Oceans Ate Alaska
Into The Deep


3.0
good

Review

by TBliss2 USER (24 Reviews)
June 19th, 2012 | 36 replies


Release Date: 2012 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Appealing enough to retain the listeners attention throughout, ‘Into The Deep’ suffers from only one major flaw.

Birmingham’s Oceans Ate Alaska do a lot of things right with their debut release, ‘Into The Deep’. Some fantastic instrumental performances sees a refreshingly progressive edge flirt with their rather aggressive take on post-hardcore. Yet, there remains here some unfortunate melodic pitfalls which mean that the EP cannot be labelled as anything other than largely hit and miss.

Indeed, the problems here are starkly apparent throughout opening track, ‘I, The Creator’. With some furious start/stop riffing and pummelling breakdowns, the song gains momentum with impressive ease, until some unforgivably weak clean vocals prove to utterly derail proceedings. This is a pattern that really does tend to plague the release. ‘To Catch A Flame’, with its winding lead work and savage guttural roars, is dragged down by a tepid chorus, as is an otherwise solid ‘Hunting Season’ (which features a rather staggering drum delivery towards the end).

As already mentioned, it’s the band’s instrumental talents that prove to be their saving grace. The guitars bite and soar in equal measure, with the dexterous ‘X-Ray Eyes’ being particularly impressive, leaping from barbarous chugging, swirling lead passages and shimmering chord stabs. The percussion is similarly rousing, with a violent performance easily keeping pace.

Oceans Ate Alaska have laid down some promising groundwork. Appealing enough to retain the listeners attention throughout, ‘Into The Deep’ suffers from only one major flaw, which regrettably is repeated far too frequently to really disregard. The potential here though is undeniable.



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TBliss2
June 19th 2012


508 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Touche'.

wacknizzle
June 19th 2012


14555 Comments


I love bands that write ep's that are so damn good they totally need a 45 second intro of noise to prepare you before shit winds come to rip your dick off!

Wombat988
June 19th 2012


411 Comments


My friends friend knows the singer of the band and constantly tells me how great they are. I thibk they're a huge steaming pile of wank

TBliss2
June 19th 2012


508 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Ican definately see why people would think that. Also ghost neg = annoying.

lolcatzwolfay
June 25th 2012


96 Comments


The hell's A Call To Arms? That's not a track on here…..

TomorrowIsTuesday
February 19th 2013


658 Comments


yeh these guys need to replace their vocalist

Tywuhh
April 22nd 2013


57 Comments


I, The Creator is the only song I like by these guys. The EP overall sounds way over-produced, cut and pasted, and the drums sound electronic, plus I cant hear the bass. But hey, whatever floats their boat.

AtomicShane
May 2nd 2013


2121 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X9EVa8C0vs



^ slays

BrushedRed
August 21st 2013


3635 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Really dug "Clocks" and "Taming Lions" a lot. This one isn't quite as good IMO but its still quite impressive

Storm In A Teacup
March 15th 2018


46395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

seeing this band in 7 days

Get Low
March 15th 2018


14553 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm sorry to hear that.

Get Low
October 14th 2020


14553 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

How was the show, Storm?

Storm In A Teacup
October 14th 2020


46395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

it was fucking amazing. it was an out of town show and I rode with some of my best friends and I got drunk as fuck. I got to meet everyone in Oceans Ate Alaska after getting shitfaced and that was fun. If I were ever to replace my profile pic of me and Toby from emery it would probably be that picture lmao. also We Came As Romans played that show too and it was the last tour before Kyle died I think. one of the best concerts i've ever been to. 5/5

Storm In A Teacup
October 14th 2020


46395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

oh my god i just remembered that some poor girl broke her fucking leg at that concert in the mosh pit and one of my friends is a doctor and he was like yeah you need to go to a hospital

Get Low
October 14th 2020


14553 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

That sounds like so much fun, and makes me wish I had friends who like music lol. I'm jelly.

Storm In A Teacup
October 14th 2020


46395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'd go to a show with you Get Low! Once the apocalypse is over I'm down!

Get Low
October 14th 2020


14553 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Hell yeah come to Ohio let's do it!

Storm In A Teacup
October 14th 2020


46395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I imagine Silverstein, Protest the Hero, or Underoath will be playing sometime there in 2021 or 2022.

Get Low
October 14th 2020


14553 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

They better be. I need to see my bands; I'm having concert withdrawl

Storm In A Teacup
October 14th 2020


46395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

So am I. I can't even tell you the last truly amazing concert I went to is. Last few concerts it's been fuckin country music so the wife can woohoo and my friends concerts to support them. AFI in 2018 or 2019 might be the last time I've been to an epic concert. =(



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