The Ocean, the progressive metal and post-metal collective founded in Berlin in 2001 by guitarist Robin Staps, which released Solaris on Pelagic Records in 2026 with a renewed lineup.
Profile
- Origin
- Berlin, Germany
- Formed
- 2001
- Founding members
- Robin Staps
- Current status
- Active
Current lineup
- Robin Staps — guitar, programming (since 2001)
- Mattias Hägerstrand — bass (since 2015)
- Jordi Farré — drums (since 2025)
- Enrico Tiberi — vocals (since 2026)
- Lane Shi — vocals (since 2026)
- Emmanuel Jessua — guitar (since 2026)
- Marco Gennaro — guitar (since 2026)
Former members
- Loïc Rossetti — vocals (2009–2025)
- Paul Seidel — drums (2013–2025)
- Luc Hess — drums
- Louis Jucker — bass
- Jonathan Nido — guitar
- Damian Murdoch — guitar
- Peter Voigtmann — keyboards (2018–2023)
- Nico Webers — vocals
Discography
| Year | Release |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Fogdiver |
| 2004 | Fluxion |
| 2005 | Aeolian |
| 2007 | Precambrian |
| 2010 | Heliocentric |
| 2010 | Anthropocentric |
| 2012 | The Grand InquisitorEP |
| 2013 | Pelagial |
| 2018 | Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic |
| 2020 | Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic |
| 2021 | Phanerozoic LiveLive |
| 2023 | Holocene |
| 2026 | Solaris |
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