The Ocean "Pelagial"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Post Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Release date: April 26/ 29, 2013 (Europe) and April 30, 2013 (North America / world)
Tracklist: 
1. Epipelagic (1:12)
2. Mesopelagic: Into the Uncanny (5:56)
3. Bathyalpelagic I: Impasses (4:24)
4. Bathyalpelagic II: The Wish in Dreams (3:18)
5. Bathyalpelagic III: Disequillibrated (4:27)
6. Abyssopelagic I: Boundless Vasts (3:27)
7. Abyssopelagic II: Signals of Anxiety (5:05)
8. Hadopelagic I: Omen of the Deep (1:07)
9. Hadopelagic II: Let Them Believe (9:17)
10. Demersal: Cognitive Dissonance (9:05)
11. Benthic: The Origin of Our Wishes (5:55)

Line-up: 
Loïc Rossetti - vocals
Robin Staps - guitars, vocals
Jonathan "Jona" Nido - guitars
Luc Hess - drums, percussion
Louis Jucker - bass

Description/Reviews: 

Immeasurably heavy both sonically and thematically, Pelagial was written, recorded, mixed and to-be-performed-live as one single 53-minute piece of music. Easily their most profoundly sophisticated work to date, Pelagial is an aquatic-themed audio adventure that quite literally submerses listeners as they journey with the band, beginning at the surface of the ocean and plunging through all five pelagic depth zones.
Said Spin Magazine: “The sixth album from German post-metal doombringers The Ocean is huge… In the course of the record, tender piano interludes get stomped on by Mastodon-shaped footprints, lush strings work next to bulldozing double-kick work, and, at the end, the submarine crashes at Melvins tempos.” Craveonline notes that, “Pelagial is brilliantly written, expertly executed and filled with the kind of songwriting most bands can only dream of,” while MetalSucks opines in a perfect 5/5 rating, “Pelagial resonates so deeply because its sonic continuity is matched with shifting, unified composition. The album viscerally depicts the spectrum of submersion while highlighting the musicians’ versatility and cohesion. The band has never written more intriguing music, and The Ocean Collective has never been a more apt name.”

Media/Samples 
Bathyalpelagic II: The Wish in Dreams
Bathyalpelagic III: Disequillibrated

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