VENUE 229, LONDON
DATE 26/08/2022
SUPPORT PLAYGROUNDED, LLNN
Of all the bands who’ve had to arrange and rearrange tours over the last couple of years, few have been fucked over more than The Ocean. The international prog metal collective were meant to grace our shores in January 2021, promoting Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic with support from PG.lost, Hypno5e and Svalbard. Then they had to postpone their dates to the summer. Then they had to push them back again. That they’ve finally made it to the UK – now flanked by acts from guitarist Robin Staps’ Pelagic Records – feels nothing short of miraculous.
Greek/Dutch quintet Playgrounded commence the evening with their bleak progressive rock. Well, tonight they’re a quartet: travel troubles have caused drummer Giorgos Pouliasis to miss the…
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