Oceans Ate Alaska
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Oceans Ate Alaska are a British metalcore band from Birmingham, formed in 2010. The band was signed to Fearless Records and are known for "uniting boundaries between multiple genres in modern metal" a
Oceans Ate Alaska performing in 2017
Guitarist James Kennedy
Bassist Mike Stanton
Drummer Chris Turner
The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on July 9, 1958, at 22:15:58 PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI. The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fair
Oceans Ate Alaska
…polyrhythms and sporadic partnering of melodic and dissonant passages". Original vocalist, James Harrison came up with the band name; naming it after the 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami that swallowed one of Alaska’s gulfs. Oceans Ate Alaska was founded in 2010 by Birmingham University's students James Harrison, James 'Jibs' Kennedy…
Part of the south shore of Lituya Bay showing the trimline, with bare rock below
Damage to a tree at the mouth of the bay from the wave. Hat placed on stump for scale.
The effects of the tsunami still visible in 2010. Differently-aged vegetation grows on the ridge separating Lituya Glacier from the main part of the bay. The orientation is looking north from the head of the bay, with Lituya Glacier to the right.