Precambrian (album)

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Precambrian
Studio album by The Ocean
Released	November 5, 2007 (2007-11-05)
Recorded	Oceanland, Berlin, Between April and July 2007, by Robin Staps.
Genre	Post-metal Sludge metal
Length	83:52
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Jonas Olsson, Robin Staps
Professional reviews
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The Ocean chronology
Aeolian (2005) Precambrian (2007)

Precambrian is an album by the German band The Ocean Collective released in November, 2007. The album has the participation of several musicians, including Caleb Scofield (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom), Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders), Dwid Hellion (Integrity), Tomas Hallbom (Breach), Erik Kalsbeek (Textures) and musicians form the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

The main concept of the album is based around the times of Precambrian, an early part of the formation of Earth. Hadean/Archaean (disc one) is heavy and raw just like their previous album Aeolian while Proterozoic (disc two) is more post-metal-influenced with the inclusion of symphonic and electronic elements like their first album Fluxion.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.1.1 Hadean/Archaean 1.1.1.1 I. Hadean 1.1.1.2 II. Archaean 1.2 Disc two 1.2.1 Proterozoic 1.2.1.1 III. Palaeoproterozoic 1.2.1.2 IV. Mesoproterozoic 1.2.1.3 V. Neoproterozoic 2 Personnel 2.1 Hadean/Archaean 2.2 Proterozoic 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

• All songs and lyrics were written by Robin Staps, except where noted. All non-instrumental songs include sub-titles are irrelevant to the main concept and corresponds to the lyrics provided.^[1]

[edit] Disc one

[edit] Hadean/Archaean

[edit] I. Hadean

1. "Hadean: The Long March of the Yes-Men" (Ray J. Shaw, Robin Staps) – 3:48

[edit] II. Archaean

2. "Eoarchaean: The Great Void" (Micheal Pilat, Staps) – 4:45
3. "Paleoarchaean: Man & the Sea " (Charles Baudelaire, Staps) – 2:46
4. "Mesoarchaean: Legions of Winged Octopi" (Comte de Lautréamont, Staps) – 5:20
5. "Neoarchaean: To Burn the Duck of Doubt" (Lautréamont, Staps) – 5:24

[edit] Disc two

[edit] Proterozoic

[edit] III. Palaeoproterozoic

1. "Siderian (Instrumental)" (Staps, Tomas Svensson) – 1:56
2. "Rhyacian: Untimely Meditations" (Friedrich Nietzsche, Lautréamont, Staps) – 10:57
3. "Orosirian: For the Great Blue Cold Now Reigns" – 6:29
4. "Statherian (Instrumental)" (Kevin Spacey, Staps) – 5:57

[edit] IV. Mesoproterozoic

5. "Calymmian: Lake Disappointment" – 8:18
6. "Ectasian: De Profundis" (Georg Trakl, Staps) – 8:58
7. "Stenian: Mount Sorrow" – 8:19

[edit] V. Neoproterozoic

8. "Tonian: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" – 7:18
9. "Cryogenian (Instrumental)" – 3:32

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Hadean/Archaean

• Torge Liessmann – drums, percussion (all tracks)
• Matt Beels – guitar (all tracks)
• Robin Staps – guitar, percussion (all tracks)
• Walid Farruque – guitar (track 2)
• Micheal Pilat – bass (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5)
• Nico Webers – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3)
• Nate Newton – vocals (track 3)
• Eric Kalsbeek – vocals (track 4)
• Meta – vocals (tracks 1, 5)
• Rene – vocals (track 3)
• Jason Emry – vocals (track 3)

[edit] Proterozoic

• Torge Liessmann – drums, percussion (all tracks)
• Matt Beels – guitar (all tracks), vocals (tracks 2, 6, 7)
• Robin Staps – guitar (all tracks)
• Micheal Pilat – bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8)
• Hannes Huefken – bass (tracks 4 and 8)
• Jonathan Heine – bass (track 6)
• Stefan Heinemeyer – cello (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
• Karina Suslov – viola (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Christoph Von Der Nahmer – violin (tracks 2, 3, 4, 8)
• Katharina Sellheim – piano (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• John Gürtler – saxophone (track 1)
• Daniel Eichholz – glockenspiel (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Jonas Olsson – tambourine (tracks 5, 7, 8)
• Tomas Svensson – additional samples (track 1)
• Nico Webers – vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8)
• Meta – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Tomas Halbom - vocals (track 7)^[2]
• Rene Nocon^[3] – vocals (tracks 3, 7, 8)
• Nate Newton – vocals (track 8)
• Dwid Hellion – vocals (track 6)
• Jan Oberg – vocals (track 6)
• Caleb Scofield – vocals (track 3)
• Kevin Spacey - passage (track 4, audio from The Life of David Gale)

[edit] See also

• Precambrian

[edit] References

1. ^ METAL BLADE EUROPE - 'Precambrian' - THE OCEAN
2. ^ http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=1985&lang=nl
3. ^ http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=1985&lang=nl

[edit] External links

• The Ocean - Precambrian at Metal Blade Records