THE OCEAN TOUR DATES 2023

After a well deserved time off from our extensive touring in ’22 and early ’23, we’re now slowly preparing to get back on the stages to present our new album ‘Holocene’.

We will play a selected amount of festival shows in August before we head to South Africa for the first time ever (!), followed by a quick visit to support our friends in Ne Obliviscaris in Australia. It’s been over 4 years since we’ve been down under and i’m very excited to set foot once again on this beautiful continent.

This will hopefully warm us up for a full month of co-headline dates with one of my all-time favorite instrumental post-rock bands called This Will Destroy You.

You can find all the dates below:

SUMMER FESTIVALS

01/07 – DE Blackdoor Outdoor Festival
02/08 – RO Rockstadt Extreme Festival
05/08 – PT Comendatio Festival
12/08 – CZ Brutal Assault Festival
16/08 – HU Fekete Zaj Festival
18/08 – UK ArcTanGent Festival

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DATES

01/09 – SA Ramfest, Stellenbosch
02/09 – SA Ramfest, Pretoria
06/09 – AU Brisbane, The TIvoli
08/09 – AU Sydney, Manning Bar
09/09 – AU Melbourne, The Forum
10/09 – AU Adelaide, The Gov

EUROPEAN TOUR  w/ This Will Destroy You

25/09 – CZ Prague, Rock Café
26/09 – PL Poznan, Tama
27/09 – PL Krakow, Kamienna12
28/09 – DE Leipzig, Anker
29/09 – DE Cologne, Euroblast 
30/09 – NL Groningen, Vera
01/10 – UK Brighton, Chalk
02/10 – UK Bristol, The Fleece
03/10 – UK Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
05/10 – UK Glasgow, Classic Grand
06/10 – UK Leeds, Project House
07/10 – UK Manchester, Gorilla
08/10 – UK London, Electric Ballroom
09/10 – NL Haarlem, Patronaat
10/10 – FR Paris, La Machine
11/10 – CH Solothurn, Kofmehl
12/10 – CH Geneva, PTR/ L’Usine
13/10 – FR Toulouse, Metronum
14/10 – ES Barcelona, Salamandra
15/10 – FR Montpellier, Rockstore
16/10 – IT Milan, Magnolia
17/10 – SI Ljubljana, Kino Siska
18/10 – IT Bologna, Teatro Perla
20/10 – BE Antwerp, Desertfest
21/10 – DE Münster, Sputnikhalle
22/10 – DE Berlin, Astra
23/10 – DK Copenhagen, Amager Bio
24/10 – NO Oslo, John Dee
25/10 – SE Gothenburg, Pustervik
26/10 – SE Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan

See you at one of the shows! ♥️

NIGHTMARER ALBUM RECORDINGS 2020

After spending almost all of 2019 on the road with The Ocean i flew over to visit my long-time partner in crime Simon Sludge to lock ourselves in and write the Nightmarer follow-up album to “Cacophony of Terror”.

We spent a good 2 1/2 weeks in an intense writing session before i headed back home to Berlin to record drums at one of my favourite places: Daily Hero Recordings! Our buddy Marc, who has been involved in our album recordings since “In Shoals” times was more than happy to tag along and within 3 days all new tracks were tracked and done!

I’m very happy with my choice of gear (cymbals, shells, heads etc.), the tuning, the room and how everything turned out eventually! Intense sessions lead to intense music.

Check out some pictures captured by Emma Kollmorgen below:

Keep your eyes peeled for new music!
Love, Paul

SIBERIAN TRAPS TOUR 2019

A vital part of enjoying the perks of the musician life is touring, specifically when it comes to playing foreign countries and exploring the various cultures, nature and vibes that come with it.

Even after having played more than 700 shows across the globe and jet-setting from continent to continent there’s still so much more to dive into! This year’s highlights have already included travels to India, Australia, New Zealand and a full-month European tour.

But behold! The Siberian Traps tour taking place between August and October will guide us to some gems hardly anyone has ever been to let alone bands performing a concert. Not only will we traverse the vastness of Russia, we will also find ourselves in countries such as Latvia, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan. The icing on the cake will be two shows in Japan!

This will surely be one for the books and an experience that will stay with all of us forever. Here’s the full list of shows:

29/08 – LG, Riga – Melna Piektdiena
31/08 – BO, Minsk – Brugge Club
01/09 – RU, Krasnodar – The Rock Bar
06/09 – AM, Yerevan – Puppet Theater
07/09 – GE, Tbilisi – Elektrowerk
12/09 – KZ, Almaty – Motor Club
14/09 – KZ, Karaganda – Fifth Corner
15/09 – KZ, Astana – The Bus
18/09 – RU, Samara – Zvezda
19/09 – RU, Voroneszh – Station Mir
22/09 – RU, St. Petersburg – Cosmonavt*
23/09 – RU, Moscow – Station Hall*
25/09 – RU, Ekaterinburg – Dom Pechati*
26/09 – RU, Omsk – Pushkin Club
27/09 – RU, Novosibirsk – Podzemka*
28/09 – RU, Tomsk – Varyag
29/09 – RU, Krasnoyarsk – Mods
01/10 – RU, Irkutsk – Rock’n’Roll Pub
03/10 – RU, Khabarovsk – Loona
04/10 – RU, Vladivostok – Vodoley
06/10 – JP, Tokyo – Shimokitazawa Era
07/10 – JP, Tokyo – Koenji High
* w/ Soen

To say i’m eager to hit the road is an understatement.

See you on the road!
Yours,
Paul

FESTIVAL SUMMER 2019

This year we’ll hit a bunch of outstanding festivals including Hellfest in France, Fusion Festival in Germany, ArcTanGent in England or Øya Festival in Norway.

See the full list below:

09/06 – FI, Rockfest
22/06 – FR, Hellfest
28/06 – DE, Fusion Festival
30/06 – DE, Full Force Festival
05/07 – ES, Resurrection Festival
13/07 – I, Bari w/ GIAA
07/08 – CZ, Brutal Assault Fest
10/08 – NO, Øya Festival
16/08 – UK, Arctangent
17/08 – DE, Summerbreeze Festival

For more info on shows head over to the DATES page.

See you out there!
Yours,
Paul