---
title: "Ortega"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/ortega"
genre: "Sludge Metal"
country: "Netherlands"
formed: 2008
---

# Ortega

**Ortega** is a sludge metal band, from Netherlands, active 2008 to present.

Ortega ist eine 2007 gegründete Post-Metal-Band.

Biography source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortega_(Band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Ortega |
| Genre | Sludge Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Groningen, Netherlands |
| Formed | 2008 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) · [Atmospheric Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-sludge) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alex Loots](https://themetalnet.com/musician/alex-loots) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | [1634](https://themetalnet.com/album/89dc2195-c87e-46f9-8e4f-9616d6a0e200) | Album |
| 2012 | [A Flame Never Rises on Its Own](https://themetalnet.com/album/07965e98-53d6-4f89-af98-562041f5c45e) | EP |
| 2012 | [The Serpent Stirs](https://themetalnet.com/album/74292de2-c51f-417f-a8e9-67d006e6cf49) | EP |
| 2014 | [Crows](https://themetalnet.com/album/405644a9-a769-45c1-a246-068af26cebcb) | EP |
| 2016 | [Sacred States](https://themetalnet.com/album/373d06ec-b467-4f90-ae2c-69de40a7050a) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Bongripper](https://themetalnet.com/band/bongripper) (listened together)
- [Fistula](https://themetalnet.com/band/fistula) (listened together)
- [Onhou](https://themetalnet.com/band/onhou) (shared members)
- [Come to Grief](https://themetalnet.com/band/come-to-grief) (same tags)
- [Jucifer](https://themetalnet.com/band/jucifer) (same tags)
- [GAWTHROP](https://themetalnet.com/band/gawthrop) (same tags)
- [Crowbar](https://themetalnet.com/band/crowbar) (same tags)
- [Cosmonauts Day](https://themetalnet.com/band/cosmonauts-day) (same tags)
- [Mast Year](https://themetalnet.com/band/mast-year) (same tags)
- [Doomsday Profit](https://themetalnet.com/band/doomsday-profit) (same tags)
- [Chat Pile](https://themetalnet.com/band/chat-pile) (same tags)
- [Corrupted](https://themetalnet.com/band/corrupted) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ortegadoom
- x: https://twitter.com/ortega_band
- bandcamp: https://ortegaband.bandcamp.com/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ortega/3540307821

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/ortega](https://themetalnet.com/band/ortega). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt