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The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150326183719/http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ the website]] over fifty people have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
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The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150326183719/http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ the website]] over fifty people have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] orchestrated members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
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* AnythingThatMoves: The lyrics to "Dead Serious and Highly Professional". Appears to be a threat.
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The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ The Website]] over fifty people have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
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The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[http://theoceancollective.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20150326183719/http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ The Website]] the website]] over fifty people have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
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->''Also known as The Ocean Collective''
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* ''Holocene'' (2023)
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The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ The Website]] [[{{LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters}} over fifty people]] have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
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The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ The Website]] [[{{LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters}} over fifty people]] people have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Over fifty people have been involved in the band. The website gives up altogether listing them all.
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: See the lyrics under "God is Evil".
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: See the lyrics under "God is Evil".GodIsEvil.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their material up to ''Precambrian'' is around a 9. Among their metal material, they have dropped generally to a 6-8.
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the ''Aeolian'' album, where they wear a lot of {{Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the ''Aeolian'' album, where they wear a lot of {{Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.sleeves.
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* Koan: "Rhyacian" paraphrases Laozi when commenting on humans "Committed to burn twice as long and half as bright".
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* Koan: {{Koan}}: "Rhyacian" paraphrases Laozi when commenting on humans "Committed to burn twice as long and half as bright".
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* ConceptAlbum: Precambrian is ostensibly about '''the entire geological history of the Earth'''.
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* ConceptAlbum: Precambrian Precambrian, Phanerozoic I and II is ostensibly a thematic trilogy about '''the entire geological history of the Earth'''.
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* ''Phanerozoic II'' II: Mesozoic & Cenozoic'' (2020)
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* David Ramis Åhfeldt - Rhythm guitar
* Peter Voigtmann - Synthesizers
* Peter Voigtmann - Synthesizers
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** Heliocentric critiques Christianity based on Catholic dogma and treatment of heretics. Anthropocentric continues the critiques, focusing more on protestantism, fundamentalism, and apologetics.
** Pelagial was originally written as an instrumental journey from the top of the ocean to the bottom. When vocals were added, the lyrics seemed to bring personal and relationship struggles in as a parallel.
** Pelagial was originally written as an instrumental journey from the top of the ocean to the bottom. When vocals were added, the lyrics seemed to bring personal and relationship struggles in as a parallel.
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** Heliocentric ''Heliocentric'' critiques Christianity based on Catholic dogma and treatment of heretics. Anthropocentric ''Anthropocentric'' continues the critiques, focusing more on protestantism, fundamentalism, and apologetics.
**Pelagial ''Pelagial'' was originally written as an instrumental journey from the top of the ocean to the bottom. When vocals were added, the lyrics seemed to bring personal and relationship struggles in as a parallel.
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* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Heliocentric and Anthropocentric, which are two parts of a new sound album released in the same year, both of which criticize religion.
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* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Heliocentric ''Heliocentric'' and Anthropocentric, ''Anthropocentric'', which are two parts of a new sound album released in the same year, both of which criticize religion.
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* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Discussed on Heliocentric, natch.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: Fluxion begins this way.
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* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Discussed on Heliocentric, ''Heliocentric'', natch.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener:Fluxion ''Fluxion'' begins this way.
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* HorribleHistoryMetal: A couple cases in Heliocentric/Anthropocentric, considering they are critiques of Christianity. Notable examples being the trials of Galileo and the execution of heretics.
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* HorribleHistoryMetal: A couple cases in Heliocentric/Anthropocentric, ''Heliocentric''/''Anthropocentric'', considering they are critiques of Christianity. Notable examples being the trials of Galileo and the execution of heretics.
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* {{Instrumental}}: An interesting case. Pelagial was originally going to be an entirely instrumental album as Loic's throat was recovering. When he recovered, the band felt that as the frontman, he was needed, and recorded vocals. The album usually includes both a version with vocals and instrumentally.
** The Fogdiver EP is all instrumental
** The Fogdiver EP is all instrumental
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* {{Instrumental}}: An interesting case. Pelagial ''Pelagial'' was originally going to be an entirely instrumental album as Loic's throat was recovering. When he recovered, the band felt that as the frontman, he was needed, and recorded vocals. The album usually includes both a version with vocals and instrumentally.
** TheFogdiver ''Fogdiver'' EP is all instrumental
** The
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* Koan: Rhyacian paraphrases Laozi when commenting on humans "Committed to burn twice as long and half as bright".
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* Koan: Rhyacian "Rhyacian" paraphrases Laozi when commenting on humans "Committed to burn twice as long and half as bright".
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* LastNoteNightmare: Pelagial ends its concept at the bottom of the ocean, with a final drone, various noises, and studio sound, giving the impression of being crushed from all directions due to the pressure.
