| Ascendants | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014, @ The Nook Recording Studio, New Lenox, IL | |||
| Genre | Deathcore [1] | |||
| Length | 28:03 | |||
| Label | Earache | |||
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Ascendants is the fourth studio album by American deathcore band Oceano. It was released on March 23, 2015, via Earache Records. [2]
Adam Warren of Oceano commented "This album is an evolution of our brand of heaviness. It is our most focused release ever and contains a concept that elevates the band onto a higher plane." [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Ultimate Guitar |    [4] |
AllMusic gave the album a 0/5 rating with the review stating "the sound of Ascendants is pure pummeling deathcore, more closely aligned with the monstrous attack displayed on their 2009 debut, Depths." [1] Ultimate Guitar suggested the album as unoriginal, stating "there's very little that makes Ascendants feel like new music." [4]
The album was described as dark, grim, brooding, hopeless deathcore with an impressive demonstrated range of vocals. [5] Connor Welsh of New Transcendence wrote "it showcases a band not just at the peak of their performance, but towering with immensity and an iron rule over the remainder of [the] heavy music scene." [6] Metalsucks had described the album as "having the same sound, the same rhythm, the same everything." [7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nephilim" | 1:32 |
| 2. | "Transient Gateways" | 3:10 |
| 3. | "The World Engine" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Dead Planet" | 3:24 |
| 5. | "The Taken" | 3:08 |
| 6. | "Dawn of Descent" | 4:28 |
| 7. | "The Dulce Incident" | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Arc of Creation" | 3:05 |
| 9. | "External Existence" | 3:14 |
| Total length: | 28:03 | |
| Chart | Position (2015) |
|---|---|
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] | 14 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] | 41 |
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