Fluxion (album)

Fluxion
Cover art for the 2009 release
Studio album by the Ocean
Released	November 2004
Recorded	January 2004 [1]
Studio	Oceanland Studios in Berlin
Genre	Sludge metal progressive metal avant-garde metal post-metal
Length	56:53
Label	Make My Day
Producer	Robin Staps, Magnus Lindberg
The Ocean chronology
Fogdiver (2003) Fluxion (2004) Aeolian (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Kerrang!	[ citation needed ]
Revolver	[ citation needed ]
Metal Underground	[3]

Fluxion is the debut studio album by German post-metal band the Ocean, released in November 2004 through Make My Day Records. It is the first part of a two-CD project that ended with Aeolian . ^[4] The two albums were meant to be released together as a double album, but this was cancelled due to financial issues. ^[1]

Fluxion focuses more on the band's atmospheric and progressive side, including orchestral and electronic elements, whereas Aeolian is more aggressive, focusing on the band's hardcore punk and extreme metal influences. ^{[2] [5]}

The album was re-released in 2009 with new vocal tracks by then-lead vocalist Mike Pilat. ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robin Staps.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nazca"	4:39
2.	"The Human Stain"	8:06
3.	"Comfort Zones"	4:00
4.	"Fluxion"	4:18
5.	"Equinox"	4:14
6.	"Loopholes"	1:27
7.	"Dead on the Whole"	5:06
8.	"Isla del Sol"	10:31
9.	"The Greatest Bane"	14:32
Total length:		56:53

Personnel

The Ocean

• Meta – lead vocals (2004 edition)
• Nico Webers – additional vocals (2004 edition)
• Robin Staps – guitar, percussion
• Jonathan Heine – bass
• Torge Ließmann – drums
• Gerd Kornmann – percussion
• Mike Pilat – lead vocals (2009 edition)

Additional musicians

• Markus Gundall – backing vocals
• Thomas Herold – backing vocals
• Alex Roos – backing vocals
• Rebekka Mahnke – cello
• Demeter Braun – violin
• Tove Langhoff – clarinette

Production

Original version (2004):

• Michael Schwabe – mastered
• Alex Hornbach – mixing
• Robin Staps – mixing
• Alonso Urbanos – artwork
• Robin Staps – artwork

Re-edition (2009):

• Julien Fehlmann – remix, remaster
• Martin Kvamme – artwork
• Sven Kvamme – artwork

References

1. Ayers, Chris (1 March 2006). "The Ocean Aeolian". Exclaim! . Retrieved 29 November 2021.
2. Freeman, Phil. "Fluxion review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
3. "Fluxion review". metalunderground.com. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
4. Pop Matters (24 March 2006). "The Ocean : Aeolian - Pop Matters Music Review". Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
5. Henderson, Alex. "Aeolian - The Ocean". AllMusic.
6. "FluXion". theoceancollective.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.