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Title: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Dark Castle on May 02, 2013, 09:32:08 AM: How on Earth there's no topic for them here yet is mind boggling. A fantastic Progressive/Sludge/Post Metal band from the great country Germany, they're a band that turn Scientific subjects, ideas, and terms into fantastic concept albums, full of beautiful moments, swaying from a soft chilling beauty to an aggresive burst of intensity!
They've just released their (In My Opinion) best album yet "Pelagial" and the concept behind the album is the 7 different layers of the ocean, and the album progresses from light to dark, in the form of heaviness, lyrical content, and emotion. It's quite a journey, and I urge everyone to check it out ASAP.
Their other work is also very much worth your time, each album having it's own distinct sound, it's own journey.

So yeah, any other fans here? :yarr
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 02, 2013, 09:38:53 AM: Quote from: Dark Castle on May 02, 2013, 09:32:08 AM
How on Earth there's no topic for them here yet is mind boggling. A fantastic Progressive/Sludge/Post Metal band from the great country Germany, they're a band that turn Scientific subjects, ideas, and terms into fantastic concept albums, full of beautiful moments, swaying from a soft chilling beauty to an aggresive burst of intensity!
They've just released their (In My Opinion) best album yet "Pelagial" and the concept behind the album is the 7 different layers of the ocean, and the album progresses from light to dark, in the form of heaviness, lyrical content, and emotion. It's quite a journey, and I urge everyone to check it out ASAP.
Their other work is also very much worth your time, each album having it's own distinct sound, it's own journey.

So yeah, any other fans here? :yarr

I've enjoyed what I've heard of Anthropocentric and Heliocentric, and I've been meaning to get Pelagial. Sounds quite interesting.

How are the vocals on the album? I know Robin wasn't planning to have any initially.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Dark Castle on May 02, 2013, 09:52:06 AM: A mixture of his clean vocals, which soar quite a bit early on, and his trademark bellowing. It eventually tends to lean more to his bellowing, but he sings quite a bit as well, and for those interested (I was!) Pelagial comes with an instrumental version of the album, and it lends a different light to the album and is quite fun to explore, both versions are just fantastic!
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Zantera on May 02, 2013, 10:52:36 AM: The new album is pretty good. I'm not a huge fan or anything though, enjoyable music. It's probably top30 in 2013 so far for me.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Perpetual Change on May 02, 2013, 10:53:08 AM: They didn't have it at Best Buy. Guess I'll try amazon? That vinyl looks nice, though it's expensive.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: adace on May 02, 2013, 12:04:26 PM: New album is great :metal
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: The King in Crimson on May 02, 2013, 01:48:24 PM: Haven't got my copy yet but I'm looking forward to listening.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Dr. DTVT on May 04, 2013, 01:23:28 PM: Checking in. Sigz got me into them in my first roulette.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: The King in Crimson on May 04, 2013, 03:51:03 PM: Pelagial is pretty good. A couple of songs stood out more than the rest, but the album feels very much like one continuous piece rather than individual songs almost. Very definitely a grower of an album.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Dark Castle on May 05, 2013, 05:37:34 PM: About ten listens in, and I've gotta say, this is probably my album of the year. It's a very beautiful album that really feels like an experience.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 05, 2013, 05:39:59 PM: I think I will be ordering it in a few weeks.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: WindMaster on May 05, 2013, 06:42:29 PM: Wow, I love this band. Their new album is the shit. :metal
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Lolzeez on May 05, 2013, 08:52:46 PM: Listened to the new album like 2 days ago. Amazing stuff.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Perpetual Change on May 06, 2013, 09:51:59 AM: Why can't I find this album in stores (even ones which carry other The Ocean albums)?
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: WindMaster on May 06, 2013, 05:56:56 PM: I would suggest ordering it from Amazon. That's what I'm doing.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Ultimetalhead on May 07, 2013, 10:11:45 AM: I love Precambrian, and I've seen them live opening for Devin Townsend once. I need to check out Pelagial and the rest of their discography, since Precambrian is so good.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Scorpion on May 12, 2013, 02:18:01 PM: Seeing these guys with Mastodon on the sixth of June. Recommend me an album plz.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Dark Castle on May 12, 2013, 02:24:43 PM: Pelagial, Heliocentric, Precambrian.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Scorpion on May 12, 2013, 03:57:56 PM: Thanks! Just listening, Precambrian is completely amazing. I love the atmosphere and the vocals are some of the best harsh vocals that I've heard in sludge metal. These guys + Mastodon = :hefdaddy :hat
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Azyiu on June 21, 2013, 09:56:28 PM: Never heard of this band prior to this, but it sounds like I would need to dig into their music now, eh? :hat
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: krands85 on June 22, 2013, 05:51:03 AM: Didn't realise they had a new album out, will try and check it out.

I'm sure theres at least one of their albums that I really love, but I always forget which one it is :blush And then some other stuff that I'm not so keen on, so I don't listen to them that often. New album sounds like it might be interesting though :D
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Big Hath on June 22, 2013, 10:23:48 AM: I listened to a some samples of Pelagial a few weeks ago and order the CD, can't wait for it to arrive.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Scorpion on July 02, 2013, 04:17:45 PM: So I was originally planning to dig into their discog a little more, but after the The Ocean/Mastodon concert was cancelled, I lost the motivation, so I'm just listening to Pelagial now for the first time and it's completely amazing, even better than Precambrian - which was already amazing. To think that I missed these guys... :censored :censored :censored
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on July 26, 2013, 11:16:30 AM: Bumping this because I should be getting my copy today.

Or Monday. But I will be getting it soon. :D
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on July 26, 2013, 08:19:21 PM: Just finished the album. It's freaking incredible. Very strong contender for Album Of The Year. Anyone who likes progressive metal and can stand harsh vocals needs to hear this.

Actually, even if you don't like harsh vocals, the album comes with instrumental versions of all the tracks. So you have no excuse. Get it, you won't regret it.

Also, I think Luic Rossetti is now one of my favorite vocalists. Totally amazing.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 24, 2013, 08:59:03 PM: Found an awesome video of The Ocean playing Pelagial in it's ~~entirety.~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqYO6KWtvRw

Slight correction on that, they don't play all of it. I had only listened part of the way through when I posted it. :lol Still awesome, though.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Onno on September 25, 2013, 03:57:34 AM: I should probably listen to this band sometime soon. Should be awesome.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 11, 2014, 08:19:57 PM: So, The Ocean have a DVD set out.

https://www.amazon.com/Collective-Oblivion-Ocean/dp/B00CFYASWY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1389496643&sr=1-1&keywords=the+ocean+collective

It apparently includes a lengthy documentary on The Ocean, plus hours of live footage. I may actually have to get this, even though I'm usually not one for DVDs. :lol
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 25, 2014, 02:10:20 PM: Double post, but whatever. :p

Anyway, Metal Blade has put up a segment from the DVD set. It's about 30 minutes on The Ocean's tour in China. It's really interesting, lots of cool stuff in there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhjUlkVxZ_U
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: volwrath on May 21, 2014, 09:53:05 AM: This band deserves more love. I havent heard alot but someone on reddit posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4X-lnuaTns and that got me listening to Pelagial, and its really solid.
Title: Re: The Ocean Band Topic V.Sinking Down The Abyss
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on October 09, 2015, 01:23:38 PM: Hey! The Ocean have a new song out, for their upcoming split EP with Mono. It's awesome; check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-lavJn5dII