"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 45 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Ocean is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths.
ON TOUR
Bowlers Exhibition Center, Manchester, United Kingdom (November 1); On the Rocks, Helsinki, Finland (December 4); Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden (December 6); Vulkan Arena, Oslo, Norway (December 8); Quantic Club, Bucharest, Romania (December 14); Kesselhaus in der Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany (January 11); Concertzaal Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium (January 16)
The Ocean (a.k.a. The Ocean Collective) is a progressive metal band started in 2001 in Berlin, Germany by guitarist Robin Staps. However, the first stable line-up was formed only in 2009 during recording sessions of Heliocentric and Anthropocentric. As for 2013, 4 of 5 band members are from Switzerland, while its founder continues to live in Berlin.
You’d think they teach people to fend off deadly spiders and venomous snakes with 11/8 polyrhythms and twelve-minute epics, based on the number of truly excellent progressive metal bands from Australia.