The Ocean - Precambrian (FULL ALBUM)

[@motorge]

THX a lot for the nice comments, from you all. Believe me or not, I am the drummer on this recording. Yes, Mr. Ließmann. I was in good shape at that time, although I had to get rid of my weed addiction at that time, recording in Finland. Right now, I'm so down as fuck, you would't believe. DONT DO DRUGS too much!!!!!

[@maj1909]

Thx you for this perfect album, amazing drummer 🤘

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Dude, thank you for putting your heart and soul into the creation of this beautiful piece of art and musical history. The album represents a side of humanity that is ready and willing to evolve and progress, and become our wildest dreams, by facing and overcoming our worst nightmares. This album captures it perfectly. You guys created something really special here, I just wish more people were willing and able to appreciate it

[@survivalhenne3402]

Torge, you are such a nice and talented person. Next time I m in Berlin I will give you a call and hope we can meet again. ❤

[@motorge]

@@survivalhenne3402 Äh, warte, bist der Papa von Florin?

[@survivalhenne3402]

@@motorge ja genau

[@raisedfist77]

00:00 Rhyacian (2018 version) Disc 1 10:56 Hadean 14:41 Eoarchean 19:27 Paleoarchean 22:12 Mesoarchean 27:32 Neoarchean Disc 2 32:53 Siderian 34:49 Rhyacian 45:43 Orosirian 52:10 Statherian 58:07 Calymmian 1:06:23 Ectasian 1:15:23 Stenian 1:23:38 Tonian 1:30:56 Cryogenian

[@scottlauren3145]

Thanks

[@metalbladerecords]

From Noisey.com: "Phanerozoic", the new, two-part album, picks up exactly where the last note of "Precambrian" faded out almost 11 years ago. The eponymous record describes the latest geological age and is literally translated to “The Age of Visible Life.” The first part of the record will be released in September 2018, and the second one is dated to come out in 2019. The first audio is now being recorded in Iceland. “We were looking for an isolated place in a cold and beautiful environment to get us into the right mood for making this record,” says Robin Staps, the guitarist and mastermind behind The Ocean. “The new album will start off bleak, cold and heavy... and then evolve and diversify throughout the second half.”

[@michaelrieman5297]

Metal Blade Records thumbs up, thank you! Can’t wait for the new album. Hoping you guys do a US release!

[@jameshearnakarez.1278]

But the age started in 2010-2013 and how one was able to tell is if you look at the date of May 16th 2010 2011 or 2012 one of those three years the moon was a crescent in the ruling planets for the Taurus or above the crescent and it made a :-) like the universe was smiling down upon a soul that's birthday started on that day cuz because if you look back through the Egyptians and all that reason why it always starts with astrology with the Aries Aries finds the path that the chosen one is supposed to walk but it does not travel down that path the Taurus is the one that always walks the path first and season it for the others to follow look it up ReZ. 1 my birthday is that day and so just saying the expanse is a very sacred place into some that's all they have for a sanctuary in this world so please do not disrespect or try to take advantage because God does exist

[@scottlauren3145]

@@donaldvoelkel3311 On their new album, Precambrian, or the 2018 version of Rhyacian?

[@LMTR14]

no link to where I can BUY this?!

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Where do we buy it?

[@janoadam930]

this has to be one of greatest albums in music history in general, im so thankful for this...just my opinion :D

[@89saur]

be blessed metal blade and The Ocean for sharing this!

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

I mean what can you say about Precambrian other than it is almost definitively the greatest piece of music ever created by the Human species. This is the album I would want to represent us to alien species, to put on display our intelligence and compassion at full bore. To show how far we’ve come and how deep our minds run. This album is a timeless monument to human innovation, not just in music, but philosophy as well.

[@ryanmcknight3214]

What a show in Fresno, CA at Strummers. Best show I've ever been to.

