Fluxion (album)

Fluxion is the debut album by German metal band The Ocean, released in November 2004. It is the first part of a two-CD project that ended with Aeolian.[3] The album was re-released in 2009 with new vocal tracks by then-lead vocalist Mike Pilat.[4]

Fluxion
Studio album by The Ocean Collective
Released	November 2004
Recorded	Oceanland Studios in Berlin
Genre	Sludge metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal
Length	56:53
Label	Make My Day Records
Producer	Robin Staps, Magnus Lindberg
The Ocean Collective chronology
Fogdiver (2003) Fluxion (2004) Aeolian (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Kerrang!
Revolver
Metal Underground	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nazca"	4:39
2.	"The Human Stain"	8:06
3.	"Comfort Zones"	4:00
4.	"Fluxion"	4:18
5.	"Equinox"	4:14
6.	"Loopholes"	1:27
7.	"Dead on the Whole"	5:06
8.	"Isla del Sol"	10:31
9.	"The Greatest Bane"	14:32
Total length:		56:53

Personnel

The Ocean

• Torge Ließmann - drums
• Gerd Kornmann - percussion
• Robin Staps - guitar, percussion
• Jonathan Heine - bass
• Meta - lead vocals (2004 edition)
• Nico Webers - additional vocals (2004 edition)
• Mike Pilat - lead vocals (2009 edition)

Additional musicians

• Markus Gundall - backing vocals
• Thomas Herold - backing vocals
• Alex Roos - backing vocals
• Rebekka Mahnke - cello
• Demeter Braun - violin
• Tove Langhoff - clarinette

Production

Original version (2004):

• Michael Schwabe -mastered
• Alex Hornbach - mixing
• Robin Staps - mixing
• Alonso Urbanos - artwork
• Robin Staps - artwork

Re-edition (2009):

• Julien Fehlmann - remix, remaster
• Martin Kvamme - artwork
• Sven Kvamme - artwork

References

1. Freeman, Phil. "Fluxion review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
2. "Fluxion review". metalunderground.com. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
3. Pop Matters. "The Ocean : Aeolian - Pop Matters Music Review". Retrieved 23 September 2007.
4. "FluXion". theoceancollective.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.