When ELOY released Ocean 2 The Answer' in 1998, the follow-up to 1977's gold, cult album, Ocean, it was regarded as the band's last album. After a number of successful release concerts, they officially split up. However, following the breakup after 30 years of band history, the interest in their music did not go away; a highly individual and emotional blend of powerful guitars, pulsating rhythms and atmospheric electronics. The complex arrangements, sometimes combined with a large orchestra and staged with enormous choral passages Ó la Carmina Burana were already quite symphonic in character; and they have ever since inspired not only Prog-rock fans.
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