The Finnish black metal band ...And Oceans was formed in 1995. The members had previously played with bands like Black Dawn, Festerday (a death metal band existing between 1990 and 1993), Peacefrog and Extreme Disco Terror. They recorded a demo called Wave in 1995 which was never released and in 1996 the only official demo called "Mare Liberum" which was released through Defender Productions from Sweden in 1997. A deal was signed with the French label Season Of Mist for which they released a couple of albums before ending up with a Century Media deal.