Oceano (band)

Oceano is an American deathcore band from Cook County, Illinois. Formed in 2006, the band signed to Earache Records and released their debut album, Depths on April 7, 2009. Their second album, Contagion was released on November 9, 2010. Their fourth album Ascendants was released March 23, 2015.

History

Upon its formation in 2006, Oceano was originally a grindcore band formed by heavy set guitarist Jeremy Carroll that featured six members.^[3] Carrol gathered Chicago guitarist Andrew Mikhail, vocalist Adam Warren, drummer Michael Southcomb and bassist Kevin Hare to form Oceano's first full line-up in 2007. This Oceano performed at local venues in the Chicago area.

Oceano recorded their full debut album Depths in late 2008, releasing it worldwide on April 20, 2009.

Jeremy Carrol was fired from the band in January 2009 due to personality conflicts between members.^[4][5] Carrol's leaving left only one member from the original Oceano lineup in the band, Adam Warren. On February 3, 2010 the band's lead guitarist, Andrew Mikhail also departed from the band.^[6][7][8]

Oceano was a part of the 2011 Summer Slaughter Tour in North America alongside co-headliners Whitechapel and The Black Dahlia Murder.

In January 2012, a rumor spread that the band was disestablishing, which was confirmed as false by Earache. Instead, an announcement was made that the band actually was going on a short hiatus after their performance at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival due to vocalist, Adam Warren, becoming a father.^[9] After some time spent away from the band, however, Oceano decided not to disband, and to continue touring. They are currently a part of the roster for the US summer Scream It Like You Mean it tour and also revealed that they had begun writing their next album, Incisions, due in 2013.^[10] The first lyric video from the album, "Slow Murder", was released on January 28, 2013. On January 12, 2015 the band released a new song titled "Dead Planet" from their upcoming album "Ascendants" which was released on March 23 from Earache Records.

Musical style and Lyrics

Oceano are essentially a deathcore band, a mixture of the genres metalcore, hardcore and death metal. The also (particularly in their earliest material) had a slight influence from grindcore. Blast beats, sonic double bass, slow bottom heavy breakdowns and low death metal growls and occasionally the shrieked vocals typical in metalcore are present. The lyrics range from anti-religion to misanthropy. The band has been inspired by acts like Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Decapitated, Behemoth, The Acacia Strain, Deicide, Hatebreed, Suicide Silence, Meshuggah and Slayer.

Concert Tours

• Never Say Die 2009- Architects, Despised Icon, Horse the Band, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Iwrestledabearonce, The Ghost Inside
• The Hard Knock Life Tour- Emmure, Stick To Your Guns, For Today, Evergreen Terrance, Oceano
• Thrash & Burn 2009- Devildriver, Emmure, Despised Icon, My Children My Bride, Veil of Maya, For the Fallen Dreams, Oceano, Periphery
• Names Mean Nothing Tour- Oceano, Carnifex, Within the Ruins, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
• Midwest Tour- Oceano, Burning the Masses, Conducting from the Grave, Diskreet
• Depths Mini Tour- Oceano, Endwell, This or the Apocalypse
• The Seasons Beatings- Suffokate, The Breathing Process, Oceano
• Contagion Across the Nation- Oceano, Chelsea Grin, Attila, In The Midst of Lions, Monsters
• Scream for VengTeance Tour- For the Fallen Dreams, Oceano, American Me, Fight It Out
• Midwest Meltdown- Oceano, Thick as Blood, Legend, Volumes, The Browning
• Spring Breakdown Tour- Bleeding Through, Born of Osiris, Sleeping Giant, Oceano, Legend, Stray from the Path, Upon A Burning Body, Advent, Lionheart
• California Love Tour- Winds of Plague, Stick to Your Guns, Sleeping Giant, Oceano, Circle of Contempt
• Contaminating the Coast Tour- Oceano, For the Fallen Dreams, Upon A Burning Body, The Great Commission, I The Breather
• The Coruptor Tour- Whitechapel, Impending Doom, Miss May I, I Declare War, Oceano
• Bleeding Through farewell tour- Bleeding Through, Winds of Plague, Gideon, Sworn In
• The Widower Tour- Make the Suffer, Oceano, Saviour, Boris the Blade
• Summer Slaughter 2011- The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Fleshgod Apocylapse, Within the Ruins, Powerglove
• Celebrate the Chaos- Chimaria, Iwrestledabearonce, Oceano, Fit For an Autopsy, Reflections
• Scream it Like You Mean 2012- Attack Attack, We Came as Romans, The Acacia Strain, Woe Is Me, Abandon All Ships, Oceano, Impending Doom, The Chariot, Texas in July, Like Moths to Flames, In Fear & Faith, For All Those Sleeping, Close to Home, Volumes, Secrets, Hands like Houses, Glass Cloud, At the Skylines
• South of the Border Tour- All Shall Perish, Oceano, Within the Ruins, Obey the Brave, Reflections, Betrayal
• MerchNow Tour- I Declare War, Oceano, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Barrier, Invent Animate
• The Best in Brutality- Oceano, Broken Hope, Fallujah, Rivers of Nihli, Kublai Khan
• Ascendants CD Release Tour- Oceano, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Lorna Shore, Martyr Defiled, Boris the Blade
• The Burn or Be Burned Tour- Oceano, Come the Dawn, Cane Hill
• The Matriarch Tour- Veil of Maya, Revocation, Oceano, Gift Giver, Entheoes
• The All-Stars Tour 2015- Upon A Burning Body, Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive, Iwrestledabearonce, Within the Ruins, Oceano, Dayshell, Come the Dawn, Chasing Saftey, Conquer Divide
• Common Vision Tour- The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Knocked Loose, To the Wind, Culture Killer
• Straight Outta Hell Tour- Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, Despised Icon, Carnifex, Oceano

Members

Timeline

Discography

References

External links

• Oceano on Facebook
• Early footage of Oceano playing live (2007) on YouTube