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. Their fifth studio album Revelation was released on May 19, 2017. It was their first release with their new label, Sumerian Records. Their sixth and final studio album, Living Chaos, was released on August 30, 2024.

Following the departure of lead guitarist Jeremy Carroll in 2009, the band no longer had any of its original members. Vocalist Adam Warren was the longest tenured member of the band, having been with Oceano from 2007 until 2025.

Upon its formation in 2006, Oceano was originally a four-piece band formed by Jeremy Carroll, which consisted of Carroll on guitar, Jeff Erickson on bass, Derek Hildreth on drums and Eddie Harris on vocals.^[1] Oceano went through a revolving cast of members until settling on a new lineup and a new sound in 2007. That lineup, consisting of Adam Warren on vocals, Andrew Mikhail on rhythm guitar, Michael Southcomb on drums and Kevin Hare on bass, went on to develop the sound they took to the world in their first recordings.^[2]

In 2008, Oceano was banned from various clubs across the US due to their violent and controversial promo pictures.^[3]

Oceano recorded their full debut album Depths in late 2008, releasing it on April 7, 2009 through Earache records.^[4]

Jeremy Carroll was fired from the band in January 2009 due to personality conflicts between members.^[5][6] Carroll's leaving left no original members from the original Oceano lineup in the band. On February 3, 2010, Andrew Mikhail also departed from the band.^[7][8][9]

Oceano was a part of the 2011 Summer Slaughter Tour in North America alongside co-headliners Whitechapel and The Black Dahlia Murder.^[10]

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.^[11] After some time spent away from the band, however, Oceano decided not to disband, and to continue touring. Prior to performing as a part of the roster for the US summer Scream It Like You Mean it tour they revealed that they had begun writing their next album, Incisions, due in 2013.^[12] 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 fourth album Ascendants which was released on March 23, 2015.^[13] On February 17, 2017, the band announced via Facebook that they had signed over to Sumerian Records. They released their fifth album, Revelation, on May 19.^[14]

On August 17, 2022, Oceano released a single titled "Mass Produced", their first new song since 2017.^[15]

On February 19, 2024 the band announced a 15th anniversary tour for Depths with support from Within the Ruins, I Declare War, By The Thousands, The Last Ten Seconds of Life and A Wake In Providence.^[16] the band would also recruit Alex Nourse (who has previously worked with Worm Shepherd) as a touring drummer to replace Matt Kohanowski who left in 2022.^[17] It was also around that time where Evan Gillen would start to fill in for bass duites live.^[18] On June 6, Oceano released the single "Wounds Never Healed", along with the announcement that the single and "Mass Produced" are from on the sixth studio album, Living Chaos, which was released on August 30, 2024.^[19] Another tour was announced that took place in late 2024 for the new album with support from To the Grave, Half Me and Vctms.^[20] Another single from the album titled "The Price of Pain" was released on July 11, 2024.^[21]

In November 2024, it was announced Oceano would embark on the America's Rejects Tour with Attila and Dealer.^[22] Following the announcement, the band was criticized for being a part of the tour due to past allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct against Attila and Dealer vocalists Chris Fronzak and Aidan Ellaz Holmes, respectively. Warren responded to the controversy claiming he was unaware of the allegations and distanced himself from other individuals' conduct, though still implied he would remain on the tour and noted he wants concerts "to always be a safe place".^[23] Shortly after, Warren announced Oceano would be dropping off the tour and that he quit the band to focus on his solo project, Adam on Earth, claiming he was made a "scapegoat" by the controversy and that he was "surrounded by complicit industry people, a metal 'scene' riddled with cosplay, worship of band members and less focus on artistic integrity.". Also in the statement, Warren announced Oceano would be performing their final shows in 2025.^[24]

Oceano is a deathcore band, a mixture of the genres metalcore, hardcore, and death metal. They also (particularly in their earliest material) had a slight influence from grindcore. Blast beats, sonic double bass, slow 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.

Timeline

Demos

• Demo 2006^[29]
• Demo 2007
• Demo 2008

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