Anthropocentric

Anthropocentric

by The Ocean
Anthropocentric

Anthropocentric

by The Ocean

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record)

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Overview

As befits their namesake, the Ocean think big. This album is the second half of a two-disc set; the first half, Heliocentric, was released at the beginning of 2010, with this disc finishing out the year. These two discs succeed a two-CD set, Precambrian, released in 2007. Each of these (each Ocean record, really) is a sit-down-with-the-lyric-sheet-and-ponder experience; it's possible to just let the loud guitars and thundering drums wash over you, as you would with, say, High on Fire, but that's so clearly not what the band wants to happen that Anthropocentric ceases to be cathartic, like all the best metal, and starts to feel like homework. That's not to say that the band doesn't rock. "The Grand Inquisitor II: Roots & Locusts" has a headlong fury that's reminiscent of the Mars Volta at times, and the title track is a near-ten-minute stomp, like Isis crossed with the early-'90s hardcore band Judge. But they slow down and do the ballad thing too often, the better to communicate their ultra-important message, which boils down to a critique of Christianity just like six hundred thousand other metal bands, except these guys filter it through Dostoevsky 'cause they're smarter than you. ~ Phil Freeman

Product Details

Release Date: 02/14/2025
Label: Pelagic
UPC: 4059251460848

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Ocean   Primary Artist
Louis Jucker   Bass,Vocals
Jonathan Nido   Guitar
Esther Monnat   Cello
Estelle Beiner   Violin
Celine Portat   Viola
Loic Rossetti   Vocals
Robin Staps   Electronics,Guitar
Mitch Hertz   Soloist,Guitar
Dalai Theofilopoulou   Cello
Sheila Aguinaldo   Vocals
Luc Hess   Drums

Technical Credits

Julien Fehlmann   String Engineer,Engineer,Mixing
Martin Kvamme   Design
Svante Forsbaeck   Mastering
Jonathan Nido   Composer
Robin Staps   Composer
Louis Jucker   Composer
Loic Rossetti   Composer
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