Long time no hear, we’re just too lazy to update this regularly, or too busy trying to find and sell good music 
2010 was a good year for Pelagic Records, and we got lots of exciting things coming up: the EARTHSHIP and ABRAHAM records will be released in January 2011, but are already available for direct orders through our shop, along with THE OCEAN’s “Heliocentric / Anthropocentric” 4xCD and 4xLP boxes!
Just like their mates from ABRAHAM, Pelagic brings you yet another awesome swiss band hailing from Lausanne – Kruger’s latest effort on wax! Double LP edition of the swaggering fourth studio effort of the swiss quintet, originally released on Listenable records this year. A thick mix of Converge frenzy, oily Entombed-style riffs and Mastodonian exuberance. This deluxe vinyl contains also two live tracks (one featuring Jo of Gojira) and a couple of dubious covers, one being Kyuss’ “Hurricane” and the other Kraftwerk’s “Radioactivy”, recorded with the Swiss infamous queer Greta Gratos. The album was recorded by the band themselves and mixed by Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE.
Release date: February 2011
EARTHSHIP surge ahead like a nuclear-powered icebreaker through the Barents Sea, laden with mighty riffs, tons of groove and home-brewn whiskey.
EARTHSHIP was launched by former THE OCEAN drummer Jan Oberg this year and his colleagues Dennis Boettcher on drums and Bastian Gutschke on bass guitar. THE OCEAN mainman Robin Staps joined the band on second guitars shortly afterwards. “I have not been involved in the songwriting at all though, it is entirely Jan’s creative work”, comments Staps.
The band is a newborn baby that came to life in the spring of 2010 after a long drinking night in Berlin: “Jan has been my neighbour for years here in Berlin, we’ve known each other for ages and had our first band together more than 12 years ago… we grew up going to shows and playing music together. Jan is a very skilled songwriter and I was always into his stuff, so when he asked me to join his band I agreed right away”, comments Staps.
The band played their first ever show supporting TORCHE in Berlin on December 2nd.
“Exit Eden” is the debut release by this new Berlin-based behemoth, recorded by captain Oberg himself at his own Hidden Planet Studios. It is the grim, ugly soundtrack to a rough and dangerous passage through dark, icy waters. Board the Earthship for a ride through the vast black sea of doom, metal and prog n’roll.
For fans of CROWBAR, BARONESS, MASTODON, IRON MONKEY and ZOZOBRA.
Listen at myspace/wearetheearthship
ABRAHAM create a barren aural landscape where grand rock faces of guitars loom large over occasional restrained moments of calm sublimity and haunting beauty. Abrasiveness is the word here: ABRAHAM will wash over you like a sudden cloudburst in the desert and make you feel like jagged rock exposed to the elements. Whoeever loves CULT OF LUNA’s “The Beyond” -album most: raise the torches, this is for you!
ABRAHAM was formed under the name “Le Baron Vampire” in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2007 by KRUGER guitar player Jacques Vierdaz and a few mates from uni. The band later changed their name to ABRAHAM and has played lots of shows since with bands such as Celane, Knut, Kruger, Mumakil and many others.
Listen now at myspace/abrahamband