It’s been five years since Pelagial, the last album from German harsh progressives The Ocean. The quartet, again referring to themselves as The Ocean Collective and now with Mattias Hagerstrand on bass duties, is renowned for its prolific output as well as incendiary live shows, so the anticipation for eighth studio album Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (Metal Blade Records) is huge. Continue reading
Post-metal greats The Ocean have announced their new double album, their 8th, later this year from their own imprint Pelagic Records. Phanerozoic will come in two parts, over the next two years, and will be the follow up to 2013’s epic Pelagial. The band has stated that their recently reissued 2007 Precambrian is the reference point for the new music. Continue reading
Pelagic Records will be releasing their In the Twilight, These Rocks Have Teeth compilation on September 29th. The first disc of the compilation showcases the labels post-rock offerings, while the second disc focuses on the heavy stuff they’ve released over the past eight years. One of those “heavy” tracks is an unreleased songk by The Ocean that is streaming online right now. Continue reading