bass - Hannes Huefken, Jonathan Heine, Louis Jucker
cello - Stefan Heinemeyer
viola - Karina Suslov
violin - Christoph von der Nahmer
piano - Katharina Sellheim
saxophone - John Gürtler
glockenspiel - Daniel Eichholz
tambourine - Jonas Olsson
additional samples - Tomas Svensson
vocals - Mike Pilat, Nico Webers, Rene Nocon, Robin Staps, Nate Newton, Jan Oberg, Caleb Scofield, Eric Kalsbeek, Jason Emry, Meta
live visuals: Nils Lindenhayn
live sound engineering: Julien Fehlmann
samples, creative despotism - Robin Staps
Light Tech - Mike Pilat
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"The Ocean’s Robin Staps is to metal as George Lucas is to filmmaking."
- Kevin Stewart-Panko, METAL MANIACS, USA
"a multifaceted display of complexity and heaviness that simply must be heard!"
- TheMetalForge.com
"Queen of the Food Chain,” the album’s best track — and the year’s finest metal single
to date — is blending all of The Ocean's stregths: majestic black-metal keys, industrial
squeaks underneath the guitar riffs, long acoustic passages spotlighting drummer Torge Ließmann,
and Ingram’s superiorly modulated growls."
- EXCLAIM Magazine, Canada<br>
"airily melodic passages alongside end-of-the-world-is-nigh bludgeon. 'Fogdiver' is an eminently listenable
piece of work, with skilful attention to mood comparable to soundtrack music."
Neurosis, David Lynch, The Refused, Starkweather, Lautreamont, Chopin, Botch, Andre Tarkowskij, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Arthur Rimbaud, Breach, The Swans, Dali, the Melvins and other surrealists...
Sounds Like
... no other band on this eternally doomed planet.
The Ocean Collective’s oftentimes deeply convoluted compositions sweep across dismal landscapes shaped by faceless modern architecture and symbols of power looming large on all horizons, tearing up the asphalt of our cities’ streets with berserk drum attacks, at times pausing for a minatorial
instant, granting the battered listener a short moment to breathe in the foul odor of panic, before winding up again, with deafening noise and sparks flying all across the stage, into the black city night’s skies... Rich with dire lust for life and oozing with complaisant brutality, they come across as epic and sinfonical, long yet hardly long-winded. Slow, calm and doomy passages with classical instruments and clear references to soundtrack music culminate in guitar-dominated outbursts of orchestral noise and modern, technical metal/hardcore.
Hallo The Ocean! Thx for the add....im a singer from hungary and speak english and german too...if you are interrested i can send you some music from me to check it out:-D
Hey there. just wanted to give kudos to you for making such outstanding music!! As a vocalist I just wish I lived in germany so I could offer you my services, unfortunatly that's not the case.... that said, I deeply implore you to come and play some shows in New Zealand!! even if you have to play instrumental only!
Danke für,s Freund sein, heftig guter Rock, ufff, bei mir haben sich die Wände verzogen, jetzt kann ich Sie zuerstmal wieder in,s Lot bringen, weiter so...
Lieber Ozean, Formelwesen's first two pieces of video art are done and out there. Watch them on our profile or in hi-res at http://www.vimeo.com/4736063 http://www.vimeo.com/4733050 Have fun! Hannes
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