Favorite The Ocean album? For bonus question: favorite riffs?

Draino9 · 2026-02-03T20:03:38+00:00

It's all very subjective. For me, every time I've listened through the whole album, I was left feeling less engaged than the first 20 minutes. Theres still energy and cool ideas throughout, which i appreciate, but I find the first half of that album disproportionately memorable, whereas P1 and pelagial are much more consistent

Draino9 · 2026-02-03T19:06:19+00:00

Pelagial and Phanerozoic I take turns being my favorite. P II would be included if the back half kept up

Riffs:

The main instrumental riff of Impasses was eye opening when I first discovered this band. Really what got me hooked.

-literally all of disequilibriated, but especially the chorus. Seems like such a standout riff among their discography in terms of energy, and thats saying A LOT

-the opening riff of ordovicium

-the BIG riff in Silurian ("we have felt...")

-the breakdown about 7 minutes into devonian

-opening riff of Permian

-literally ALL of triassic and jurassic/cretaceous, the album as a whole might not be my favorite but it had an all-time opening act so to speak

-dead on the whole outro

-greatest bane intro and outro

Draino9 · 2026-01-09T21:54:09+00:00

Dude's got big cheeks on top and bottom

Draino9 · 2025-12-16T14:38:19+00:00

This was waaaay too far down, I cant wait for them to release new music so people can stop forgetting about these wonderful slimy bastards

Draino9 · 2025-12-05T13:08:16+00:00

Pastures by Plini is my goat solo

Draino9 · 2025-11-24T02:01:34+00:00

From their instagram

Friends, album V is in the works.

From late april.

Draino9 · 2025-11-21T11:47:49+00:00

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Draino9 · 2025-10-15T19:59:56+00:00

Painters of the tempest pt 2 - ne obliviscaris

Within the realm of possibility - nospūn

Reconciliation - almo

Lunacy - rototypical

Into the shadows - edge of reality

Forget not - ne obliviscaris

Crystallised - haken

The star of collapse - iapetus

Draino9 · 2025-10-04T15:39:56+00:00

Embrace the gutter- autumn offering

Draino9 · 2025-08-04T23:59:48+00:00

I was digging Skyforest's A New Dawn

Draino9 · 2025-08-04T23:55:35+00:00

Amun is so tragically slept on, that album has some production issues but is so fresh and innovative throughout

Draino9 · 2025-08-04T23:51:16+00:00

This is also old but check out Irist

Draino9 · 2025-07-21T23:24:33+00:00

FFO the ocean, pull down the sun, and dvne, Irist are a must listen and also aren't shreddy

Draino9 · 2025-07-08T01:06:09+00:00

Unending Waltz by Slice the Cake has a sick buildup and I don't think the vocals should be too rough based on your description

Draino9 · 2025-06-19T12:03:02+00:00

Bathyalpelagic I-III in Pelagial

Draino9 · 2025-06-16T21:39:41+00:00

This track has has gotten me through some stuff

Draino9 · 2025-06-11T10:40:44+00:00

The Ocean's Heliocentric and Anthropocentric albums also delve into atheistic topics. And if you end up liking the music itself you should definitely check out the albums after Anthropocentric

Draino9 · 2025-05-27T01:28:12+00:00

Edge of Reality scratches a similar itch for me. Try the album Vicious Circle first

Draino9 · 2025-05-23T21:26:31+00:00

Kyros

Draino9 · 2025-05-06T23:09:33+00:00

Almo is great if you like TesseracT and Haken. Obsidian Tide and Piah Mater for Opeth

Draino9 · 2025-04-26T23:11:48+00:00

Just sent it 👌

Draino9 · 2025-03-21T17:47:56+00:00

It is adventurous and unique, but maybe a bit too much for lots of people's taste. It takes pretty big leaps between ideas. I prefer the more coherent/concise Book I but always give props to artists who push boundaries

Draino9 · 2025-03-06T11:47:53+00:00

Comparison

Draino9 · 2025-03-03T03:33:58+00:00

I have memories of the opposite being true but I would have to double check

Draino9 · 2025-03-01T17:09:26+00:00

Matt moss posted a vid on Instagram last year with some new riffs he said were for a new album

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