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The Ocean is a German post-metal band that was formed in 2000. It has gone through many different line-ups over the years. Initially, it was called The Ocean Collective because it had a rotating group of members and long-term collaborators, all of whom were centered around the band's guitarist and composer, Robin Staps. However, in 2008, the band changed its name to The Ocean and adopted a more traditional line-up. This included vocalist Mike Pilat, guitarist Jonathan Nido, bassist Louis Jucker, and drummer Luc Hess, in addition to Staps. This line-up was stable until 2009 when Pilat left and was replaced by Loïc Rossetti. This line-up, which included Staps, Rossetti, bassist Mattias Hägerstrand, and drummer Paul Seidel, has been the most stable in the band's history, until the departure of Nido and Hess and the temporary hiatus of Jucker. Seidel, Rossetti, and guitarist David Ramis Åhfeldt stepped down in 2025 and drummer Jordi Farré was added to the lineup alongside Staps and Hägerstrand. [1]
Album | Islands/Tides | Fogdiver | Fluxion | Aeolian | Precambrian | Fluxion (w/ Mike Pilat) | Heliocentric | Anthropocentric | Pelagial | Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic |
Year | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2013 | 2018 |
Lead Vocals | Markus Gundall | Meta | Mike Pilat | Loïc Rosetti | ||||||
2nd Vocals | Gerd Kornmann | Markus Gundall | Nico Webers | |||||||
3rd Vocals | Tomas Hallbom | Meta | ||||||||
Guitar | Robin Staps | |||||||||
2nd Guitar | Matt Beels | Jonathan Nido | Damian Murdoch | |||||||
Bass | Robin Staps | Jonathan Heine | Mike Pilat | Jonathan Heine | Louis Jucker | Mattias Hägerstrand | ||||
2nd Bass | Hannes Huefken | Chris Breuer | ||||||||
Drums | Robin Staps | Torge Liessmann | Luc Hess | Paul Seidel | ||||||
Percussion | Gerd Kornmann | Gerd Kornmann | ||||||||
Cello | Yuky Ryang | Dalai Theofilopoulou | Dalai Theofilopoulou | |||||||
Piano | Vincent Membrez |
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2000–2001 |
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2002 |
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2002–2004 |
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2004–2005 |
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2005–2006 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2008 |
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2008–2009 |
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2009–2013 |
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2013–2015 |
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2015–2017 |
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2017–2023 |
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2023–2025 |
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2025–present |
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The Ocean is currently founding guitarist Robin Staps and longtime bassist Mattias Hägerstrand now that vocalist Loïc Rossetti, drummer Paul Seidel, guitarist David Ramis Åhfeldt, and keyboardist Peter Voigtmann (he left in 2023) have all left the band. But fear not! This isn't the end of The Ocean. According to a new statement from the band, this is only the beginning of a new era, starting with the addition of drummer Jordi Farré.