The Ocean
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.
The Ocean
The Ocean – Solaris
The Ocean’s twelfth album, with four of the seven core musicians newly arrived. It opens and closes on celesta, and the label admits it wanted to sound recognisable.
Hippotraktor – Annihilist
Third album from the Mechelen five-piece, and the third with exactly seven tracks: thirty-eight minutes, the shortest of the three, with Loïc Rossetti guesting.
ArcTanGent opens a new site in 2027 with Blood Incantation and Neurosis headlining
19 to 21 August at Todenham Manor Farm, Gloucestershire. Neurosis arrive with Aaron Turner on vocals and neither headliner has ever played the festival before.
Be Prog! My Friend puts its 2027 pass on sale: 24 and 25 September at La Carpa, €115 and not a single name on the bill
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 September 2027 at La Carpa del Poble Espanyol, doors at three, pass €115. The line-up is still unknown.
The Ocean unveil “Milk Of My Dream” with Thorsten Quaeschning of Tangerine Dream
The Ocean’s “Solaris”, with a largely new line-up, follows a rescue ship fleeing the ruined Earth of “Holocene”.
Be Prog! My Friend — 25 and 26 September 2026, La Carpa del Poble Espanyol (Barcelona)
Be Prog! My Friend returns to the Poble Espanyol on 25-26 September for its eighth edition, headlined by Soen and The Ocean.
The Ocean and A.A. Williams — 4 February 2027, Salamandra (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat)
The Ocean are back in the Barcelona area on 4 February 2027, at the Salamandra, with A.A. Williams. Doors at seven, €35 advance and €40 on the door. They bring “Solaris”.