The Ocean - Metal Storm

Leah	Anaal Nathrakh
Monster Magnet	Earth

01.03 - Pantera - Dimebag Darrell's Grave Vandalized

01.03 - The Faceless - Announce New Guitarist

01.03 - Nader Sadek - All Line-Up Quits

01.03 - Hellsaw - To Split Up

01.03 - Evertale - New Video Released

01.03 - Metal Storm Awards - Voting Closed

28.02 - Acid King - Premiere New Track

28.02 - Motörhead - Update From The Studio

28.02 - Unleashed - New Lyric Video Online

28.02 - Winterfylleth - New Guitarist Joins

28.02 - Sorcerer - New Song Streaming Online

28.02 - Pyrrhon - To Tour Europe In April

Reviews Articles

	Dysrider Bury The Omen
	Satan's Host Pre-Dating God Part 2
	Satan's Host Pre-Dating God Part 1
	Lords Of The Trident Frostburn
	Feed Her To The Sharks Fortitude
	Burweed Hide
	An Autumn For Crippled Children The Long Goodbye
	Halshug Blodets Bånd
	Scanner The Judgement
	Melechesh Enki

21.02 - Amaranthe - Tapper, Tallinn, Estonia, 10.02.2015

20.02 - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - Day Two: On Open Seas

17.02 - Cannibal Corpse + Behemoth + Aeon - The Fillmore, San Francisco, USA - 8 February 2015

16.02 - Vulture Industries - Tapper, Tallinn, Estonia, 06.02.2015

12.02 - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - Day One: Off We Go

07.02 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 4 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

31.01 - Periphery + Nothing More - The Fillmore, San Francisco, USA - 26 January 2015

16.01 - A Year In Metal - 2014: Highlights Through The Eyes Of The MS Staff, Elites & Official Contributors

Shoutbox

18:58 - Fearmeister
I like how people wrote in Arch Enemy as 'drama' haha

18:48 - Mary N.
and I like it that none of my other votes got even close to be a winner except Wintersun as drama of the year !

18:44 - Bad English
IMO its waist of money buy 15min album specially 120 kroner 12 euros something

18:43 - Mary N.
I know but I wanted to vote for three more categories. :'(

18:43 - Fearmeister
It was up for a whole month D:

18:41 - Mary N.
FUCK NO ! I just saw the voting is closed ! I totally forgot it damn !

18:31 - Mary N.
everyone needs :d

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05.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2015 (24)

19.06 - France
Hellfest Open Air 2015 (17)

30.07 - Germany
Wacken Open Air 2015 (16)

19.05 - Serbia
Blind Guardian: European Tour 2015 (12)

09.07 - Czech Republic
Masters Of Rock 2015 (12)

09.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn 2015: 20th Anniversary (10)

29.05 - United Kingdom
Temples Festival 2015 (10)

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33 - Artturi Sipilä
33 - Cristobal Carmona
44 - Esko Salow
34 - Francois Thivierge
29 - Irene Petitto
28 - Kesha Rose Sebert
40 - Levi Fuselier
34 - Matthias Kupka
33 - Raphaël Antheaume
23 - Rasmus Kjær
52 - Rob Affuso
32 - Slutsodomizer Nerclath A.
38 - Sven Atle Kopperud
33 - Tuomas Rytkönen

RIP:

1996 - Joe Papek
2014 - Ralf Schulz

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The Ocean

Popularity index: 315
210 fans

Also known as	The Ocean Collective
Country:	Germany
Label:	Metal Blade Records

Links:	Official website Myspace Facebook

Formed in:	2000

2000-2002	Sludge metal
2003-2004	Symphonic sludge metal
2005-	Hardcore
2005-2006	Sludge metal
2007-	Symphonic sludge metal