[@AggresssivePerfector]

one of the greatest metal albums ever

[@TheGringuish12]

@coldbloodedkidder nah but this record is pretty much a gamechanger in metal and probably music as a whole

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@coldbloodedkidder This time it’s accurate, I’ve known this album like the back of my hand for 3 years now and holy shit is it just a near perfect record

[@vesuvius115]

Say what you want about Loics vocals. I genuinely love the Rhyacian 2018 version. Does it top the 2007 version? No, No it doesn't, however I love his take with it, and while the bands new vocals fit a more clean vocal loving audiences, the songs still have in depth meanings to them. Just like Precambrian, the newer albums still have important meanings to us as a species. Phanerozoic 1/2's whole idea is Eternal Reccurance, however, it teaches us about the theme of the Paleontological world before us. To be fair, Precambrian is amazing with its aggressiveness, but it fits, as Earths younger days were chaotic and intense, but by the time it settles with the beginning of Phan 1, it gets more cleaner, but still quite brutal to signify, while Earth isnt the intense hell hole it was, it still has challenges for life, it has mass extinctions, glacial events, ages of different species, great dyings, and so much more. While the new albums arent as complex as Precambrian, they still hold a place and fit the message. THAT is my view here.

[@lockheed6859]

I would have preferred Stennian over Rhyacian which would have fit his voice better imo

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@@lockheed6859 Man I fucking want Ectasian in loics voice

[@lockheed6859]

@@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze just all of Precambrian with Loic lmao

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@@lockheed6859 Byeah

[@Chineserijstwafel]

i like how phanerozoic picked up where they left off at Cryogenian. fitting ofcourse:p

[@meghanpierce5375]

But Ediacaran didn't get a song! But yeah, I appreciate their geologic continuity too!

[@Booooooce]

Meghan Pierce I don’t think Ediacaran was an official point when this album was released

[@meghanpierce5375]

@@Booooooce It was,- Precambrian came out 2007 and Edicarian was ratified in 2004 by the IUGS.

[@bousculade1035]

Cryogenian also has the same melody as Cambrian. But yes, Ediacarian is missing (which is kinda sad because it's a really important era, one of the most interesting of the Proterozoic eon)

[@cidpsg]

@@meghanpierce5375 but many of their song was always written past times before... exemple the last The Océan album came out september 2020 but all the song came from their 2017 sessions ;)

[@КрисДиаз-КрисКам]

Man, this album is fucking great, I can't get bored of hearing this!

[@TheMonsterHunterTV]

This Album, Pelagial and Phenerozoic I are their best works. When Phanerozoic II will come out the full Phanerozoic Expierience will mix perfectly with Precambrian

[@dogwiz]

Woah, I wasn't expecting such a significant difference, but it is prominent and awesome.

[@nikitasavenged9374]

IM IN SHOCK! How can I have missed this even though it's been out for a month?

[@SaturnineXTS]

Precambrian has been out since 2007

[@nikitasavenged9374]

@@SaturnineXTS Ι meant this specific release

[@SaturnineXTS]

@@nikitasavenged9374 Fair enough, though it's not like all that much has changed except for the new take on Rhyacian

[@Therealchrist]

This is THE best album ever written. A lovely mix of brutal punishment and lithe finesse.

[@ardhitawbilly5717]

When you are geologist but also Metal head :

[@gaetanobadia5719]

I'm studying Geology in university mainly thanks to this band

[@menteaudiovisual6261]

Uno de los mejores albums de metal del presente siglo.

[@lunahemera6387]

This album is amazing, thanks for the upload

[@norwaydude96]

Any lad with timestamps? EDIT: Nvm just realized the song titles light up, neat.

[@oli1981]

Hi folks ! You can check my full set record of Precambrian 10th Anniversary - European Tour 2018 @ Rambouillet, France : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn_ZmICinLursLs And my full set record of Phanerozoic I Tour 2018 @ Sion, Switzerland : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHS4ep6gobOeha8 And of course you can check my others bands videos on my channel ;) Enjoy !

[@meghanpierce5375]

Poor Ediacaran, not getting a song.

[@SaturnineXTS]

They should do it when they re-record the album :D

[@echoambiance4470]

This sure rocks

[@eriksatieofficiel]

Good one.

[@xavierrivera9130]

My favorite

[@break_it_bill]

My pre-order showed up today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@0Happīkā0]

Hadean is the best opening banger ever. Shits timeless and will hit hard for life. I like the original album better.

[@lockheed6859]

Rhyacian was the remastered version with Loics vocals instead of the OG. Hadean is still the opener!

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Nothing has changed about the album. It’s the same exact album with Rhyacian 2018 as a bonus track like a deluxe album. Misleading comment. It’s the same exact album as the original. Same mix. Same recording. The exact same master.

