Myspace New-Metal Reviews – Oceano
New metal, not Nu-Metal.
Because it’s faster than wasting time downloading the whole album.
“The heaviest and most brutal deathcore album ever released!” ~
Based on advertisements seen in various metal mags.
Not boyfriend material. They totally mean it.
A track by track review of the songs (literally as we listen to them) on Oceano’s myspace page, taken from their debut “Depths” on Earache.
- District of Misery: “dundundun. dundundundundun. dundundun. Obvious hardcore influences going on very early. Some Black Dahlia murder style high vocals come in after 40sec. Some interesting creepy delay effect guitar lines. Some atmosphere in the production. Thinking of a haunted house, omfg killer on the loose. Vocals are not hitting me as hard as the guitars are. Drums are super triggered. Like triggered heavy, cymbals are low in the mix. it’s all bass. Back to the hardcore breakdown riff that it started with to end the track. Was that a song?”
- A Mandatory Sacrifice: “Sounds a lot like the first track. Whub-bubbububub…Whub-bubbububub. You get the idea. Indistinguishable guttural vocals. I keep thinking Black Dahlia Murder…is that good or bad? Fuck, another hardcore breakdown. Oh, they have “hardcore” in their description. Well, there ya go. Yeh I’m not getting anything out of this track that is setting it apart. Oh there we go, another eery delayed guitar riff over the main riff. That’s kinda cool. This band sounds way better when the vocals stop and the guitars have breathing room. 3:12 in, sounds like we’re back to another breakdown riff. Yep. Unnngh, go back to the eery spacey creepy riff! That shit was cool! Hey, the singer even knows how to do a “BLECH!” Definitely did not need that last 1:15.” sec in the song.
- Fractured Frames, Scattered Flesh: Faster start. I spaced out after a few seconds. Came to something a little more memorable with what might be a main riff. I can’t fucking tell this shit apart. It sounds like a bunch of metal/hardcore riffs stringed together. AAaaaand another BReEEeeakdown. What it’s over? Oh sweet 2:37. That is like, the perfect length for this band. Any longer, I’m lost and bored.
Bottom line: Nothing new going on here. It’s definitely metal. It’s kind of funny how Earache is REALLY pushing this band as it’s next big thing. I’m not particularly a fan of Earaches’ Oceano splash page and the cheesy voiceover commercial telling me this is the most brutal deathcore record of 2009!! Someone should also do one of these for this band.
Sorry, this just doesn’t sound like what it’s advertised/hyped to be. Go buy an old Suffocation or Carcass record instead.
