The Ocean

Formed in 2001 by guitarist Robin Staps, The Ocean is a German post-metal band from Berlin. Also known as the Ocean Collective, the group has worked across progressive metal, sludge metal, post-rock and drone, pairing heavy arrangements with atmospheric passages and classical instrumentation.

The project was initially presented as a broader collective of contributors. After a stable lineup emerged around 2010's Heliocentric, The Ocean came to regard itself as a band rather than an open-ended pool of musicians. Its releases have appeared through Pelagic Records, alongside work connected with Magnetic Eye Records and Audiotree Music.