orphanage (band)

Orphanage
Origin	Utrecht, Netherlands
Genres	Gothic metal, death metal, extreme metal
Years active	1993–2005
Labels	Nuclear Blast DSFA
Website	http://www.orphanage.nl
Past members
Martine van Loon Lex Vogelaar Eric Hoogendoorn Jules Vleugels Erwin Polderman Lasse Dellbrügge George Oosthoek Rosan van der Aa Theo Holsheimer Marcel Verdurmen Guus Eikens Remko van der Spek Sureel

Orphanage were a death metal/gothic metal band from the Netherlands.

History

The band formed in 1993 and released their first demos Morph (1993) and Druid (1994). Orphanage then recorded their first full album Oblivion (1995) and one year later released their second album, By Time Alone. Then released 1997 the band the EP At The Mountains Of Madness and worked three years on the album Inside, which was released in 2000. The last album Driven was released in 2004.^[1] On 18 October 2005 the band announced that they had disbanded.^[2] All 4 full albums were released on the Nuclear Blast and DSFA labels.

Line-up

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Last Line-up

• George Oosthoek - vocals
• Rosan van der Aa - vocals
• Theo Holsheimer - guitar
• Marcel Verdurmen - guitar
• Guus Eikens - guitar, keyboards
• Remko van der Spek - bass
• Sureel - drums

Former Members

• Martine van Loon - vocals
• Lex Vogelaar - guitar
• Eric Hoogendoorn - bass
• Jules Vleugels - drums
• Erwin Polderman - drums
• Lasse Dellbrügge - keyboards
• Stephen van Haestregt - drums

Discography

Demos

• Morph (1993)
• Druid (1994)

Albums

• Oblivion (1995)
• By Time Alone (1996)
• Inside (2000)
• Driven (2004)

EPs

• At The Mountains Of Madness (EP) (1997)
• The Sign Tour EP (2003)

References

1. ^ Orphanage - Discography at metalstorm.ee
2. ^ Orphanage Split Up on metalunderground,com
3. ^ Orphanage - Metal Storm at metalstorm.ee

External links

• Web site of the band Orphanage
• Orphanage at metal-archives.com