[@SaturnineXTS]

Who's for a re-recording of the whole thing with Ediacaran? :D

[@clintstewart8715]

Get outta my thoughts

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

I’d love to see a 20 minute ediacaran single that has its own sound while calling back to that iconic piano riff from Cambrian and cryogenian

[@SaturnineXTS]

@@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze That works too. Ediacaran is a super fascinating period due to the proliferation of multicellular life that happened then

[@erloom]

Great album.

[@andre99249]

I'm not an expert just a curious mind but after the Cryogenian period before the Cambrian period, we have the Ediacaran period right? Shouldn't this record end with a track named "Ediacaran"?? Can someone explain to me why it doesn't happen....because I'm pretty sure they would know this much more than I do?

[@maxwell71596]

Ironically, the album was just a year before the Ediacaran Period was officially announced as a period and they made their album in 2007.

[@andre99249]

@@maxwell71596 ow thank you so much for this explanation I thought it would be something like that.

[@AndreGomes-ti5os]

YES!!

[@piyapanwetchapan4429]

Please upload "Downfall of Gaia - Aeon Unveils the Throne of Decay (Full Album) " I want to listen it

[@randomxaos]

This is pretty cool

[@stadtbibliothekchemnitz2780]

"Rhyacian" was perfect back then, don't know why there's a re-recording of the best track this band has made so far. The only good thing about it is the more present bass guitar, imo. Not a fan of Loic's clean vocals here; they miss the depth and always sound the same, no matter how hard he tries to be melodical and all. He has his own style and his voice is not unpleasant; just not fitting and lacking the atmospheric link to the rest of the song. I'll stick to the original.

[@scottlauren3145]

Stadtbibliothek Chemnitz Agreed

[@maxwell71596]

Tbh, I love both of them.

[@gmyersgilmer9470]

I think you are out of your mind! The new v is great! Keep on being you tho.

[@cidpsg]

They do the same with other song like queen of the food chains on AEOLIAN who has some different version in the 7 inch i have... ;)

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

One thing I will say about the 2017 version of Rhyacian is that while the second half that everyone was expecting to hit as hard as the original does somewhat fall flat, the FIRST chorus instrumentals in the 2017 version have a SIGNIFICANTLY better tone and the song sounds much more full, which in my opinion is how that part should have been. I love that part in the original, but man holy fuck the 2017 version is so full and rich, it actually makes it sound kinda empty during that part on the original. Its incredible

[@don_dombalak]

Underrated real music right there. I'm kinda happy that it's not known too much because it makes this community whole and we don't need posers.

[@vagner_tenzen]

Amo esse album dos caras, pesado!

[@palibakufun]

I'm not sure I COULD have enjoyed any rerecording of Rhyacian, honestly. That song was life changing for me, so anything different will be offputting for me. But, I don't think I like the redone version still. It's a great sound, and it sounds nice, but it's just not the song I know, and it just doesn't fit the song. If the new album has this sort of sound, though, I wouldn't complain.

[@SilencedMi5]

Wait, why did they re-record Rhyacian? The original is great! As an aside, I appreciate your Haida profile pic 😄

[@palibakufun]

@@SilencedMi5 I think they rerecorded Rhyacian because this came out right before Phanerozoic I, so it was sort of promoting the second part of the Precambrian thing. Also, thank you :)

[@SilencedMi5]

@@palibakufun Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for the info!

[@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS]

its like a mix between Gojira and Between the Buried and Me

[@LMTR14]

it's NOTHING like btbam, holy hell

[@lethiac698]

Don't forget Mastadon

[@LMTR14]

mastoshit more like. one the most unappealing bands I know

[@lethiac698]

@@LMTR14 pretentious

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

@@lethiac698 Pretentious because he offers an opinion that you take umbrage with? Logical.

[@bastianagi7778]

Awesome

[@Doomchild2XL]

Hm, the new version killed that moment. You know which one.

[@oldmanpoptart]

DoomchildXXL yeah :(

[@tobytobiasjones]

When it was first posted, my heart sank... I thought the whole record was re-recorded and I'd somehow overlooked that fact. I calmed the fuck down when I learned it was just the first track, but it still kinda stinks that that track's impact will feel dulled. I love this band, and I have to say, I feel almost completely alone in thinking that Loic's (their permanent singer's) voice is... awkward. I don't think they've ever matched the intrigue, scale, and scope that this record has, and I think it's so much on account of the variety of vocalists present here. Thoughts?

[@Doomchild2XL]

I agree a 100%.

