The Ocean "Heliocentric (intrumental)" Single Colour Edition 2x12"
THE OCEAN have traditionally been releasing parallel instrumental versions of all of their albums, which offer a different perspective and often different mix as compared to the vocal versions. āHeliocentralā is the corresponding instrumental to their eponymous 2010 album āHeliocentricā, now released for the first time ever on vinyl!
āHeliocentricā was the first album with current vocalist LoĆÆc Rossetti, a game changer in the band's history, which saw the band venture into calmer territories as compared to its predecessor: the album is defined not by walls of guitars, but by careful orchestrations of piano, upright bass, strings and textural electronics.
Conceptually, āHeliocentricāĀ is a comprehensive critique of the legacy of christianity: the iconic opening track āFirmamentā, still a fan's favourite, starts off with original text from the bible; while āPtolemy Was Wrongā and āCatharsis of A Hereticā tackle Gallilei's and Copernicus' discoveries that Earth is not at the center of the universe, for which Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake. The album concludes with Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and considerations by Richard Dawkins', the spearhead of modern day's aetheism, in the epic 14 minutes closing track duality āThe Origin Of Speciesā and āThe Origin Of Godā.
Since 2001, the Berlin-based musician collective THE OCEAN have released 10 critically acclaimed studio albums, and a split EP with Japanese post-rock legends Mono. With an ever-changing lineup of various on- and off-stage musicians and visual artists, the relentlessly touring group have become well known for their immense, mind-expanding live shows, which they have carried into the most remote corners of the globe, from Siberian squats to colonial theatres in Ecuador.
Over the course of their storied career, The Ocean have toured with Opeth, Mastodon, Mono, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Anathema, Between The Buried And Me and Devin Townsend, and have appeared on major festivals including Roskilde, Dour, Pukkelpop, Roadburn, Wacken, With Full Force, Summer Slaughter, Summer Breeze and Graspop. The band's own Pelagic Records has also become one of Europe's leading labels for post-rock and post-metal, with a catalog of 120 releases since 2009.
āThe Ocean do for earth science class what Mastodon did for Melville: make learning brutal", Decibel wrote about 2007's Precambrian, Revolver describing it as a āTeutonic paean to Earth's geologyā. 2013's seminal Pelagial, described as āa filmic ode to shifting moods, dichotomous influences and the musical personification of sinking towards the planet's deepest underwater pointsā by Rock Sound, was a milestone for the band, and their most conceptual work to date, and was ranked #3 at LoudWire's āBest Metal Albums Of 2013ā, and #5 in About.com's ā2013 Best Heavy Metal Albumsā.
FOR FANS OF
BREACH ā¢ TOOL ā¢ THRICE ā¢ NINE INCH NAILS ā¢ CULT OF LUNAĀ ā¢ ISIS ā¢ KARNIVOOL ā¢ RUSSIAN CIRCLES ā¢ MONO ā¢ MASTODON ā¢ OPETH ā¢ BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
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THE OCEAN have traditionally been releasing parallel instrumental versions of all of their albums, which offer a different perspective and often different mix as compared to the vocal versions. āHeliocentralā is the corresponding instrumental to their eponymous 2010 album āHeliocentricā, now released for the first time ever on vinyl!
āHeliocentricā was the first album with current vocalist LoĆÆc Rossetti, a game changer in the band's history, which saw the band venture into calmer territories as compared to its predecessor: the album is defined not by walls of guitars, but by careful orchestrations of piano, upright bass, strings and textural electronics.
Conceptually, āHeliocentricāĀ is a comprehensive critique of the legacy of christianity: the iconic opening track āFirmamentā, still a fan's favourite, starts off with original text from the bible; while āPtolemy Was Wrongā and āCatharsis of A Hereticā tackle Gallilei's and Copernicus' discoveries that Earth is not at the center of the universe, for which Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake. The album concludes with Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and considerations by Richard Dawkins', the spearhead of modern day's aetheism, in the epic 14 minutes closing track duality āThe Origin Of Speciesā and āThe Origin Of Godā.
Since 2001, the Berlin-based musician collective THE OCEAN have released 10 critically acclaimed studio albums, and a split EP with Japanese post-rock legends Mono. With an ever-changing lineup of various on- and off-stage musicians and visual artists, the relentlessly touring group have become well known for their immense, mind-expanding live shows, which they have carried into the most remote corners of the globe, from Siberian squats to colonial theatres in Ecuador.
Over the course of their storied career, The Ocean have toured with Opeth, Mastodon, Mono, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Anathema, Between The Buried And Me and Devin Townsend, and have appeared on major festivals including Roskilde, Dour, Pukkelpop, Roadburn, Wacken, With Full Force, Summer Slaughter, Summer Breeze and Graspop. The band's own Pelagic Records has also become one of Europe's leading labels for post-rock and post-metal, with a catalog of 120 releases since 2009.
āThe Ocean do for earth science class what Mastodon did for Melville: make learning brutal", Decibel wrote about 2007's Precambrian, Revolver describing it as a āTeutonic paean to Earth's geologyā. 2013's seminal Pelagial, described as āa filmic ode to shifting moods, dichotomous influences and the musical personification of sinking towards the planet's deepest underwater pointsā by Rock Sound, was a milestone for the band, and their most conceptual work to date, and was ranked #3 at LoudWire's āBest Metal Albums Of 2013ā, and #5 in About.com's ā2013 Best Heavy Metal Albumsā.
FOR FANS OF
BREACH ā¢ TOOL ā¢ THRICE ā¢ NINE INCH NAILS ā¢ CULT OF LUNAĀ ā¢ ISIS ā¢ KARNIVOOL ā¢ RUSSIAN CIRCLES ā¢ MONO ā¢ MASTODON ā¢ OPETH ā¢ BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
