Comments on: Oceano – Depths

By: EdKemper

EdKemper — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:01:26 +0000

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By: EdKemper

EdKemper — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:01:03 +0000

I’m a fan deathcore, but as many times as I’ve tried to like this it is boooooooooring.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:34:23 +0000

“Depths” is definitely one of my favorite deathcore albums. It’s just so heavy and devastatingly better than a lot of the kiddie core stuff. All of the songs (lyrics) have their own theme, the instrumentation is great, every aspect is put together perfectly. It isn’t too complex, but it doesn’t sound too generic either; Oceano definitely stand out. I hear the new “Contagion” album is even more brutal. Haven’t heard it yet.

By: And Hell Followed With – Proprioception « Teeth of the Divine

And Hell Followed With – Proprioception « Teeth of the Divine — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:43:46 +0000

[...] Earache was so impressed with the record breaking sales of Oceano’s Depths last year, and unable to wait for the bands follow up, Contagion, the label has gone and signed [...]

By: The Eric Beneath

The Eric Beneath — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:35:37 +0000

Great review Erik! I’ve been awaiting this record for a while now. I have been trying to get The Body Beneath and them to do a Chicago show together for a while now. It’s just never worked out right. Did you get the copy of the new EP that we sent you? The Body Beneath: “Rise of the Insidious”?

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:28:14 +0000

btdubs- those thoughts are directed at outside parties, not the generally more accepting and open minded crowd that patrols these waters. Listening to …For Victory. FUCKIN’ BOLT THROWER FUCKING RULES!!!!

Also, and I think Erik T might agree, someone should write something about Benighted. Those dudes do a sick combination of death metal and some hardcore parts but keep it totally fucking shredding. They are what I imagine when people talking about elements of death and core breaking faces together. Icon is a serious ass beating.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:23:17 +0000

If it’s heavy it’s fucking heavy. This deathcore debate is bitter. Fuck this noise man. Extreme music fans used to be better pals than this.

By: sharkethicx

sharkethicx — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:36:15 +0000

So… I just picked this up… and holy hell. Some of these breakdowns are just absoultely RIDICULOUS. By the way, that drummer is tight. I was digging the gravity blasts during Samael the Destroyer. This one hell of a debut album. It definitely tops Carnifex and Whitechapel’s debuts. I like how it’s not completely cookie cutter deathcore and there’s some sort of variation to the song structures. And those breakdowns… =]

Now I really cannot wait to see them tomorrow night in Peekskill, NY.

By: Reignman35

Reignman35 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:55:58 +0000

Killer album… picked this up the other day after Erik raved about it before this review.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:10:39 +0000

Thats just it- it was a gimmick

By: Coles

Coles — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:07:36 +0000

Hate to hijack this, but I thought the reason Impending Doom gained any notoriety was because of the Death Metal gimmick. they are actually good at the death metal sound. I’ve got to check out their new.

this Ocean isn’t bad, don’t like the screeching vocals though.

By: elguerosinfe

elguerosinfe — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:46:16 +0000

I utterly love this album – good review.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:43:21 +0000

krustster-you are welcome- look for a review soon

By: krustster

krustster — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:28:52 +0000

Oceano is awesome, but HOLY CRAP thanks for the heads-up on Earth From Above. This is insane. I would have never heard of these guys otherwise.

By: sharkethicx

sharkethicx — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:45:10 +0000

Can’t wait to see these guys on Friday night with Diskreet, Burning The Masses and Conducting From The Grave. These guys are ridiculous. Also, that new Impending Doom was quite good.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:02:29 +0000

Yeah its a different drummer- Andy Hegg was Drummer on Nailed Dead Risen. new drummer is Chad Blackwell

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:51:34 +0000

Oops, my fault. I meant to say Adam (vocalist).

Yeah Erik, I like the direction Impending is going on the new one, everything sounds so much more cohesive and clear (I’m sure the fantastic production has a lot to do with that) especially the drums, I was wondering if they’re drummer is a different guy than the dude who played on the debut? Not that there was anything wrong with the first album but the drumming is spectacular on the new disc.

Homeboy from Oceano has some chops too.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:32:15 +0000

Adam is the vocalist. Andy plays guitar. Just toured with these guys not that long ago and Adam can definitlely do all those vocals live (minus the layered stuff obviously).

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:27:40 +0000

yeah ill be doimg the Impending Doom- it is an improvement- they seem to have decided the christian death metal gimmick wasnt working and focused on a more controlled, restrained heft in line with typical deathcore and hardcore

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:18:00 +0000

I’m digging this album. Yeah Andrew (the singer) sounds pretty brutal, but there is a LOT of overdubbing on his voice, I wonder if most of it is just studio “brutal-ness”.

By the way you mentioned the Impending Doom album in the review. Are you going to review that here? To me it is a big improvement over the debut, and one of the heavier deathcore albums I’ve heard this year. Their singer Brook is a monster.

By: plaguemyheavensblack

plaguemyheavensblack — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:22:48 +0000

“most heaviest”