In the unlikely event that you’ve been living under a proverbial or literal rock for the last few years, you know The Ocean. You’ll also probably know that we’ve been panting for new material from this seminal post-metal act in the five years since the masterpiece that is Pelagial was released. Today, many of us assisted in breaking Pelagic Records’ website when this song dropped, scrambling to get our pre-orders in. We’re a ravenous bunch. The new song “Permian: The Great Dying”, is exactly what we’ve been waiting for: nine minutes of textured, masterfully performed progressive post-metal. Listen below.
The crashing riffs, the clean and harsh vocals, and that now-legendary guitar tone are all woven into a song that begs to be played over and over. Along with this opus, the tracklisting and art for the new album, Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic, which will be released November 2. The seven new songs are as follows:
1. The Cambrian Explosion
2. Cambrian II: Eternal Recurrence
3. Ordovicium: The Glaciation of Gondwana
4. Silurian: Age of Sea Scorpions
5. Devonian: Nascent
6. The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
7. Permian: The Great Dying
You can head here to get to pre-orders for the album (they should be working again) and be sure to follow The Ocean on Facebook to be ready for more news about Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic and whatever else the band has up their sleeves.
