The Ocean are one of the most accomplished and revered post-rock & post-metal acts on the planet. Having toured with the likes of Opeth, Mastodon, Mono, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Anathema, Red Fang, Devin Townsend and many many more. They are also staples on festival circuits the world over, having spent the past 5 years taking their last studio release, 2013’s Pelagial, to fans in every corner of the globe.

Album number eight, Phanerozoic is such an epic undertaking that the band will release it as two volumes. The Ocean are renowned for their geological and historical interest and on Phanerozoic, the albums immense depth is as big as the time period itself. The Phanerozoic eon succeeded the Precambrian supereon, spanning a 500 million-year period leading to the present day, and it has witnessed the evolution and diversification of plant and animal life on Earth, and the partial destruction of it during 5 mass extinction events. Conceptually and musically, The Ocean’s Phanerozoic is the missing link between the albums Precambrian and Heliocentric / Anthropocentric.