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Track Listing: Precursor To Enslavement Viral Re-Animation Regulated Disposal Of Life Quarantine The Contaminated Exist In Confinement Persuasive Oppression Weaponized Sadistic Experiments Remnants Aflame Ending Intellect

Chicago based deathcore band, Oceano, released their second album, "Contagion" on November 9th, 2010. Initially gaining success from their first album, "Depths", the band has gone on to tour with the likes of "Winds of Plague", "The Acacia Strain", and deathcore masters, "Whitechapel". While I am not a huge fan of Oceano's approach to the subgenre, I have to say that with each album come compassion, competence, and brutality. The second song on the album for example, "Viral Re-Animation", feautres the lead singers of the late, great, "Despised Icon". This song delivers three and a half minutes of bone crushing growls and ear piercing screams. The album's subject matter tends to stay on the path of disease, sadism, and weaponization, as can be seen in the song "Weaponized", for which the band recently released a music video. At 2:44, this song will not cease to amaze you. The band structures their songs with clear blast beats and the classic deathcore breakdown, both of which are dominant in the song. When listening to the song, it is hard to not want and break something near you. As talented as the guys in Oceano are, I find it difficult to listen to a full album from start to finish. It seems as though, like with most of the music from the deathcore sub-genre, that the songs follow a very strict "start to finish" outline. While I love deathcore music, there is no escaping the fact that it is extremely repetitive. All in all, this band delivered it's second album with very few things to complain about. For all those who are a fan of the genre, give Oceano a chance, because as we can see, this band is here to stay.