Étiquette : THE OCEAN

THE OCEAN releases behind-the-scenes of the upcoming album with DRUM! Magazine: Recording Drums in Sigur Ros’ Icelandic Studio! The abrasively cold island of Iceland is carved out by the extreme forces of nature, varying from pearl white snow covered mountain ranges to blackened volcanic deserts. Naturally, The Ocean Collective found this harsh and grueling expanse of land to be the perfect location for bringing their latest work to fruition, recording in a studio belonging to Sigur Ros and used by many Icelandic greats. Today, DRUM! Magazine goes behind the music…

The Ocean Collective announces new album, ‘Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic‘; stream new single, « Permian: The Great Dying« , now « The Ocean excel in their idiosyncratic nuances and hammering insistence on this Teutonic paean to Earth’s geology. » – Revolver « The Ocean do for earth science class what Mastodon did for Melville: make learning brutal. » –Decibel « The Ocean remains one of the great optimisms in progressive metal. » – Blabbermouth « …not a band to be taken lightly, even if that were possible…the future of progressive metal itself. » – Metal Injection Expansive, all-encompassing, reaching extraordinary depths…all can be said about both the dark abyss that…