{"id":32317,"date":"2012-11-12T17:26:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T17:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-oceans-ate-alaska-into-the-deep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:28:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:28:06","slug":"album-review-oceans-ate-alaska-into-the-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-oceans-ate-alaska-into-the-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Oceans Ate Alaska &#8211; Into the Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/oceansatealaskaintothed.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Birmingham\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><strong>Oceans Ate Alaska<\/strong> is a name that is slowly becoming familiar within the progressive metalcore scene, despite only being around a year old. Having recently signed to <strong>Density Records<\/strong>, this young quintet is gearing up to release a new physical version of <em>\u2018Into The Deep\u2019<\/em>, their\u00a0d\u00e9but\u00a0album containing bonus tracks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">First track <em>\u2018The Deep (Intro)\u2019<\/em> starts the album off with ambient piano keys and the beautiful calming sound of the sea. But this is just a ruse as the quintet then launches a full-out assault upon the opening of <em>\u2018I, The Creator\u2019<\/em>, a track full of viscous guitar bites and a blistering bass line. During tracks such as <em>\u2018To Catch A Flame\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Taming Lions\u2019<\/em> James Harrison\u2019s displays the impressive vocal range he possess \u2013 guttural screams give way to melodic clean cuts, giving the album more depth rather than mindless, raging screams.<\/span><!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Face-melting riffs twist with the blazing, energetic drum work during <em>\u2018Clocks\u2019<\/em>, a monster track that roars to life, with mighty vocals that push the seams of the album to breaking point. Breakdowns galore are heavily featured, especially during<em> \u2018No Strings\u2019<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">As <strong>Oceans Ate Alaska<\/strong> wind down with an acoustic version of <em>\u2018Taming Lions\u2019<\/em>, with Harrison\u2019s vocals teetering on the edge of desperation as the track is offset beautifully with acoustic guitars, it would appear that <strong>Oceans Ate Alaska<\/strong> are definitely striving for great things.<em> \u2018Into The Deep\u2019<\/em> may not be everyone\u2019s cup of tea but it\u2019s definitely a cracking album from a bunch of young lads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">3\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><em>\u2018Into the Deep\u2019<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Oceans Ate Alaska<\/strong>\u00a0will be released on physical CD on the 13th November on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/densityrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Density Records<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><strong>Oceans Ate Alaska<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oceansatealaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oceansatealaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">Twitter<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/oceansatealaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">MySpace<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/oceansatealaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">YouTube<\/span><\/a>|<span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceansatealaska.bigcartel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigCartel<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Written by Jess Tagliani (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jesstagliani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s5\">@JessTagliani<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham\u2019s Oceans Ate Alaska is a name that is slowly becoming familiar within the progressive metalcore scene, despite only being around a year old. 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