The Ocean - Metal Storm

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03.03 - Pyramids - Premiere Another New Song

03.03 - Metallica - Launch Reissue Project With 'No Life 'Til Leather' Cassette

03.03 - Psycroptic - Entire New Self-Titled Album Streaming Online

03.03 - My Silent Wake - Share New Song Online

03.03 - Sepultura - 30th Anniversary North American Tour

03.03 - Orakle - Unveils First Track In Seven Years

03.03 - Choosing Death - Book Revised And Expanded Edition Coming

03.03 - Michael Schenker - New Video Online

03.03 - Grave Desecrator - Sign With Season Of Mist, Releasing New Album

03.03 - Sister Sin - Present New Video

02.03 - Coal Chamber - Debut First Song From New Album

02.03 - Leaves' Eyes - Recording New Album

Reviews Articles

	Ethereal Shroud They Became The Falling Ash
	Leviathan Scar Sighted
	Muck Your Joyous Future
	Enslaved In Times
	Dysrider Bury The Omen
	Satan's Host Pre-Dating God Part 2
	Satan's Host Pre-Dating God Part 1
	Lords Of The Trident Frostburn
	Feed Her To The Sharks Fortitude
	Burweed Hide

03.03 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 5 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

21.02 - Amaranthe - Tapper, Tallinn, Estonia, 10.02.2015

20.02 - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - Day Two: On Open Seas

17.02 - Cannibal Corpse + Behemoth + Aeon - The Fillmore, San Francisco, USA - 8 February 2015

16.02 - Vulture Industries - Tapper, Tallinn, Estonia, 06.02.2015

12.02 - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - Day One: Off We Go

07.02 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 4 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

31.01 - Periphery + Nothing More - The Fillmore, San Francisco, USA - 26 January 2015

Shoutbox

05:20 - flightoficarus86
Exactly

04:58 - MetalDoomMaster
How could you not it's so cheap.

04:50 - flightoficarus86
caved and had to buy A Forest of Stars.

03:27 - deadone
Titties make the world go around especially if motorboating is involved.

01:38 - Mary N.
My mind is blown by this fact.

01:31 - Fearmeister
The quality of a band is determined by the number of titties that can be seen. Tis a known fact

01:22 - Jaeryd
lol "Enslaved isn't sexy and people don't flash their tits at the concerts. The album is 'okay' "

Events Now online Today

05.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2015 (23)

19.06 - France
Hellfest Open Air 2015 (17)

30.07 - Germany
Wacken Open Air 2015 (16)

19.05 - Serbia
Blind Guardian: European Tour 2015 (12)

09.07 - Czech Republic
Masters Of Rock 2015 (12)

09.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn 2015: 20th Anniversary (10)

29.05 - United Kingdom
Temples Festival 2015 (10)

Musicians' birthdays:

41 - Anders Eek
44 - Anders Kjølholm
30 - Ari Goldberger
35 - Bastian Emig
34 - Cameron Grant
35 - David Haley
34 - Jacob Ziemba
52 - Jason Newsted
35 - Loustic
51 - Paul Bostaph
40 - Petros Christodoylidis
41 - Simen Hestnæs
30 - Steve Angelo Furgiuele
43 - Ted Skjellum

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7.	Scorpions Return To Forever
8.	A Forest Of Stars Beware The Sword You Cannot See
9.	Blind Guardian Beyond The Red Mirror
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The Ocean

Popularity index: 318
208 fans

Also known as	The Ocean Collective
Country:	Germany
Label:	Metal Blade Records

Links:	Official website Myspace Facebook

Formed in:	2000

2000-2002	Sludge metal
2003-2004	Symphonic sludge metal
2005-	Hardcore
2005-2006	Sludge metal
2007-	Symphonic sludge metal

