Tag The Ocean
Surfing the seas of time for almost two decades, The Ocean have arrived in the here and now. Holocene is the band’s newest long player released on their very own Pelagic Records and named after the current geological epoch, the… Continue Reading →
Sitting at my place of work for a change and rather than staring at the flora and fauna and phalanxes of ants and battalions of birds in my glorified shed at the bottom of my garden, I am in the… Continue Reading →
It’s been a few weeks of relative calm and peace in my world, that has been, up until this point, a year of real ups and downs across the board. Reviewing for this esteemed website, Ave Noctum, has, at times,… Continue Reading →
A release appeared in October 2020 and followed this Austrian band’s debut ‘Shareholder Of Shit’ released in February of 2020 both of which were pressed onto picture discs. The band defies categorisation on the five tracks here, something that was… Continue Reading →
Not sure if I have covered this before in my weekly scribblings that are under a thinly veiled attempt at an album review, very much an excuse to air some dirty laundry and try and be as clever as I… Continue Reading →
Thanks to COVID-19, bands are currently plagued by the uncertainty of when they’ll eventually be able to tour again. Still being able to write and release music to fans feels like a blessing, however, for Bristolian hardcore punk four-piece, Svalbard,… Continue Reading →
Polish sludge wouldn’t necessarily be something you would imagine yourself listening to, instead maybe something you’d pick up at your local corner shop and drink. But lazy cultural stereotypes aside, this is epic sounding (at least on paper) post metal/rock/sludge/doom…. Continue Reading →
It’s often with trepidation when the esteemed lord of this manor, the cruel overseer of Ave Noctum’s darkest corridors and keeper of the beasts, suggests that this may be something that’s right up your alley sunshine. Not that he used… Continue Reading →
If you’re bored and want to amuse yourself in a slightly different way, try the following: Type “The world’s most confusing graphs” into your search engine and have a good look at what comes up. It’s mind-boggling, I’m telling you…. Continue Reading →
Zagreb’s Mochvara had already filled up nicely when Rosetta started their show right at the announced time, or maybe five minutes later. It was bloody cold outside and nobody fancied drinking their beer on the club’s windy terrace. Rosetta certainly… Continue Reading →
This is one of those releases you could write a treatise about (not that such releases are abundant). Its scope is so ambitious, it borders on megalomania. But that’s fine with me. Who has ever achieved anything significant by setting… Continue Reading →
What do you get if you cross a member of Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Skies with one of The Ocean and an ex from War From A Harlots mouth? Nope there’s no punch-line here just a trio with… Continue Reading →