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 Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 at 10:00am by

the ocean - anthropocentric

You’ve waited patiently to hear music from Anthropocentric, the second and supposedly heavier of the two Ocean albums released this year. Wait no longer; Metal Blade has posted the full track “She Was the Universe” for you to listen to right here.

My first thoughts; it’s Oceany. What else would true fans and admirers of this amazing band really need to know? Is it heavier than the majority of the tunes on Heliocentric? Maybe a tad bit, but “lack of heavy” wasn’t really an issue for me with that album anyway. Most importantly “She Was the Universe” is a solid song that’s got all the elements you want from an Ocean song — heaviness, lightness; progressiveness, straight-forwardness; cerebralness, simplicity. Simply put, it’s really good.

So check it out already and let us know what you think. Anthropocentric comes out November 9th in the U.S., November 5th in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and November 8th in the rest of Europe. Pre-orders are available now and they’ve got the typically awesome packaging you’ve come to expect from this band.

ALSO: The Ocean are currently touring Europe with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Cancer Bats. We have it on good word that they’ve got an awesome tour booked for the U.S. in early 2011; hooray!

ALSO ALSO: You better believe MetalSucks will have the full album stream of Anthropocentric in advance of its release date. Holler!

-VN

Thanks: Ashley Lee

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Austin-Sharktopus-Nutter/1418565949 Austin Sharktopus Nutter

    Until about a week ago my only impression of The Ocean was through Heliocentric, so I’m still getting used to seeing them as a heavy band. And damn this is sexy. A perfect example of clean vocals used properly in extreme metal.

    • Major Zim

      what he said. ^ although i have their other albums and precambrian might still be my favorite.

  • fritz

    That song was pretty meh.. At least compared to The Ocean’s high standards :( I miss the old vocalist, I found he was a far better fit for the band than this new guy.

    • gad

      Yep. I hope it fits better in the whole album concept. Now it’s just boring, and I love this band.

  • halloway

    me gusta mucho, gracias.

  • Jamie

    Im so down and that tour sounds like a wargasm

  • Rena

    Awesome song if you just skip that clean vocals

    • magnafw07

      Really? I loved the clean vocal stuff, but the cookie monster crap sounds generic as hell.

      • DemonicLemming

        Agreed…I don’t get the sudden hate for anything with clean vocals in metal (really, good music exists outside of death metal). Does Opeth suddenly suck now because they have clean vocals? How about all the Gothenburg bands that were hot shit last year?

        That said, good band.

        • Rena

          I dont like the harmonie, just this..its not because its clean…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cooper-Stapleton/604628709 Cooper Stapleton

    so stoked for this new album.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cooper-Stapleton/604628709 Cooper Stapleton

      does anyone know of plans to put both albums out together?

  • differentname

    Holy fucking shit thank you for showing me this band.
    Holy fucking shit.

  • http://www.johnkanesmith.com/blog JAWN

    Who does their artwork? Looks an awful Mastodonic, same font for the logo and everything…

    • Major Zim

      its not the same guy. mastodon’s artist is paul romano http://www.workhardened.com/

      • http://www.johnkanesmith.com JAWN

        yeah his work is awesome… shame it got cloned.

  • el fucko

    Sounds awesome! The chorus sounds Deftones-esque to me for some reason. Like I could picture singing it.

    For those who like this style, The Ocean has a song they released ago called “Asslickers, Inc.”. Jokey song title aside it’s a great song.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Bullard-Jr/500191336 Tony Bullard Jr

    I love Heliocentric, and think it’s plenty heavy (for what it is, I do like heavier music)

    This song seems kinda repetitive to me. Maybe with more listens I’ll figure it out better, but the whole “slide up to note on the low string” riff is really overdone (in this one song, not in general)

  • Andy Synn

    Instantly loved it.

    Definitely channeling a bit of the Deftones (as said above) as well though.

  • Ron

    I fucking loved Heliocentric. There’s no way that Antropocentric can live up to my expectations, but this song gives me hope. And if you do stream the album, for fuck’s sake, do so either before Oct. 20 or after Oct. 30. I’ve gotta go to Ghana for work and I’m guessing the internet access will bite.

  • TheHangingBrain

    It’s pretty good. Didn’t cum, but I got about half a chub.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dre-Toledo/628955415 Dre Toledo

    This is some messhuggah-deftones meets alice in chains :D, i’ll see them with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Cancer Bats!

  • prouty

    I used to love this band until Heliocentric. I would be embarresed if someone heard me listening to “Ptolemy Was Wrong”. Hopefully this new stuff is better.

  • cynic

    heliocentric is garbage.

  • CYN1C

    Can’t wait. The heavy vocals have a Meshuggah kinda feel to them. Still prefer their old vocalist from Precambrian.

  • Kazz

    That was awesome. It gives me hope that they’ll find an intriguing middle ground between the heaviness of Precambrian and the relative softness of Heliocentric. Could the next album possibly be the best of the three?

  • ACoffinShip

    I fucking love this band. When I first heard Precambrian I was still on the fence but by the time Heliocentric rolled around my mind was thoroughly blown. I liked it so much I sought out the imported vinyl edition to add to my collection and it was totally worth it.

    I don’t know how I feel about this song yet. It seems pretty good but it isn’t drawing me in QUITE as much. As someone said above, I’m hoping that it works even better in context.

  • http://www.myspace.com/monotheistmetal Shiv

    Band went from the most promising new thing in metal to pure mediocre pedestrian meh. I miss Meta…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Mritz-Rabson/639118811 Mark Möritz-Rabson

    All right, it’s good. Definitely a step up from Heliocentric. This seems kind of like a blend of the Heliocentric “slightly-less-full” sound and the Aeolian heavy sound and the Fogdiver proggy stuff (I know I’m the only one who listens to Fogdiver) but I think it’s solid. I hope this isn’t the best track, but seems promising. Woo Ocean!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hudson-Dominique/1385266488 Hudson Dominique

    God damn. I want this. I have no idea where this is going to fit on my Zune.
    Fuck.