Anthropocentric - The Ocean

Anthropocentric

The Ocean

  • Genre: Metal
  • Release Date: 2010-11-09
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 10

  • ℗ 2010 Metal Blade Records

Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
Anthropocentric The Ocean 9:24 USD 1.29
2
The Grand Inquisitor I: Karama The Ocean 5:02 USD 1.29
3
She Was the Universe The Ocean 5:39 USD 1.29
4
For He That Wavereth... The Ocean 2:06 USD 1.29
5
The Grand Inquisitor II: Roots The Ocean 6:33 USD 1.29
6
The Grand Inquisitor III: A Ti The Ocean 1:55 USD 1.29
7
Sewers of the Soul The Ocean 3:43 USD 1.29
8
Wille zum Untergang The Ocean 6:02 USD 1.29
9
Heaven TV The Ocean 5:03 USD 1.29
10
The Almightiness Contradiction The Ocean 4:34 USD 1.29

Reviews

  • Smooth

    4
    By Music Phanactical
    This has a good style, It's trash metal, but not so "IN YOUR FACE BRUTAL!". It is a little like opeth but in terms of style, it's very different musically. It does have a critical basis or christianity but certainly much more mature and intelligent not like *COUGH* suicide silence *COUGH* death *COUGH* Crypotpsy *COUGH*. This is enjoyable and very solid.
  • Great album, beginning to end

    5
    By Plankton08
    I would compare this album to that of Tool's Aenema in respect to its marriage of intensity and beauty in the arrangements and overall flow. It's not often I find an epic landscape of an album that can peak my interest from beginning to end.
  • First Time I've liked this band

    5
    By sonicx2218
    Never been a big fan of The Ocean. I've been into metal for quite a long time, and have heard from every category and subcategory in this enormous genre. Just never liked these guys all that much. But this album is really different from all their past attempts. Its not a blender filled with screams, nor a completely vocal album, that turned out to pretty much go against everything they were in Heliocentric. This time, its a unique style, the screams are developed much better, the singing is actually really good, and not generic at all surprisingly. I hate to see the comments against clean vocals.. They really are good, and I dont know why people in this genre are against it. I personally wouldn't like metalcore/metal if all the songs didnt have clean vocals. i like variety, and this album has a lot of it, though be warned, a lot of the cd is quick jingles between the 3-4 songs. its still a must buy!
  • In Defense of Homework

    5
    By Reed King
    Yes, this is a thinking album, get over it right now. However it's absolutely amazing if you are willing to get past the fact that this could actually *gasp* TEACH YOU SOMETHING! For some reason the review iTunes chose to have as the main review simplifies the album far too much. Yes, there are 600,000 other metal bands that have critiqued Christianity, but none of them have managed to do it so soundly as The Ocean have, these are all legitimate philosophical viewpoints on the issue, not just Chuck Schuldiner expressing distaste (See, "Crystal Mountain") whoever wrote that review needs to stop stating his opinion as fact, cathartic ≠ good, it is simply is a trend in metal. Oh, and the music is really good too, almost forgot about that. It is much more aggressive than "Heliocentric" was, while still knowing when to slow down for effect. It does however, start to sound a bit like Opeth on certain songs, which certainly is not a bad thing. Expect a big orchestral sounding sound, driven mostly by guitar, with many really powerful riffs. Overall, if you are looking for something you can just put on and headbang into oblivion too (sorry Cannibal Corpse fans!), this may not be for you, but, if you are looking for a really powerful and sophisticated sound, and if the idea that the lyrics are incredibly well thought out too sounds like a plus, this is exactly what you want. (Also, get Heliocentric, its lighter, but this is part 2 of a double-concept album, and really isn't complete without Helio.)
  • what happened?

    2
    By the great krang
    really unhappy with this, to be honest. music has lost it's intensity, and those vocals... are they trying to be A7X? hmm...
  • The unbelievable capstone to a truly awesome synthesis of sound.

    5
    By The Dude Abideth
    For those new to The Ocean all of the albums from flux onward are a connection and sequence.... Like a long running single album epic in beauty and scale. These musicians are geniuses in thought and music and combine it to a perfection rarely seen in todays mass driven profit music industry. There is a message and emotion in their music that leaves one in awe. Listen to all the albums straight through (Road trip) and it will leave you with something you will feel in your soul. Simply amazing.
  • Amazing

    5
    By Coreyohno
    Beatiful and brutal, primal and progressive, Soothing and angering. This has it all. Listening takes me on a great musical journey. Similar to Isis, Neurosis, Cult of Luna and the like, but take it a step up and just hits a homerun. In short it is just an amazing album.
  • Eh

    3
    By gabby jay
    The music is good but that vocal style is too overplayed these days.
  • Very Cool!

    5
    By jame gumm
    "The Grand Inquisitor II: Roots and Locusts" may be the best metal song I've ever heard!

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