Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

by The Ocean Collective

Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic cover art

Operating as the first half of a massive, double-album concept project regarding the Earth's geological eons, the German metal outfit delivered a staggering, highly ambitious release. The record flawlessly marries incredibly dense, crushing sludge metal riffs with gorgeous, sweeping progressive rock clean vocals and orchestral textures. It was widely championed as a remarkably cinematic, highly intelligent masterpiece of modern progressive post-metal.

Genres

  • Progressive Metal
  • Atmospheric Sludge Metal

Tracklist

  1. The Cambrian Explosion
  2. Cambrian II | Eternal Recurrence
  3. Ordovicium | The Glaciation Of Gondwana
  4. Silurian | Age Of Sea Scorpions
  5. Devonian | Nascent
  6. The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
  7. Permian | The Great Dying