Oceanborn
is a progressive metal band from Chicago.
As
a genre, progressive metal is a new one for me, but Oceanborn was a good
introduction. I would say they have some of the weightiness of sludge metal,
though generally with a faster tempo.
The
progressive side seems to be their willingness to pull from other influences,
like classical, jazz, and Latin. This allows them at times to be more dramatic
or delicate, and to find more moods. I have at times been surprised by, and
admiring of, the intricacy that comes through in other metal (Crow Black Sky
comes to mind), but here it is brought to the forefront, and easier to hear
without making the music at all soft.
That
innovation continues with the addition of an web comic loosely based on the
album concept.
The
album itself, Hidden from the World, is available to stream from
Soundcloud or Spotify, to purchase digitally from iTunes and Amazon, or a
physical copy can be purchased from their merch page: http://www.oceanbornmusic.com/merch/
They
are really worth checking out.
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