* LighterAndSofter: Heliocentric, after three albums filled with heavy doom and chaotic sludge metal.
* LyricalColdOpen: The whole Anthropocentric album is kicked off entirely like this on the title track. "Heaven TV" on the same album also does this, though gets through almost an entire line before the instruments come in.
* LyricalDissonance: What are the lyrics behind those harsh growls on Precambrian? Poetry by Charles Baudelaire, Comte de Lautréamont, and Georg Trakl?
* LighterAndSofter: Heliocentric, after three albums filled with heavy doom and chaotic sludge metal.
* LyricalColdOpen: The whole Anthropocentric album is kicked off entirely like this on the title track. "Heaven TV" on the same album also does this, though gets through almost an entire line before the instruments come in.
* LyricalDissonance: What are the lyrics behind those harsh growls on Precambrian? Poetry by Charles Baudelaire, Comte de Lautréamont, and Georg Trakl?
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* LastNoteNightmare: Pelagial ''Pelagial'' ends its concept at the bottom of the ocean, with a final drone, various noises, and studio sound, giving the impression of being crushed from all directions due to the pressure.
* LighterAndSofter:Heliocentric, ''Heliocentric'', after three albums filled with heavy doom and chaotic sludge metal.
* LyricalColdOpen: The wholeAnthropocentric ''Anthropocentric'' album is kicked off entirely like this on the title track. "Heaven TV" on the same album also does this, though gets through almost an entire line before the instruments come in.
* LyricalDissonance: What are the lyrics behind those harsh growls onPrecambrian? ''Precambrian''? Poetry by Charles Baudelaire, Comte de Lautréamont, and Georg Trakl?
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* LyricalColdOpen: The whole
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their material up to Precambrian is around a 9. Among their metal material, they have dropped generally to a 6-8.
* NewSoundAlbum: Heliocentric was this, dropping any semblance of doom, introducing clean vocals, and becoming more melodic as a whole.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their material up to Precambrian ''Precambrian'' is around a 9. Among their metal material, they have dropped generally to a 6-8.
* NewSoundAlbum:Heliocentric ''Heliocentric'' was this, dropping any semblance of doom, introducing clean vocals, and becoming more melodic as a whole.
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* RecycledLyrics: "You are trying to save me" is a reoccurring lyric in Anthropocentric.
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* SerialEscalation: Pelagial starts with soft keys and strings, and generally gets progressively darker and heavier as the tracks continue. This is to give the effect of diving deep into the crushing depths of the ocean.
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* SerialEscalation: Pelagial ''Pelagial'' starts with soft keys and strings, and generally gets progressively darker and heavier as the tracks continue. This is to give the effect of diving deep into the crushing depths of the ocean.ocean.
* SopranoAndGravel: Loic Rosetti introduced this dynamic, and it is a standard part of their modern output now.
* SopranoAndGravel: Loic Rosetti introduced this dynamic, and it is a standard part of their modern output now.
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the Aeolian album, where they wear a lot of {{Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the Aeolian ''Aeolian'' album, where they wear a lot of {{Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.
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* Fluxion (2004)
* Aeolian (2005)
* Precambrian (2007)
* Heliocentric (2010)
* Anthropocentric (2010)
* Pelagial (2013)
!!EPs:
* Fogdiver (2003)
* Transcendental (2015) - Split with Music/{{Mono}}
* Aeolian (2005)
* Precambrian (2007)
* Heliocentric (2010)
* Anthropocentric (2010)
* Pelagial (2013)
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* Fogdiver (2003)
* Transcendental (2015) - Split with Music/{{Mono}}
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* Fluxion ''Fluxion'' (2004)
*Aeolian ''Aeolian'' (2005)
*Precambrian ''Precambrian'' (2007)
*Heliocentric ''Heliocentric'' (2010)
*Anthropocentric ''Anthropocentric'' (2010)
*Pelagial (2013)
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''Pelagial'' (2013)
*Fogdiver ''Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic'' (2018)
* ''Phanerozoic II'' (2020)
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* Luc Hess - Drums
* Jonathan Nido - Guitar
* Louis Jucker - Bass
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* Louis Jucker - Bass
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* Luc Hess Paul Seidel - Drums
*Jonathan Nido Mattias Hägerstrand - Guitar
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Notable past members include Luc Hess, Louis Jucker- Bass
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* Fanservice: {{Fanservice}}: A lot of the album art and even a music video features a nude woman prominently.
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* Instrumental: {{Instrumental}}: An interesting case. Pelagial was originally going to be an entirely instrumental album as Loic's throat was recovering. When he recovered, the band felt that as the frontman, he was needed, and recorded vocals. The album usually includes both a version with vocals and instrumentally.
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* LyricalColdOpen: The whole Anthropocentric album is kicked off entirely like this on the title track. "Heaven TV" on the same idea also does this, though gets through almost an entire line before the instruments come in.
