Pelagial

Since 2007's Precambrian, the Ocean has become increasingly conceptual.

Germany's the Ocean have never rested on their laurels throughout five albums that challenge subgenre tags.

THE OCEAN (aka THE OCEAN COLLECTIVE) remains one of the great optimisms in progressive metal. They've established their own class of embellishment that strays from wanking and instead reaches to first caress the soul then throttle it once the listener has reached a certain level of coziness. Orchest...

The Ocean Collective (or just The Ocean) is not a band to be taken lightly, even if that were possible. They are musicians in a very classical sense, an approach that does not just strive for some catchy effect as one track moves to the next, but rather the intent is to complete a fully realized wor

A review of Pelagial by The Ocean, available April 29th in Europe and the 30th in North America via Metal Blade Records.

There is a vast, inscrutable difference between a CD and an album. A CD is comprised of piecemeal songs that can be played in any particular order

The Ocean - Pelagial review: Though its depths vary, The Ocean is largely consistent from one end to another.