The Ocean
1 article · 30 releases · active since 2002
Berlin post-metal collective around guitarist Robin Staps, who also runs Pelagic Records. Known for concept albums about geology and deep time; Solaris (2026) turned the telescope around, with two new vocalists and Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning aboard.
Members: Julien Fehlmann , Hannes Hüfken , Gerd Kornmann , Nico Webers , Robin Staps , Andreas Hillebrand , Ercüment Kasalar , Jonathan Heine , Torge Ließmann , Nils Lindenhayn , Markus Gundall , Meta (2) , Mike Pilat , Jonathan Nido , Louis Jucker , Luc Hess , Loïc Rossetti , Estelle Beiner , Damian Murdoch , Dalai Theofilopoulou , Mattias Hägerstrand , Emmanuel Jessua , Paul Seidel , Jordi Farré , Enrico Tiberi , Chris Breuer (2) , Peter Voigtmann , Lane Shi , David Ramis Åhfeldt , Marco Gennaro
Discography
Sourced from Discogs · 30 releases
- 2002 The Ocean
- 2002 Queen Of The Food Chain
- 2003 Fogdiver
- 2004 Fluxion
- 2005 Aeolian
- 2005 The Ocean / Burst
- 2006 Fluxion / Aeolian
- 2006 Queen Of The Food-Chain / Inertia
- 2007 Precambrian
- 2010 Anthropocentric
- 2010 Heliocentric
- 2010 Heliocentric / Anthropocentric
- 2012 The Grand Inquisitor
- 2013 Pelagial
- 2013 Collective Oblivion
- 2015 Transcendental EP
- 2018 Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
- 2018 Rhyacian
- 2020 Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
- 2020 Phanerozoic Complete
- 2021 Phanerozoic - Live
- 2023 Subatlantic
- 2023 Holocene
- 2023 Preboreal
- 2023 Parabiosis
- 2023 Sea Of Reeds
- 2024 Boreal / Traum
- 2025 Audiotree From Nothing
- 2026 Solaris
- 2026 Light Pollution