Oceans of Slumber is a progressive metal band from Houston, Texas, USA. The band features the drummer of Insect Warfare (among many others), a degreed Jazz guitarist, and other all-around skilled musicians with a broad cross-section of influences. Musical classification is of no interest to the band. The person responsible for the mixing and mastering of Aetherial, UK madman Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Evile, etc.), had this to say about the band:

"Oceans of Slumber are of one of the top 10 bands I've ever worked with. The perfect mixture of sheer brutality with ultimate musicianship taking you on a journey through music. Old school metal mixed with prog and psychedelia brought right up to date with cutting death metal and black metal influences. All my favorite stuff rolled into one!" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.