Ascendants is the fourth studio album by American deathcore band Oceano. It was released on March 23, 2015 via Earache Records.[1]
Background
Adam Warren of Oceano commented "This album is an evolution of our brand of heaviness. It is our most focused release ever and contains a concept that elevates the band onto a higher plane."[2]
Critical reception
AllMusic gave the album a 0/5 rating with the review stating "the sound of Ascendants is pure pummeling deathcore, more closely aligned with the monstrous attack displayed on their 2009 debut, Depths."[3] Ultimate Guitar suggested the album as unoriginal, stating "there's very little that makes Ascendants feel like new music."[4]
The album was described as dark, grim, brooding, hopeless deathcore with an impressive demonstrated range of vocals.[5] Connor Welsh of New Transcendence wrote "it showcases a band not just at the peak of their performance, but towering with immensity and an iron rule over the remainder of [the] heavy music scene."[6] Metalsucks had described the album as "having the same sound, the same rhythm, the same everything"[7] where as Sputnikmusic suggested it to be "riddled with mixing issues".[8]
Track listing
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1. | "Nephilim" | 1:32 |
2. | "Transient Gateways" | 3:10 |
3. | "The World Engine" | 3:12 |
4. | "Dead Planet" | 3:24 |
5. | "The Taken" | 3:08 |
6. | "Dawn of Descent" | 4:28 |
7. | "The Dulce Incident" | 2:50 |
8. | "Arc of Creation" | 3:05 |
9. | "External Existence" | 3:14 |
Total length: | 28:03 |
References
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- Adam Warren
- Scott Smith
- Chris Wagner
- Matt Kohanowski
- Jeremy Carroll
- Andrew Mikhail
- Tristan McCann
- Eddie Harris
- Michael Kadper
- Kevin Hare
- Mike Southcomb
- Devin Shidaker
- Daniel Terchin
- Nick Conser
- Jason Jones
- Andrew Holzbaur
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