Uutta albumia valmistelevalta progemetalli-yhtye The Oceanilta ennenjulkaisematon kappale – kuuntele ”Turritopsis Dohrnii”

Saksalainen progressiivista metallia ja post-metallia esittävä The Ocean latasi Youtube -palveluun ennenjulkaisemattoman kappaleensa ”Turritopsis Dohrnii”. Kappale juontaa juurensa vuonna 2013 julkaistun ”Pelagial” -albumin sessioihin. Kyseinen kappale tulee olemaan osa yhtyeen oman levy-yhtiön, Pelagic Recordsin kautta julkaistavaa “In The Twilight, These Rocks Have Teeth“ -kokoelmaa, jonka julkaisuajankohdaksi kerrotaan 29.9.2017. Bändi kertoo myös valmistelevansa uutta studioalbumiaan. Kitaristi Robin Staps kommentoi kappaletta:

“Turritopsis dohrnii is a jellyfish that lives in the Mediterranean; it is the only immortal species on Earth. Jellyfish are weird creatures.They start their lives as polyps, which are basically something closer to a plant than to an animal, something that grows on a rock. These polyps reproduce asexually, by cell division. The result becomes the free-swimming medusa, a jellyfish.

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Jellies then reproduce sexually, before they die … except this little guy here. Once the adult form of the species have reproduced, they revert back into their juvenile polyp state. They shrink, their tentacles disappear and they sink to the ocean floor to start their unique life cycle all over again — and not just once, but infinitely.

This track begins and ends with the same part, reflecting that eternal cycle. Learning about this tiny creature made me think about how we are desperately striving for physical rejuvenation and intellectual immortality — the other side of the coin is the fact that we barely see any old people these days. In a city like Berlin, everyone is young, healthy and pretty. Elder people get locked away in homes that most of us will never get to see or visit, unless we have family members unfortunate enough to become old.”