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* RecursiveReality: "Who made your architect?" in "The Origin of God".
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* RecursiveReality: "Who made your architect?" in "The Origin of God". The lyrics discuss the apologetic that everything has to be created by a creator. If you say "everything except my god", you are engaging in special pleading. If not, then your god needs a creator, and the creator needs a creator, and so on creating an infinite regression.
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* Instrumental: An interesting case. Pelagial was originally going to be an entirely instrumental album as Loic's throat was recovering. When he recovered, the band felt that as the frontman, he was needed, and recorded vocals. The album usually includes both a version with vocals and instrumentally.
** The Fogdiver EP is all instrumental
** Aside from these examples, "Fluxion", "Siderian", "Cryogenian", and "Wille Zum Utergang" discounting intro tracks.
** The Fogdiver EP is all instrumental
** Aside from these examples, "Fluxion", "Siderian", "Cryogenian", and "Wille Zum Utergang" discounting intro tracks.
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the Aeolian album, where they wear a lot of {[Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the Aeolian album, where they wear a lot of {[Music/Meshuggah}} {{Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Robin Staps has always composed for the band, even when it became "his" project less and more of a collective endeavor.
* LighterAndSofter: Heliocentric, after three albums filled with heavy doom and chaotic sludge metal.
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* AnythingThatMoves: The lyrics to "Dead Serious and Highly Professional". Appears to be a threat.
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* CessationOfExistence: Discussed in "Orosirian".
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* CrisisOfFaith: "She Was the Universe"
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* Fanservice: A lot of the album art and even a music video features a nude woman prominently.
* GodIsEvil: A frequent lyrical theme.
->"A world with God would be even more disturbing than a universe without him
->For if He tolerates atrocities
->If he condones such cruelty
->Who would want to worship such a maker anyway?"
->'''Roots & Locusts'''
* GodIsEvil: A frequent lyrical theme.
->"A world with God would be even more disturbing than a universe without him
->For if He tolerates atrocities
->If he condones such cruelty
->Who would want to worship such a maker anyway?"
->'''Roots & Locusts'''
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* PrivatelyOwnedSociety: the subject of "The Greatest Bane", where corporations have taken over every aspect of life.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: See the lyrics under "God is Evil".
* RecursiveReality: "Who made your architect?" in "The Origin of God".
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: See the lyrics under "God is Evil".
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* ThisIsUnforgivable!: The lyrics in "The Origin of Our Wishes" state a lack of forgiveness for an action just before an implied death.
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* Fluxion (2004)
* Aeolian (2005)
* Precambrian (2007)
* Heliocentric (2010)
* Anthropocentric (2010)
* Pelagial (2013)
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* Fogdiver (2003)
* Transcendental (2015) - Split with Mono
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* AuthorAppeal: Robin Staps likes oceanography.
* BoleroEffect: They have some post-metal output, so this is expected. Most obvious in "Statherian".
* ConceptAlbum: Precambrian is ostensibly about '''the entire geological history of the Earth'''.
** Heliocentric critiques Christianity based on Catholic dogma and treatment of heretics. Anthropocentric continues the critiques, focusing more on protestantism, fundamentalism, and apologetics.
** Pelagial was originally written as an instrumental journey from the top of the ocean to the bottom. When vocals were added, the lyrics seemed to bring personal and relationship struggles in as a parallel.
* DistinctDoubleAlbum: Heliocentric and Anthropocentric, which are two parts of a new sound album released in the same year, both of which criticize religion.
* DroneOfDread: "Omen of the Deep" brings up a slow drone riff, hinting at the crushing album closer "The Origin of Our Wishes".
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Discussed on Heliocentric, natch.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: Fluxion begins this way.
* EpicRocking: Quite a few instances of long songs. The best example is "The Greatest Bane" at 14:32.
* FaceOfTheBand: Robin Staps has always composed for the band, even when it became "his" project less and more of a collective endeavor.
* HarshVocals: Was standard for the first three albums. Now it's harsh growls and singing at a roughly 50/50 mix.
* HorribleHistoryMetal: A couple cases in Heliocentric/Anthropocentric, considering they are critiques of Christianity. Notable examples being the trials of Galileo and the execution of heretics.
* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: Most of the album titles are adjectives.
* JustSoStory: "Firmament" is all about the creation as detailed in the book of Genesis.
* LastNoteNightmare: Pelagial ends its concept at the bottom of the ocean, with a final drone, various noises, and studio sound, giving the impression of being crushed from all directions due to the pressure.
* LyricalColdOpen: The whole Anthropocentric album is kicked off entirely like this on the title track. "Heaven TV" on the same idea also does this, though gets through almost an entire line before the instruments come in.