Line-up

Current members:
2000-	Robin Staps - guitars, vocals
2009-	Loïc Rossetti - vocals
2013-	Paul Seidel - drums
2013-	Damian Murdoch - guitars
2013-	Chris Breuer - bass
Former musicians:
2002-2007	Andreas Hillebrand - guitars
2002-2007	Nico Webers - vocals
2002-2007	Mathias "Meta" Buente - vocals
2002-2007	Torge Liessmann - drums, percussion
2002-2007	Jonathan Heine - bass
2004-2007	Nate Newton - vocals
2005-2006	Gordon Hünies - bass
2007	Jan Oberg - vocals
2007	Jason Emry - vocals
2007	Matthew Beels - guitars
2007	Hannes Huefken - bass
2007-2009	Mike Pilat - vocals, bass
2008-2013	Luc Hess - drums, percussion
2008-2013	Jonathan "Jona" Nido - guitars
2009-2013	Louis Jucker - bass
Studio musicians:
2004	Tove Langhoff - clarinet
2004	Rebekka Mahnke - cello
2004	Demeter Braun - violin
2005	Carsten Albrecht - vocals
2007	Walid Farruque - guitars
2007	Dwid Hellion - vocals
2007	Tomas Svensson - samples
2007	Jonas Olsson - tambourine
2007	Daniel Eichholz - glockenspiel
2007	John Gürtler - saxophone
2007	Katharina Sellheim - piano
2007	Christoph Von Der Nahmer - violin
2007	Karina Suslov - viola
2007	Stefan Heinemeyer - cello
Live musicians:
2002-	Gerd Kornmann - percussion
2007-	Rene Nocon - vocals
Guest musicians:
2005	Tomas Hallbom Liljedahl - vocals
› 2007	-//-
2005	Sean Ingram - vocals
2007	Caleb Scofield - vocals
2007	Eric Kalsbeek - vocals

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

2003 \| 7.3	Fogdiver [EP]
2004 \| 8.2	Fluxion
2005 \| 7	Burst / The Ocean [Split] [EP]
2005 \| 7.5	Aeolian
2007 \| 8.6	Precambrian
2010 \| 8.1	Heliocentric
2010 \| 8.1	Anthropocentric
2012 \| 8.8	The Grand Inquisitor [EP]
2013 \| 8.5	Pelagial
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Photo galleries

19.07.2013	Summer Slaughter US Tour 2013 - The Regancy, San Francisco, CA - 19th July 2013 by 8bitglitch
25.11.2011	Textures, The Ocean - The Garage, London, United Kingdom, 25.11.2011 by Ivor
19.06.2011	Hellfest Open Air 2011 - Clisson, France, 19.06.2011 by Ivor
28.11.2008	Opeth, Cynic, The Ocean - Toulouse, France, 28.11.2008 by Jeff
20.06.2008	Hellfest Open Air - Clisson, France, 20th-22nd June 2008 by Darkside Momo
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News / Concerts / Interviews

News

11.05.2014	The Ocean - Stream Live Clip
11.04.2014	The Ocean - Confirm UK & Ireland Summer Tour
16.01.2014	The Ocean - Announce Co-Headlining North American Tour With Scale The Summit
21.12.2013	The Ocean - German Tour Confirmed
08.12.2013	The Ocean - Announce New Guitarist
29.10.2013	The Ocean - Jonathan Nido And Luc Hess Leaving After Current Tour
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Interviews

19.12.2008

with Mike Pilat (vocals)

Articles

16.12.2008

Opeth, Cynic, The Ocean - Toulouse, France, 28.11.2008

Concerts

08.04.2015	AUS, Canberra (1)
10.04.2015	AUS, Sydney
11.04.2015	AUS, Brisbane
12.04.2015	AUS, Byron Bay
16.04.2015	AUS, Adelaide
18.04.2015	AUS, Melbourne
19.04.2015	AUS, Perth
15.05.2015	BEL, Zottegem - Dunk!festival 2015
19.06.2015	BEL, Dessel - Graspop Metal Meeting 2015 (6)
14.08.2015	FRA, Saint-Nolff - Motocultor Festival Open Air 2015 (4)

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