The Ocean announce The End Of An Eon, final tour with current lineup

German prog metal favourites The Ocean have announced the impending end of their current lineup.

The collective, founded by guitarist Robin Staps in 2000, will play one last run of shows across mainland Europe in December 2024 and January/February 2025 before returning in a new form later down the line. They’ll play their latest album, 2023’s Holocene, in full during the dates, as well as selected cuts from two previous releases Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018) and Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic/Cenozoic (2020). Tickets to the dates go on sale Friday, September 20, at 10am local time.

The Ocean comment: “All good things will eventually come to an end, and so will we. These are our final shows with the current lineup.”

The band haven’t specified who will be leaving and who will be staying, but it’s safe to assume that Staps, their sole original member, will remain in the fold. The guitarist acts as the collective’s lead lyricist and composer, as well as their manager and the head of their record label, Pelagic.

The Ocean were joined by their current singer, Loïc Rossetti, in 2010, before the release of double album Heliocentric and Anthropocentric in 2010 and 2011. He’s also sung on their lauded 2013 album Pelagial, as well as the Phanerozoic duology and Holocene. Drummer Paul Seidel joined in 2013, bassist Mattias Hägerstrand joined in 2015 and guitarist David Ramis Åhfeldt joined in 2018. Keyboardist Peter Voigtmann was also in the lineup from 2018, but departed last year.

Roman P-V - 2024-09-22 09:41:34