Showing posts with label Anthropocentric. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

THE OCEAN: New Album Debuts At No. 113 On Billboard's New Artist Chart

Live Tour Footage Featuring Ben Weinman Of The Dillinger Escape Plan Posted

Anthropocentric, the latest album from German atmospheric metal enigmas THE OCEAN, debuted at position No. 113 on Billboard's New Artists Chart and No. 31 on iTunes' Canadian Metal Charts.

The record, released in North America via Metal Blade November 9, serves as a sequel to the concept explored on the band's successful Heliocentric full-length, released this past spring. A critique on Christianity and man's ultimate place in the universe, Anthropocentric is both musically and thematically compelling and currently flooring metallers across the land.

Hellbound gave the record a 9.5/10 rating saying, "If you didn’t think Heliocentric was heavy enough then this would be the album for you and if you still think it is still not heavy enough then you just might be from the Cenozoic Era. No intelligent life anywhere." Noted Metal Archives: "THE OCEAN isn't in the bizz for making a few decent tracks to stand out from an otherwise bland album. Quite the contrary, they are in the bizz for making whole albums into experiences," with Lush Beatadding, "Talented is an understatement, in much the same way as saying the band is simply 'creative' would be selling them short. THE OCEAN are a thinking man’s metal band, challenging and accessible in equal measure." About.com's verdict? "Anthropocentric is the aggressive counterpart to the dynamic melodies heard on Heliocentric."

In related news, THE OCEAN joined The Dillinger Escape Plan for a stretch of dates through Europe earlier this Fall. Dillinger guitarist Ben Weinman joined THE OCEAN on stage to improv some piano parts to the band's "The First Commandment Of The Luminaries" from the band's Heliocentricoffering. Check out footage HERE or below.


The band is currently wrapping up a Euro tour supporting legendary UK doom/atmospheric rockers Anathema. Remaining dates include:
11/18/2010 Diesel Club - Budapest, Hungary
11/21/2010 Akademija - Belgrade, Serbia (THE OCEAN headlining show)
11/22/2010 Randall - Bratislava, Slovakia
11/23/2010 Rock Café - Prague, Czech Republic

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

THE OCEAN: Anthropocentric Out Now On Metal Blade Records

Tour In Support Of Anathema Commence


Yesterday Metal Blade Records unleashes Anthropocentric, the latest full-length from German atmospheric metal titans THE OCEAN, to North American shores. Anthropocentric serves as part two of the concept explored on the band's well-received Heliocentric long player, released this past spring.

Anthropocentric's focus is on man and his place in the universe: At the center, as many fundamental Christians still claim today, or more likely a dust particle in its periphery? All lyrics are circle around this question and continue THE OCEAN's critique of Christianity. At the base of the album are three songs with the titles "The Grand Inquisitor I, II and III." These songs have been inspired by the chapter of the same title in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamasov: A conversation between the brothers Ivan, an atheist, and Alyoscha, a monk. Ivan tells Alyoscha the story of a Second Coming of Christ in 16th century Sevilla. According to this parable, Jesus is arrested by the Catholic inquisition. The grand inquisitor who interrogates Jesus casts a new light on the legend of the temptation of Christ: He reproaches Jesus with having betrayed humanity and having deprived man of salvation by offering him freedom. The conversation between Ivan and Alyoscha mirrors, to some degree, the conversation between the grand inquisitor and Christ and raises more questions than it answers.

Commented guitarist Robin Staps: "We're looking forward to our new album Anthropocentric being released in North America. Anthropocentric gets by without the big orchestrations of Heliocentric -- the focus is on the core of this band: drums, bass, guitars, vocals. It is the most 'integrated' album we've done so far and everybody has been much more involved than ever before. This album is an effort that really represents this band as of where we stand right now, fall of 2010, and we are more satisfied with it than with any other album we've done. Lyrically, Anthropocentric is continuing the critique of Christianity that we begun with Heliocentric."

In related news, the band kicks off another European tour today supporting legendary UK doom/atmospheric rockers Anathema. Confirmed dates include:

11/09/2010 Rocking Chair - Vevey, Switzerland
11/10/2010 Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
11/11/2010 Estragon - Bologna, Italy
11/12/2010 Alpheus - Rome, Italy
11/13/2010 New Age - Treviso, Italy
11/14/2010 Magazzini Generali - Milan, Italy
11/15/2010 Boogaloo Club - Zagreb, Croatia
11/16/2010 Listhalle - Graz, Austria
11/17/2010 Viper Room - Vienna, Austria
11/18/2010 Diesel Club - Budapest, Hungary
11/21/2010 Akademija - Belgrade, Serbia (THE OCEAN headlining show)
11/22/2010 Randall - Bratislava, Slovakia
11/23/2010 Rock Café - Prague, Czech

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Monday, November 1, 2010

THE OCEAN: Full Album Stream Via MetalSucks

New Full Length To Drop November 9


Today MetalSucks.com will begin streaming Anthropocentric, the upcoming full-length from German progressive/atmospheric metal enigmas THE OCEAN, in its entirety. The stream will remain active until November 8, the day before the official North American release date.

Check out Anthropocentric HERE.

Anthropocentric is the sequel to the band's Heliocentric long player, released earlier this year. WhereHeliocentric tells the story of the rise of the heliocentric world view -- the idea that the earth revolves around the sun -- and the effects this discovery had on Christian belief and occidental culture,Anthropocentric challenges the views of creationists and other modern fundamentalists who still believe that the earth is at the center of the universe and no more than 5,000 years old. "Anthropocentric continues the critique of Christianity, inspired by the questions that Dostoyevsky asked and some of the answers that Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Dawkins gave," notes guitarist Robin Staps.

Musically heavier than Heliocentric, Anthropocentric covers a similar sonic and dynamic range as its predecessor by including a number of calm, acoustic moments, but these are, for the most part, orchestrated with guitars, and not so much with piano and strings. "The album is a pretty big production, and still has a very earthy, organic feel to it," says Staps. "We've spent a great deal of time on the basic sound this time around -- the drums, bass, guitars and vocals -- and at this stage I am pretty confident that this will pay off in the end!"


Anthropocentric will be released on November 9 via Metal Blade Records.

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