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Genre: Down-tempo / Metal / Rock
Location PORTLAND, Maine, US
Profile Views: 301067
Last Login: 12/2/2010
Member Since 3/14/2005
Website www.oceanofdoom.com
Record Label important! records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Following their acclaimed breakthrough debut album that caught the ears of critics and fans worldwide, and became Important's highest selling album, Ocean has returned with their forward thinking, brutally heavy and purely minimalist sophomore album Pantheon Of The Lesser. Pantheon Of The Lesser was composed over a period of two years in Ocean's home studio in Portland, Maine. As the seasons passed each track was written, re-written, played and then re-played as layers were slowly stripped away until the true essence of the song was revealed. Once Ocean entered the studio it took another two years to deconstruct Pantheon Of The Lesser until they had found the core of their writing. This disciplined deconstructionist approach to songwriting is how Pantheon Of The Lesser is how Ocean takes it to the next level of the abyss. The result of this compositional technique is over an hour of strictly bare instru- mentation and a kind of natural heavyness that slowly rises and falls in a pure organic fashion. Everything in it's own time. Simply profound. Heavy like Schoenberg. While Ocean continues to explore and expand upon their “less is more” approach of profound musical minimalism and sheer heavyness, Pantheon Of The Lesser is a bit more musical than its predecessor. The Beacon, the opening track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, was played as Ocean's complete set on a recent US tour and on dates with Mono and Boris. Clocking in at 41 minutes on record and over an hour live, The Beacon evolves in 3 distinct movements with fleeting moments of hypnotic melody and earth shakingly heavy dirges creating an all encompasing tone of pure misanthropy. The second and final track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, titled Of The Lesser, carries a similar theme of misery. Written as an ode to distraction, chemical and otherwise, it is Ocean at their most personal: a pure sonic stream of consciousness in slow motion. Packaged in a deluxe foil printed heavy duty cardboard jacket with art by renowned Maine illustrator Bruce Hutchison. The vinyl version is packaged in double 200 gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe letterpressed covers and limted to 500. .. -
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why no baltimore, douchebags? i moved back for a spell.... ill be back in maine next summa.
Are you fine folks playng at as220 or rosebuds of the fourth of sept.. the internet is leaving some of us with mixed messages.?
Can't get enough of pantheon of the lesser, most meaningful vocals I've ever heard. Al
Have a good day! :)
i want to burn in hell, jesus makes me sick.
my music is awful. don't listen to it.
hey people im glad to listen music like you made, please if you can share to me the lyrics of your songs it would be very nice for me, hope you can answer me people, hugs to everybody on the band.
What happened the the NYC gig??? I hope everyone's OK...