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Orphanage were a
death metal
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gothic metal
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band from the Netherlands.
History
The band was formed in 1993 and released their first demos ''Morph'' (1993) and ''Druid'' (1994). Orphanage then recorded their first full album ''Oblivion'', and one year later released their second album, ''By Time Alone''. In 1997, the band released 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. On 18 October 2005 the band announced that they had disbanded. All four studio albums were released on the
Nuclear Blast
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DSFA labels.
Line-up
Orphanage – Metal Storm
at metalstorm.ee
;Final line-up
*George Oosthoek – harsh vocals (1994–2005)
*Rosan van der Aa – clean vocals (1995–2005)
*Theo Holsheimer – guitars (2004–2005)
*Marcel Verdurmen – guitars (2004–2005)
*Guus Eikens – keyboards (1993–2000, 2004–2005), guitar (2000–2004)
*Remko van der Spek – bass (2000–2005)
*Sureel – drums (2000–2005)
;Former members
*Jason Köhnen – harsh vocals (1993)
*Stefan Ruiters – clean vocals (1993)
*Martine van Loon – clean vocals (1994–1995)
*Lex Vogelaar – guitars (1993–2000)
*Lasse Dellbrügge – keyboards (2000–2004)
*Eric Hoogendoorn – bass (1993–2000)
* Stephen van Haestregt – drums (1993–1994)
*Jules Vleugels – drums (1995)
*Erwin Polderman – drums (1995–2000)
Timeline
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Discography
;Studio albums
* ''Oblivion'' (1995)
* ''By Time Alone'' (1996)
* ''Inside'' (2000)
* ''Driven'' (2004)
;EPs
* ''At the Mountains of Madness'' (1997)
* ''The Sign Tour'' (2003)
References
External links
Orphanage at metal-archives.com
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Dutch heavy metal musical groups
Dutch death metal musical groups
Dutch musical sextets
Musical groups established in 1993
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
Musical septets
Dutch gothic metal musical groups
Nuclear Blast artists
1993 establishments in the Netherlands