Line-up

Current members:
2000-	Robin Staps - guitars, vocals
2009-	Loïc Rossetti - vocals
2013-	Paul Seidel - drums
2013-	Damian Murdoch - guitars
2013-	Chris Breuer - bass
Former musicians:
2002-2007	Andreas Hillebrand - guitars
2002-2007	Nico Webers - vocals
2002-2007	Mathias "Meta" Buente - vocals
2002-2007	Torge Liessmann - drums, percussion
2002-2007	Jonathan Heine - bass
2004-2007	Nate Newton - vocals
2005-2006	Gordon Hünies - bass
2007	Jan Oberg - vocals
2007	Jason Emry - vocals
2007	Matthew Beels - guitars
2007	Hannes Huefken - bass
2007-2009	Mike Pilat - vocals, bass
2008-2013	Luc Hess - drums, percussion
2008-2013	Jonathan "Jona" Nido - guitars
2009-2013	Louis Jucker - bass
Studio musicians:
2004	Tove Langhoff - clarinet
2004	Rebekka Mahnke - cello
2004	Demeter Braun - violin
2005	Carsten Albrecht - vocals
2007	Walid Farruque - guitars
2007	Dwid Hellion - vocals
2007	Tomas Svensson - samples
2007	Jonas Olsson - tambourine
2007	Daniel Eichholz - glockenspiel
2007	John Gürtler - saxophone
2007	Katharina Sellheim - piano
2007	Christoph Von Der Nahmer - violin
2007	Karina Suslov - viola
2007	Stefan Heinemeyer - cello
Live musicians:
2002-	Gerd Kornmann - percussion
2007-	Rene Nocon - vocals
Guest musicians:
2005	Tomas Hallbom Liljedahl - vocals
› 2007	-//-
2005	Sean Ingram - vocals
2007	Caleb Scofield - vocals
2007	Eric Kalsbeek - vocals

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

2003 \| 7.3	Fogdiver [EP]
2004 \| 8.2	Fluxion
2005 \| 7	Burst / The Ocean [Split] [EP]
2005 \| 7.5	Aeolian
2007 \| 8.6	Precambrian
2010 \| 8.1	Heliocentric
2010 \| 8.1	Anthropocentric
2012 \| 8.8	The Grand Inquisitor [EP]
2013 \| 8.5	Pelagial
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Photo galleries

19.07.2013	Summer Slaughter US Tour 2013 - The Regancy, San Francisco, CA - 19th July 2013 by 8bitglitch
25.11.2011	Textures, The Ocean - The Garage, London, United Kingdom, 25.11.2011 by Ivor
19.06.2011	Hellfest Open Air 2011 - Clisson, France, 19.06.2011 by Ivor
28.11.2008	Opeth, Cynic, The Ocean - Toulouse, France, 28.11.2008 by Jeff
20.06.2008	Hellfest Open Air - Clisson, France, 20th-22nd June 2008 by Darkside Momo
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News / Concerts / Interviews

News

11.05.2014	The Ocean - Stream Live Clip
11.04.2014	The Ocean - Confirm UK & Ireland Summer Tour
16.01.2014	The Ocean - Announce Co-Headlining North American Tour With Scale The Summit
21.12.2013	The Ocean - German Tour Confirmed
08.12.2013	The Ocean - Announce New Guitarist
29.10.2013	The Ocean - Jonathan Nido And Luc Hess Leaving After Current Tour
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Interviews

19.12.2008

with Mike Pilat (vocals)

Articles

16.12.2008

Opeth, Cynic, The Ocean - Toulouse, France, 28.11.2008

Concerts

08.04.2015	AUS, Canberra (1)
10.04.2015	AUS, Sydney (1)
11.04.2015	AUS, Brisbane
12.04.2015	AUS, Byron Bay
16.04.2015	AUS, Adelaide
18.04.2015	AUS, Melbourne
19.04.2015	AUS, Perth
15.05.2015	BEL, Zottegem - Dunk!festival 2015
19.06.2015	BEL, Dessel - Graspop Metal Meeting 2015 (6)
14.08.2015	FRA, Saint-Nolff - Motocultor Festival Open Air 2015 (4)

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Forum topics

95d ago	Post Metal Redux in Metal arena (2)
194d ago	The Ocean - Pelagial in Albums (28)
209d ago	The Ocean - Precambrian in Albums (1)
325d ago	The Ocean - Confirm UK & Ireland Summer Tour in News (1)
376d ago	The Ocean - Aeolian in Albums (5)
397d ago	The Ocean - Pelagial in Reviews (17)
411d ago	The Ocean - Announce Co-Headlining North American Tour With Scale The Summit in News (2)
437d ago	The Ocean - German Tour Confirmed in News (1)
450d ago	The Ocean - Announce New Guitarist in News (3)
484d ago	The Ocean - Collective Oblivion [DVD] in Albums (1)
485d ago	The Ocean - Jonathan Nido And Luc Hess Leaving After Current Tour in News (1)
511d ago	The Ocean - Upcoming DVD Detailed in News (1)
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