History Trivia / OrdenOgan

* OldShame: Seeb Levermann says he doesn't consider ''Testimonium A.D.'' and the whole pre-''Vale'' era of the band to be "real" Orden Ogan, and said in the 2016 ''Book of Ogan'' documentary that "[we] chose to keep calling ourselves 'Orden Ogan' when we released Vale more as a tribute to our old days than as a continuation [of that band.]".
** Despite this, a decent number of songs from ''Testimonium A.D.'' and earlier demo tapes made their way onto later records either in whole or in part, with "The Mystic Symphony" and "Angels War" being the most notable examples.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The song [[https://youtu.be/WMW3FuE38Fk "December"]], written in 2019, was supposed to be part of the ''Final Days'', released in 2021, as one of the variations of TheEndOFTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. The song describes a biological weapon leaking from a lab in "the east" and fake news crippling the response. [[LifeImitatesArt Eerily prophetic, right?]][[note]]The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory "lab leak"]] was a well-known, but thoroughly debunked, conspiracy theory about the origin of [=SARS-CoV-2=].[[/note]] The band thought so, too, and [[CutSong cut it from the original version of the album]] out of respect for the victims of the real-life UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, putting it on the ''Orden Ogan and Friends'' rerelease in October 2022.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The song [[https://youtu.be/WMW3FuE38Fk "December"]], written in 2019, was supposed to be part of the ''Final Days'', released in 2021, as one of the variations of TheEndOFTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. The song describes a biological weapon leaking from a lab in "the east" and fake news crippling the response. [[LifeImitatesArt Eerily prophetic, right?]][[note]]The "lab leak" was a well-known, but thoroughly debunked, conspiracy theory about the origin of [=SARS-CoV-2=].[[/note]] The band thought so, too, and [[CutSong cut it from the original version of the album]] out of respect for the victims of the real-life UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, putting it on the ''Orden Ogan and Friends'' rerelease in October 2022.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Some songs featured on the band's modern records were actually written and preformed as far back as their formation in the 90s, most prominently "Angels War" and "The Mystic Symphony" as mentioned above. "Requiem" from ''Easton Hope'' also began under WorkingTitle "...And My Tears Keep Falling".

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Almost every album since ''Vale'' has had a boxed collector's release. The one for ''Ravenhead'' notably featured an intricately sculpted raven bust with glow-in-the-dark eyes, along with an 8-bit remix of "F.E.V.E.R." and a folk version of "To The End".

* WorkingTitle: The ballad "Requiem" from the ''Easton Hope'' album began under the title "...And My Tears Keep Falling" and featured different lyrics.

* WorkingTitle: The ballad "Requiem" from the ''Easton Hope'' album began under the title "...And My Tears Keep Falling" with different lyrics.

* OldShame: Seeb Levermann says he doesn't consider ''Testimonium A.D.'' and the whole pre-''Vale'' era of the band to be "real" Orden Ogan, and said in the 2016 ''Book of Ogan'' documentary that "[we] chose to call ourselves 'Orden Ogan' when we released Vale more as a tribute to our old days than as a continuation [of that band.]".

* The band released a CoverVersion of Music/RunningWild's "The Battle of Waterloo" for ''[=ReUnation=] – A Tribute to Running Wild''.