News : The Ocean touring Australia in April
Germany’s premier post-metal act, THE OCEAN will return to Australia in April 2015. THE OCEAN will be playing their highly acclaimed record Pelagial in full for the very first time in Australia. Pelagial was one of 2013’s most critically acclaimed releases internationally.
THE OCEAN will be kicking off their tour at Canberra’s The Basement on Wednesday April 8th, before heading to Sydney’s The Factory Floor on the 10th, Brisbane’s The Brightside on the 11th, Byron Bay’s The Northern on the 12th, Adelaide’s Jive on the 16th and Melbourne’s The Evelyn Hotel on the 18th, with their tour finale taking place at Perth’s Amplifier on Sunday April 19th.
The past few years have seen THE OCEAN touring the globe relentlessly with the likes of Opeth, Devin Townsend Project, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me, Red Fang, The Black Dahlia Murder and many more. Their unforgettable live show has taken them to the furthest regions of the planet, from Siberia, Russia, USA, Hong Kong, Mexico, China, India and everywhere in between. Pelagial is a progressive and ambitious musical odyssey, written, recorded, mixed and to-beperformed-live as one single 53-minute piece of music, mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Orphaned Land) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebrö, Sweden. Pelagial is a concept record that takes the listener on a journey that begins at the surface of the ocean and plunging through all five pelagic depth zones: epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathyalpelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadopelagic. Unlike a detached conceptual idea, this can actually be heard and felt while listening to Pelagial.
Since 2001, THE OCEAN COLLECTIVE have released 7 records (the last 5 on Metal Blade Records) and have played close to 1000 shows in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and Russia. The band is currently on a US headliner tour (March 2014), and is looking forward to soldout shows in LA, Houston, South Florida and NYC. Throughout the summer of 2014, the band will appear at a number of big European open air festivals (Roskilde, Wacken, WFF, Summer Breeze, etc). The band has done full tours (Europe and US) supporting bands like OPETH, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, DEVIN TOWNSEND, ANATHEMA; THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, and they have been part of 2013’s Summer Slaughter Tour. On their own headlining tours, The Ocean have been supported by bands like RED FANG, INTRONAUT, KYLESA and SHINING
THE OCEAN PELAGIAL AUSTRALIAN TOUR APRIL 2015
Canberra, The Basement – Wednesday April 8
Sydney, The Factory Floor – Friday April 10
Brisbane, The Brightside – Saturday April 11
Byron Bay, The Northern – Sunday April 12
Adelaide, Jive – Thursday April 16
Melbourne, The Evelyn Hotel – Saturday April 18
Perth, Amplifier – Sunday April 19
Local special guests to be announced soon.
Tickets go on sale on Monday December 29 at 10am AEDT via wildthingpresents.com, Oztix, and the venues
About Anwar Rizk
Anwar is the editor-in-chief of Metal Obsession.net. When Anwar isn't busy promoting tours, interviewing bands and reviewing awesome music, he loves to collect metal vinyl and play video games. Follow Metal Obsession on Twitter and FacebookLatest News
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