Berlin, Germany’s The Ocean are about to embark on their first U.S. tour in their seven-plus years of being a band. The band will be touring in support of its latest release Precambrian. Supporting The Ocean will be Lair of the Minotaur and Kylesa (co-headliner), Intronaut, Withered, and The Destro on select dates.
Released November 27, 2007, Precambrian is a double album with a concept and artwork that deal with the early days of our planet, when mother earth was a hostile and uninhabitable place devoid of life and reigned by fire, sulfur and streams of red-glowing lava. The two disk CD is composed of a mini-CD with 22 minutes playing time entitled ‘Hadean/Archaean’, and a full-length CD with 61 minutes playing time, entitled ‘Proterozoic’, both referring to successive geological eras. Guests on the album include Caleb Scofield (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom), Nate Newton (Converge), Dwid Hellion (Integrity), Tomas Hallbom (Breach), Eric Kalsbeek (Textures) and musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Guitarist and founding member Robin Staps had this to say about touring North America for the first time:
“It's not easy for European metal bands to tour in North America and we've been wanting to get over there for a long time, so we're very happy that the extremely positive feedback that 'Precambrian' has received in Canada and the US finally makes it possible now. This is a killer package that you don't wanna miss"
THE OCEAN - Legions of the Winged Octopi North American Tour<!--more--> 05/21 Toronto, ON Wreck Room w/ Catamenia 05/22 St Catharines, ON L3 Nightclub 05/23 Montreal, QC Lambi Tour w/ Kylesa, Lair Of The Minotaur, Withered 05/24 Boston, MA Church Of Boston 05/25 Wallingford, CT Cherry Street Station 05/26 New York, NY Knitting Factory 05/27 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 05/28 Chicago, IL Reggie's Rock Club 05/29 Covington, KY Mad Hatter 05/30 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall 05/31 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade Tour w/ Kylesa, Lair Of The Minotaur 06/01 Orlando, FL Back Booth 06/02 Tampa, FL Brass Mug 06/03 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar Tour w/ Lair Of The Minotaur 06/04 Metairie, LA The High Ground Tour w/ The Destro, Lair Of The Minotaur 06/05 Houston, TX The Meridian 06/06 Austin, TX Red 7 06/07 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves 06/08 San Antonio, TX Rock Bottom 06/10 El Paso, TX Chic's 06/11 Farmington, NM Gator's Tour w/ Lair Of The Minotaur, Intronaut 06/12 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse 06/13 Fresno, CA Audie's Olympic 06/14 San Francisco, CA Annie's Social Club 06/15 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle 06/16 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew 06/17 Hollywood, CA Knitting Factory
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