[@markodulic5239]

I dont agree with you, i think that Loïc was and will be the best singer for this band, his clean vocals are versatile unlike the previous' singers, and yeah i get it you maybe dont like his growls because its like "core shouting", and even with this type of vocals he's better... Thats my opinion and he made this song better

[@Doomchild2XL]

I always found the awkward part was his clean singing to be frank. And that there's too much of it.

[@pietror9519]

What tunings are used on this album? I want to play along but there’s no tabs or sheet music.

[@lovemetal4884]

There are some tabs on songsterr

[@TheArtOfSubconscious]

honoring caleb scoffield today

[@kvkman555]

As a geologist and a BTBAM and Contortionist fan I really should be morally obligated to like this album, but after my first listen, I'm unsure...

[@palibakufun]

As an also BTBAM and Contortionist fan, I urge you to give it another try or two. It's really, really dense, and once it catches you, it's absolutely, stunningly amazing.

[@Drew.DrivesYT]

Ignore the new version of Rhyacian tacked on at the beginning and it's one of the best metal albums of all time, just give it time.

[@flagmuffin1221]

I dunno, BTBAM doesn't really have the same style as these guys at all, but I would urge any metal fan to give a listen through. In fact, I would say just listen to everything these guys have done. Pelagial is in my Top 10 albums, as is Phanerozoic 1. This one not so much, it's a little too inconsistent in places.

[@SilencedMi5]

I suggest Pelagial and Phanerozoic I, then give Precambrian a few more spins. Unless your opinion has changed in the past couple years lol

[@kvkman555]

@@SilencedMi5 yeah, that was a while ago, its a favorite album of mine now.

[@allanf_]

Loïc, thank you. Thank you and thank you! Holy shiiiiitttt!!!!

[@xandutheil8767]

his voice is only in the first track of the video.

[@SavatageIsMyReligion]

Loved the concept. Sounds good but definitely requires time to grow on you

[@gregorymurphy6115]

This is amazing but that quote being said by Kevin Spacey comes off as hilarious now

[@thebritishmewtwo1994]

all the songs end in 'ian'

[@franlovelsimic8421]

You do realize what these names represent?

[@geothermalrobot]

the age of eart:))))))))))))))))))

[@chessbrainiac]

@@franlovelsimic8421 Yes, it's Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian's family tree!

[@vesuvius115]

They do because they represent eras in the Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic EONs, the 3 Eons of the Super-Eon we call the Precambrian.

[@itkojecockot]

these guys got so good after they switched to this "Post-Metal" style...... those early "Sludge" albums were pretty generic

[@HronisArva]

:)

[@OcramSilem]

Sadly, I think that "Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic" doen't even closely stand the musical efforts and complexity of "Precambrian". The former is much more easy-listenable, simple and less deep... more "standard"; songs have a more typical structure and are composed of a minor number of interesting riffs, odd time signatures and arrangements. Sound is less raw, in the instrumental as in the vocals. The latter takes much more time to be appreciated but contains so many more interesting musical ideas and is way more able to create an unique atmosphere that I find properly connected to the geological thematic. I find both an hell of lava explosions and the silence of a rocky unhabited earth in "Precambrian" and I'm deeply affectionated to this album. But, after all, 12 years have past between the two and I couldn't expect them to be perfectly matching. This is just my opinion obviously

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

While I agree Precambrian is no doubt better, the difference is not that much. Phanerozoic I might be slightly simpler in areas, but not in its philosophical scope, which it pulls off perfectly with its musical approach. The first half feels a little murkier because of the theme of the proliferation and evolution of multicellular life being confined mostly to the ocean, then it airs out through devonian, and becomes more “rocky”, it kinda slams down a little harder, and feels less fluid, which I find fascinating, and the lyrics do a fantastic job of tying the modern human condition into the eras of earths history just like Precambrian, but it doesn’t sound like precambrian because earth has changed in the Phanerozoic Eon. It feels less infantile as well, I noticed the use of piano and violins on precambrian actually builds a sort of “person on their death bed imagining childhood” kinda feel, and thats also fascinating when you imagine earths history as a lifespan of a living being. Phanerozoic feels like it is beginning to fill with life and yet it is turbulent and violent still, sort of a teenage years. In this way, The ocean have more or less depicted the human era as Earths mid life crisis, or maybe even deeper, in the depiction of the struggles of trying to raise a child, to be able to leave the nest as strong and capable. The final song on Holocene doesn’t seem to depict anything close to the end of a journey. In fact it much feels like it drops us on a cliffhanger of a mystery we will never get to see solved, but we are still a part of this entire story, and is it beautiful that we live in THE time that the single most important thing to happen in this planets entire history is about to occur, intelligent life it spawned and raised becoming multi-planetary and leaving the nest for an unknown future nobody alive today, or in 1000 generations will begin to understand. And we exist not only in that time, but in the same time period, we have an absolutely beautiful species defining piece of musical art to capture its significance, and feed it to us. Its humbling to be alive today

