The Ocean - Pelagial
Band
The Ocean
Style
Post-metal, Progressive metal, Atmospheric sludge metal
Release date
26 April 2013
Owners
326
have it
45 want it
Tracklist
Disc I01. Epipelagic
02. Mesopelagic: Into The Uncanny
03. Bathyalpelagic I: Impasses
04. Bathyalpelagic II: The Wish In Dreams
05. Bathyalpelagic III: Disequillibrated
06. Abyssopelagic I: Boundless Vasts
07. Abyssopelagic II: Signals Of Anxiety
08. Hadopelagic I: Omen Of The Deep
09. Hadopelagic II: Let Them Believe
10. Demersal: Cognitive Dissonance
11. Benthic: The Origin Of Our Wishes
Disc II [Instrumental]
Line-up
Luc Hess - drums
Louis Jucker - bass
Chris Breuer - bass
Loïc Rossetti - vocals
Robin Staps - guitars, samples
Vincent Membrez - keyboards
Additional musicians:
Tomas Hallbom - vocals
Mitch Hertz - guitar solo
Regula Schwab - violin
Isabelle Gottraux - viola
Catherine Vay - cello
Luc Hess - drums
Louis Jucker - bass
Chris Breuer - bass
Loïc Rossetti - vocals
Robin Staps - guitars, samples
Vincent Membrez - keyboards
Additional musicians:
Tomas Hallbom - vocals
Mitch Hertz - guitar solo
Regula Schwab - violin
Isabelle Gottraux - viola
Catherine Vay - cello
Additional info
Recorded between January 2012 and January 2013.Drums recorded at Bikini Test, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Guitars and bass recorded at band members' homes.
Strings recorded at Studio Mécanique, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Vocals recorded at Hidden Planet Studios, Berlin, Germany; at Digisub Studios, Sion, Switzerland and at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden.
Drums and strings recorded and engineered by Julien Fehlmann.
Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden.
Produced by Robin Staps and Jens Bogren.
Digipak (CD version) and gatefold (vinyl version) art design by Seldon Hunt.
CD and vinyl boxset art design by Martin Kvamme.
Booklets designed by Marcel Schulz.
Photography by Craig Murray and Robin Staps.
Additional string and piano arrangements and scores by Philippe Glandien.
Rating:
8.6
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It's clear that The Ocean are out to leave an impression with their latest release. It takes their imagery to its fullest expression yet, combined with lyrical inspiration taken from the 1979 sci-fi film "Stalker." Before you is a listening experience that aims at a thought provoking dive into an environment to which The Ocean are entirely accustomed. The question is do they achieve this goal; is it worth the plunge? Let me tell you, you're going to want more than to just dip your toes into this one. Read more ›› |
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No experience with this band before, but I just listened to a couple of tracks on youtube, and they sounded amazing! Gotta check out the rest of the album now.
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Posts: 18615 Written by Moose on 26.04.2013 at 09:24 Check out Precambrian, one of their best and well known releases. 
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Anthropocentric is where it's at for me with this band. The vocal performances are stellar and the balance between harshness and melody is superb. That said, I hope they keep up with the quality in this release. I've got to make some time to listen to it.
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What I've heard so far certainly doesn't deserve such a high ratings.
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I have Precambrian and it's spectacular, and I plan on getting Anthropecentric too, which is amazing to say the least. This album is very fresh sounding and just about follows the same formula as their previous efforts. I'll get this pretty soon since it just came out today in the US.
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Posts: 352 Written by Paz on 28.04.2013 at 20:00 Please focus on the "Bathyalpelagic" part and you will understand I think.
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Haven't made up my mind fully on this yet, it's a little hit & miss. I'll have to give it a few more spins. The Bathyalpelagic section is fantastic though.
---- "FUCK!!! You're the fucking 5th person asking me in an interview about the woman in the bathtub?The problem is that I AM the fucking person in the bathtub, and I AM a fucking MAN, for fuck's sake! I hate you all!" ~ Herr Morbid
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I have been wishy-washy with their music since Precambrian, but, I know what happened for me is once I accepted that they were never going to do something like Precambrian again, I have felt differently about them. I thought Anthropocentric/Heliocentric were weak, but they really stepped it up with Pelagial.I simply can't get enough of this album; its heavy when it needs to be and its lighter when it needs to be--its very dynamic and its rare to hear these kind of dynamics in alot of metal these days. Solid album!
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This album really surprised me. Simply astonishing. A must listen for fans of Mastodon, Opeth, BTBAM and Cynic.
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Definitely their best so far! Freaking awesome. Post sludge in a totally different manner than CoL.
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Sounds rather progressivey. Reminds me a bit of Ne Oblivis-howerveryouspellit. Oh, and is it supposed to be Abyssopelagic or Apyssopelagic? The album' box says the latter.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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This is awesome! Love how I keep finding new things on every listen, and the instrumental version merely compliments the first disc and isn't complete alone. Digging the Tool touches too. Written by M C Vice on 01.07.2013 at 11:54 That would be a typo in album art, the former is correct.
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Posts: 724 Written by Risto on 26.08.2013 at 00:36 Same! I have been re-listening to this like crazy every since I found out the concept of this album (depths of the ocean). Great stuff! 
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Posts: 724 Written by Risto on 26.08.2013 at 00:36 Same! I have been re-listening to this like crazy every since I found out the concept of this album (depths of the ocean). Great stuff!
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I need to check this one out very soon. It's like i'm getting late to spin this record. after listening their first track streaming here, i was stoked to hell.
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Posts: 1918 Written by [user id=101272] on 09.09.2013 at 21:48 They always deliver on all fronts. This one is definitely better than Heliocentric and Anthropocentric. I love listening to the instrumental album and then after that, with the vocals. Definitely one of my favourites this year.
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I knew the record was great - I kept listening to it for over a month without stopping. But a few moments ago I unpacked the albumand I was just stunned. These guys know what they are doing, every piece I have in my collection is beautiful in its own way.
---- World won't end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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Good album but doesn't sound very original to me. Too often it reminded me of earlier Mastodon.
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