THE OCEAN: 'Pelagial' world tour part II: headline European tour with support from SHINING, TIDES FROM NEBULA and HACRIDE

'Pelagial', the latest album from THE OCEAN, has been received with open arms and ears across the globe – this is a band that are becoming widely regarded as leaders within their genre. Metal Sucks declared that The Ocean have "never written more intriguing music" in their 5/5 review. Spin recognised the band's diversity with "Mastodon‐shaped footprints, lush strings… [before] the submarine crashes at Melvins tempos". Decibel noted a band who have "become more luxurious, experimental and textural", Terrorizer heard an album "ambitious and adventurous", whilst Kerrang were bowled over by "melodrama, intimacy, grandeur, grace and big fucking riffs." RockARolla, bastions of taste at the experimental end of heavy music, emphasised how revered The Ocean currently are: "With Isis gone, no one has yet taken their place as intelligent and sensitive masters of post‐metal but, with this, there's no doubt that The Ocean are shoe‐ins for the title." Diverse elements are honed and perfected on 'Pelagial', and this ethos is at the heart of the touring package for The Ocean's headline European tour. For an album that treads a wild and creative path within and outside of the supposed boundaries of metal, Norway's SHINING could not be a more appropriate addition to the touring bill. Their new album 'One One One' was recently released and it's direct and pulsating approach is gathering the same kind of response that saw 2010's 'Blackjazz' get rave reviews all over the world, with contemporaries such as Danko Jones and Mike Portnoy writing pieces praising the band. If you've seen them live then you'll know how good they are; if you've not, you need to! Poland's TIDES FROM NEBULA meanwhile have been mesmerising the underground and in 2013 they take a step up, releasing their new album via a brand new label. They bring postrock to this package, a welcome ingredient due to this genre touching aspects of 'Pelagial'. Finally, France's HACRIDE bring some serious, technical heaviness to the tour, as anyone who has heard their new album 'Back To Where You've Never Been' will testify.

THE OCEAN 03/10/13 FZQ Freiseitzentrum West - WestEnd Festival Dortmund GER 06/10/13 JC Sjiwa - Progpower Europe (headliners) Baarlo NL 12/10/13 Essigfabrik - Euroblast Festival (headliners) Cologne GER THE OCEAN - w/ Shining, Tide from Nebula, Hacride 29/10/13 LOGO HAMBURG GER 30/10/13 PATRONAAT HAARLEM NL 31/10/13 Baroeg ROTTERDAMM NL 01/11/13 THE GARAGE LONDON UK 02/11/13 DAMNATION FESTIVAL LEEDS UK 03/11/13 Divan du Monde PARIS FR 05/11/13 APOLO 2 BARCELONA ES 06/11/13 CARACOL MADRID ES 07/11/13 HARD CLUB PORTO PT 09/11/13 AUDIODROME TURIN IT 10/11/13 TRAFFIC ROME IT 11/11/13 Gala Hala Ljubljana SI 12/11/13 BACKSTAGE CLUB MUNICH GER 13/11/13 Salzhaus Winterthur CH 14/11/2013 La Poudriere BELFORT FR 15/11/2013 ZECHE CARL ESSEN GER 17/11/2013 LIDO BERLIN GER 18/11/2013 PROGRESJA WARSAW PL 19/12/2013 ALIBI WROCLAW PL