* LyricalDissonance: What are the lyrics behind those harsh growls on Precambrian? Poetry by Charles Baudelaire, Comte de Lautréamont, and Georg Trakl?
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Over fifty people have been involved in the band. The website gives up altogether listing them all.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their material up to Precambrian is around a 9. Among their metal material, they have dropped generally to a 6-8.
* NewSoundAlbum: Heliocentric was this, dropping any semblance of doom, introducing clean vocals, and becoming more melodic as a whole.
* PianoKeyWave: Happens at the end of "Swoon".
* RecycledLyrics: "You are trying to save me" is a reoccurring lyric in Anthropocentric.
* ReligionRantSong: Two whole albums of them.
* RevolvingDoorBand: And how! Over 20 musicians appeared on certain albums, and in the beginning the band lineups were never consistent from one album to the next.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Ptolemy Was Wrong" spends half the time just being piano and vocals, creating a ballad about Galileo's heresy.
* SongStyleShift: Happens a few times in "Ectasian". Starts off with piano, cello, and viola, before it goes into a slow sludge doom track, only to turn on a dime into high drive on a Pantera-influenced romp. It changes again into a bizarre robot-voice section towards the end.
* TitleDrop: The albums rarely get a title drop, but "The Ocean" is mentioned in multiple songs.
** "Austerity" has "It's hard to think of '''the ocean''' with the sweet stench of piss in your hair"
** "Paleoarchaean" cheats a bit by quoting from Charles Baudelaire's ''Old Man and the Sea'' "Free man, you shall forever cherish '''the ocean'''!
** "Catharsis of a Heretic" brings it up in the context of Giordiano Bruno's execution "But this place will burn before the sun will drown in '''the ocean'''".
** "Roots & Locust" features it so prominently it sounds like they were working for a signature song. "I dragged myself out to '''the ocean''', and stared all night into the sky!"
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* UncommonTime: Naturally, as a progressive metal band. Probably most prominent in the Aeolian album, where they wear a lot of {[Music/Meshuggah}} influences on their sleeves.
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->''Also known as The Ocean Collective''
[[quoteright:305:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theoceanresized.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:305:Left to right: Robin Staps (guitar), Jonathan Nido (guitar), Louis Jucker (bass), Luc Hess (drums), Loic Rosetti (vocals)]]
The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ The Website]] [[{{LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters}} over fifty people]] have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
As one might guess from the name that oceanography is a theme. The Ocean shows up in most of the artwork and aesthetics of the band (just see the page image!). It shows up in many of the lyrics, and has even been the subject of an entire concept album. It figures, since Robin Staps has an interest in oceanography and likes scuba diving. Lyrics have deviated to other things, including philosophy, globalization of mankind, and two records entirely criticizing both Catholic and Protestant dogma.
Current Members:
* Robin Staps - Guitarist and composer
* Loic Rosetti - Vocals
* Luc Hess - Drums
* Jonathan Nido - Guitar
* Louis Jucker - Bass
Listing past members would take far too long.
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[[quoteright:305:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theoceanresized.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:305:Left to right: Robin Staps (guitar), Jonathan Nido (guitar), Louis Jucker (bass), Luc Hess (drums), Loic Rosetti (vocals)]]
The Ocean (commonly referred to as The Ocean Collective) is a band formed by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000 in Berlin, Germany. While the group has always had a very firm grounding in Progressive Sludge metal, the sound has been shown to be fairly varied since inception. This is due in no small part to the wide variety of members that have been part of the band. According to [[http://theoceancollective.com/pelagial/about-the-ocean/line-up/ The Website]] [[{{LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters}} over fifty people]] have been participants in The Ocean, so many that it's impossible to know exactly who has been involved. This has brought a range of sound into The Ocean, from post-metal to symphonic to hardcore. Robin Staps has consistently been the only member involved since the beginning, and has [[{{JustForPun}} orchestrated]] members and performers from the beginning. This has allowed him to bring in relatively well-known vocalists in from {{Music/Converge}} and Cave-In. This is why the band has been referred to more as a "collective" in the past, where various artists would record and tour with Staps, but not become permanent members. In 2009, Staps brought in a more stable line-up, cementing the band to function more as a group than a project by one person.
As one might guess from the name that oceanography is a theme. The Ocean shows up in most of the artwork and aesthetics of the band (just see the page image!). It shows up in many of the lyrics, and has even been the subject of an entire concept album. It figures, since Robin Staps has an interest in oceanography and likes scuba diving. Lyrics have deviated to other things, including philosophy, globalization of mankind, and two records entirely criticizing both Catholic and Protestant dogma.
Current Members:
* Robin Staps - Guitarist and composer
* Loic Rosetti - Vocals
* Luc Hess - Drums
* Jonathan Nido - Guitar
* Louis Jucker - Bass
Listing past members would take far too long.
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