…AND OCEANS on Their First-Ever U.S. Show, Constant Change & Maryland Deathfest | Interview

Finnish shape-shifters …AND OCEANS have spent three decades refusing to make the same record twice — from the symphonic black metal of their '90s debut, through the cyber-industrial era, to the genre-spanning sound of their latest album The Regeneration Itinerary. Days before flying out for their first-ever performance in the United States at Maryland Deathfest XXI, vocalist Mathias Lillmåns and drummer Kauko Kuusisalo sat down with The MetalList to talk about the band's restless evolution, the album that pulls every era together, and why standing still would be the worst thing they could do. In this conversation: 00:00 Intro 01:04 …AND OCEANS' first-ever U.S. show 01:26 Building a setlist for Maryland Deathfest 02:35 The Regeneration Itinerary & the writing process 05:02 Rehearsing across 500 km of Finland 06:03 How the album reshaped Mathias's vocals 08:00 Kauko on "The Ways of Sulphur" — the hardest song to record 11:25 Backing tracks & playing electronic beats live 12:25 "The change is the constant" — never settling on a sound 15:14 "Inertiae" as a deliberate teaser 16:41 Album covers with no logo — "It's a painting" 19:10 Life on Season of Mist 22:03 Smart links, Spotify & finding the merch shop 24:45 Vinyl & tapes making a comeback 25:23 Juggling tour schedules across multiple bands 28:14 What's already taking shape for the next album 31:31 A message for the Maryland Deathfest crowd 32:44 Kauko's most treasured record 33:48 Mathias on his vinyl collection 35:15 Thanks & goodbye The MetalList — themetallist.com #AndOceansInterview #AndOceans #MarylandDeathfest #BlackMetal #SeasonOfMist #Finnishmetal #TheRegenerationItinerary #MetalBandInterview