[@kittyprydecutemetal2404]

👂👏

[@joseaugustodossantos6488]

MUITO, MUITO BOM (GRAVANDO) "!

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

Album starts at 10:55

[@LMTR14]

this sure is a long album

[@scottlauren3145]

Its also an amazing album.

[@LMTR14]

not very consistent though

[@bousculade1035]

@@LMTR14 How ? Maybe Hadean/Archean have some weaker parts, but Proterozoic is incredible

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@@bousculade1035 What are the weaker parts? Hadean/Archean as a 25 minute song is my favorite song on the album. Which it is one song with 5 chapters

[@FeRReTNS]

I get it we get to listen free and you and the artist should get paid, but don't put fucking ads in the middle of a song. It's really easy to turn ad block on, but I rather support the effort, just don't ruin the art mid song guys.

[@Diftonez]

40:54 Why I remember about KoRn on that moment? In a good way!!

[@ardhitawbilly5717]

Maybe you want to start to listening at 34:46

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

No I fucking don’t because the Archaean suite is amazing. Don’t be a pretentious little bitch

[@u.v.s.5583]

52:10 Old ghost of LvB will torment you for stealing!

[@eneoch]

Well, that re-recording of Rhyacian reminded me how Precambrian was the last good album from that band. Later works don't come close in terms of intensity and the new singers are just so average they could easily fit in random pop or emo bands. But this is a killer album though, thanks for uploading it.

[@bousculade1035]

They changed their style, which is good. Pelagial is often considered their best album, and Palaeozoic shares similarities with it, making both of them complex albums with really good compositions (especially Palaeozoic imo, it has better atmospheres than Precambrian). Also, Rosetti is a really talented singer that could perfectly have been a singer in the Aeolian/Fluxion period of the band (there's a live recording of Comfort Zones with him, he completely nails it), and he does a really good job at alternating clean and screamed vocals especially in Palaeozoic (just listen to Cambrian II and Permian). In comparison, as much as I like Fluxion's reissue, the original album and Aeolian are both weak points in the band's discography. The vocals are absolutely insane but the compositions are way less complex and the band is still searching for their style. Precambrian is definitely the best tho.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

This bands entire purpose is an evolution. And it has been an amazing one. It’s just the worst mistake (or possibility best decision) Robin ever made was going from Precambrian to heliocentric and anthropocentric. It’s going from by far their best album, to (arguably) their worst, which is in no way disparaging the quality of heliocentric, because if you examine the albums comparatively, heliocentric is not less complex, it’s not lacking in production quality, it doesn’t have really any lyrical weak links although Precambrians lyrics are way better, and it isn’t lacking in creativity imo, it just sounds different from Precambrian, A LOT different. And I think Precambrian coming right before heliocentric, along with the album being sort of a polar opposite (on the oceans scale) from Precambrian musically, plus the new sound including much more clean vocals with a more intimate musical approach, caused fans of the band to just write heliocentric off without really giving it time to grow on them. It’s an amazing album with so many beautiful concepts, and now we have the Phanerozoic albums easily living up to the expectations of Precambrian even though I once again think Precambrian is a bit better, and with Holocene on the way they are showing complexity and creativity that surpasses Precambrian in my opinion, just not in heaviness, which is fine to me, because the music is still insanely heavy when Robin wants it to be, it is not gone, it’s presence has simply shifted focus for the sake of the concept being written. Genius writing in my opinion.

[@thomasdecker2470]

HAHAHAHAHA one of the tags for this album from KZbin is "Rock Music".

[@arnavrawat9864]

Sideran was nice I hate that fast aggressive death metal

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

There is not one single second of this album that resembles death metal. Also I hate to sound condescending by saying this but if you are unwilling to open yourself up to everything this album has to offer, then this entire bands importance is going clean over your head.