Monday, April 8, 2013

The Ocean/Pelegial/Metal Blade Records/2013 CD Review


  The  Ocean  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  a  musical  style  I  would  describe  as  being   progressive,  ambient  doom/sludge  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Pelegial"  which  was  released  by  Metal  Blade  Records.

  Drums range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  only  a  small  amount  of  fast  drumming  and  blast  beats  being  present on  this  recording,  while  the  synths  bring  a  very  progressive,  atmospheric  and  atmospheric  sound  to  the  recording,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  progressive  and  post  rock  with  ambient,  sludge  and  doom  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  with  a  great  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  atmospheric  sounding  post  rock/metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when t hey  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  progressive  sounding  elements  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  clean  singing  to  some  aggressive  sounding  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  a  concept  revolving  around  the  ocean  and  the  whole  five  pelagic  depth  zones,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  dark,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  the  album  coming  into  2  different  parts  instrumental  and  vocal  albums  along  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  The  Ocean  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Mesopalagic:  The  Uncanny"  "Bathyalpelagic  II:  The  Wish  In  Dreams"  "Hadopelagic  I:  Omen  Of  The  Deep"  and  "Demersal:  Cognitive  Dissonance".  RECOMMENDED  BUY. 

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