The Ocean

The Ocean is Tool for people who preferred science over maths in school. It's me, I'm people.

The kind of music that makes you question your existence, makes you wonder and ponder on your basic instincts, ultimately leading to the final conclusion, death waits us all, but everything turns around. The kind of music that every note, beat is masterfully crafted to express our deepest thoughts and fears. A true force of nature, these guys are.

The band announced their shift to brutal death metal and their new album ''Fucked By A Dinosaur In Meteorite Age'' will be released in 2023

Fantastic live band. Astonishing technical ability.

Phanerozoic...thank fuck Robin came back to his senses after that Anthropo/Heliocentric nonsense

It was great seeing them live again, even if it was 12 years later. A better venue really let their sound shine.

Underrated

Blown away by the live album. I am a pretty big studio album junkie, but this one is mixed perfectly. Pretty much all of the songs bring out the guitars more, and even the bass sounds clearer. There are some light differences in vocals, but Loic still killed it. I AM SUPER FUCKED. I will be in my bunk.

The live version of Triassic is amazing! Wish it was like that on the album

best band Germany has to offer

Неплохо, но не более. Fluxion больше остальных понравился, а не хвалёный Precambrian

Precambrian > their other stuff

Really tried to listen to Pelagial but the vocals are way too buttrock. No thanks

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their masterpiece songs end with -an and - ic,

Hands down the best when it comes to post-metal/sludge and prog. Had the chance of seeing them together with Leprous, quite literally the best experience of my life, absolutely mesmerizing. Would love to see them again and get to experience some of the songs from Phanerozoic 2 live, unfortunately Sweden wasn't on the tourlist they posted :( Fingers crossed it might change after corona though haha. Seriously though, incredible band, listen to them. Over and over again. Pelagial is probably the most incredible album ive ever heard, the entire concept, methaphorical connections to the movie stalker, the human psychology, the instrumentals getting heavier throughout the album as you reach further down into the ocean, just pure perfection.

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The ocean is not a band. It's a force of nature , a gift from the universe. Thank you again for all the strange journeys you create.

Geology is cool now!

Endless ocean

So, does the protagonist die at the end of Phanerozoic II?

Apart from the music which takes you places and is genius, these guys are really good when it comes to expressing themselves. I could listen to them talking for hours

Holy fuck how I love these dudes.

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Fucking album of the year.

Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic is amazing

The original idea of the band, each album is dedicated to the theme of the birth of the Earth and its periods

I reckon this is their best post-Precambrian record.

What a rediscovery. I haven't heard these guys since Precambrian.

Jonas on Jurassic | Cretaceous and Devonian: Nascent > City Burials

Fuck, they just get better and better.

I think that I will be forever in love with Phanerozoic (I + II). Let's see, will we manage to see them live again in this century?

nice new album

This album is so wonderful that it makes my stomach turn cold.

Is that Scott Kelly I hear on the record?

While Phanerozoic II isn't bad, it's nowhere near as good as the first one, is my opinion. Slight disappointment.

In a year that has mostly been shite, it's nice to be able to count on The Ocean. It makes me think of the unformitarianism principle in geology: The idea that the same uniform forces that are shaping earth now have always been shaping it. Human issues appear miniscule and insignificant by comparison and it's somewhat comforting to escape into dreams about the ancient past while listening to those tectonic riffs.

What a magnificent band. This album feels like a breath of fresh air. Thank you.

I enjoy the new album, love the more progressive elements. That said, after listening to part 1 and 2 back to back, they really just feel like two different albums. I would have prefered some cohesion between the parts but that's just a nit I'm picking. I prefer the first part, but love both!

Amazing new album, as we expected. And the listening party was a really nice experience. Looking forward to see these guys in brazilian lands!

The new album is great. While not as big and epic sounding as Ph1 it's really diverse and interesting, love the middle eastern influence

Jurassic | Cretaceous is almost edging out Devonian: Nascent as my favorite The Ocean song from Phanerozoic

i h8 this <3

Getting some Precambrian disc 1 vibes from the end of Pleistocene

I was a little discouraged with the new album. I think that Jonas' participation made me create high expectations and so far have not been met. But the "Pleistocene" impressed me, not so much, but it did.

Holy FUCK Pleistocene is immense

If this goes on like this, they may top Mestarin Kynsi as my AOTY.

Hot damn today's new single is a banger.

New single is sort of an odd one to release before the album is out. It's just an interlude...