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Upcoming Metal Releases: 9/20/20 -- 9/26/20

All the new metal releasing between September 20th and September 26th, 2020 — spin (or skip) new music from The Ocean, Vous Autres, Mos Generator and more.

Postmodern Surge: The Ocean, Robin Staps, and Two Decades of Titanship (New Single + Interview)

The Ocean’s latest and potentially greatest album “Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic” emerges later this month — we unveil a new single “Pleistocene” (in music video form) and then catch up at length with founder Robin Staps about what’s to become.

The Ocean Reveal "Phanerozoic II" Details, Share New Song ft. Katatonia's Jonas Renske

The anticipated second part of the two-part ‘Phanerozoic’ project arrives in September.

Hypno5e Finds "A Distant (Dark) Source," Makes it Close and Real

Djent will always be a contentious tag, but Hypno5e goes far beyond its trappings with their latest release via The Ocean’s in-house label Pelagic Records. Here’s our full review of this beauty.

Herod's "Fork Tongue" Tastes the Sludge

Stream a monstrous new track from the Swiss progressive sludge quartet’s upcoming second full-length “Sombre Dessein.”

Treasures in the Depths of The Ocean's "Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic"

Our in-depth analysis of the famed German collective’s latest album, releasing Friday.

Upcoming Metal Releases 10/28/2018-11/2/2018

All the spoopy new tunes to spin on Halloween.

The Ocean, Returned: The Collective Unveils "Permian: The Great Dying" From Upcoming Album "Phanerozoic I: Palaezoic"

The new album releases November 2nd and will represent the conceptual and musical missing link between “Precambrian” and “Heliocentric”/”Anthropocentric.”

Gone Fishin' With Robin Staps

The Ocean guitarist talks Pelagial Records, double albums, and creative freedom