Nemesea is a Dutch alternative rock band formed in Groningen in 2002 by singer Manda Ophuis and guitarist/songwriter Hendrik Jan 'HJ' de Jong and shortly thereafter completed with Sonny Onderwater on bass.

In November 2004, Nemesea released their debut album Mana, touring the Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries extensively until December 2005.

For their second album, Nemesea had talks with major record labels, but later decided to sign up to the Dutch crowdsourcing website Sellaband.

[3][4] A distribution deal was made with Rough Trade Records to bring the new album to music stores in Benelux on 26 October 2007.

[7] On a tight budget, recording at their home studio, new elements were added to the Nemesea sound developed on both previous albums.

The album's 14 songs contain three duets, one with Charlotte Wessels (Delain), one with BulletProof Messenger members Marcus Klavan (vocals) and Matt Litwin (DJ) and another one with vocalist Heli Reißenweber from Maerzfeld.

The album was met with positive reviews and The Quiet Resistance helped grow Nemesea's fan base.

On 9 August 2012, guitarist Hendrik Jan de Jong posted a photo on his Facebook timeline stating that the band had officially started working on their yet to be named fourth studio album.

The band posted the front cover of the album on their Facebook page on 28 January 2016, the stating that it would be called Uprise and the release date would be 29 April 2016.

Nemesea pushed for a more natural, organic, pure sound while avoiding over-production and adding electronics as a flavour this time.

Uprise is the testimony of Nemesea reminiscing after an emotional chapter of hanging on to the past whilst dealing with a new reality and allowing oneself (as well as others) to make the next step.

Later the same day the band reported on their homepage that Manda was going to focus on "her education job with highly gifted children".

Until 28 March 2024, there has been no further news regarding a potential new female singer or new original music, but the band has commented a few times against the idea of remaining with only male vocals.