Ascendants

2015 album from the Chicago-based metal band. Taking a cue from the aesthetic of bands such as Behemoth and the Acacia Strain concocted into their own vicious hybrid which presents a deathcore sound as cold, dark and deep as the largest trenches in the sea. With the reborn incarnation of Oceano here and now in 2015, the band's rank and file boasts a pedigree of some of Chicago's most abrasive metal bands from guitarist Michael Kaspar (Carnivale, Dead to Fall) and bassist Chris Wagner (Monsters). Ascendants is the band's most focused album to date, being simultaneously introspective and delving into the depth of alternative material transcending the limits of consciousness, untapped human ability and beyond. Not only does Ascendants expand the scope of Oceano's abrasive moments, it explores the depths of the band's long, brutally driven history and life-long influences to unearth a previously undiscovered element of heaviness they never thought they could've unleashed until now. Having found a niche is one thing. Having the key album to re-define their genre and birth the new sound of Oceano is another.