Metal Anarchy

The Ocean, who now feature guitarist/vocalist Robin Staps, bassist Mattias Hägerstrand, and drummer Jordi Farré alongside new vocalists Enrico Tiberi and Lane Shi and new guitarists Emmanuel Jessua and Marco Gennaro, have announced a new album titled “Solaris.” The effort will be released on September 25 and it can be pre-ordered HERE.

“Solaris” Track Listing:

01. “52°30’11” N, 13°26’12“ E“
02. “Departure Song“
03. “Light Pollution“
04. “Simulacra“
05. “Belligerence“
06. “Ultima Esperanza“
07. “Milk Of My Dreams“
08. “51°28’30” S, 73°6’11” W“

A video for the effort’s first single, “Light Pollution,” can be found below. The following was said about that track in a press release:

”’Light Pollution’ explores the pitfalls of 21st-century technology and humanity’s growing obsession with simulated reality. But do the many technological and social advances of recent decades truly represent progress?”

Staps added:

“We’ve witnessed several communication revolutions throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, but have we actually become any better at communicating? Has there really been forward movement, or has the motion been orbital — have we merely been treading water? Light pollution symbolizes the transparency of the postmodern age, permeating everything and everyone. Everything is constantly visible; we’ve lost the darkness to hide in, and with the relentless glare of communication, we’ve also lost our privacy.”