Wednesday, April 15, 2009

OCEANO DEBUTS ON BILLBOARD'S HARD MUSIC AND HEATSEEKERS CHARTS

From their humble beginnings playing basements and skate parks,
Chicago deathcore heavyweights OCEANO have come a long way. In 2009
alone, OCEANO has been praised all across the metal press and become a
#1 MySpace band. Finally, after months of buildup and great effort,
the band can now add "Billboard-charting act" to their long list of
accomplishments.

Released last Tuesday (April 7th), OCEANO's debut album, DEPTHS, sold
2,464 copies nationwide, a highly respectable number for a debut death
metal act in 2009. The band's total sales unit figures were enough to
catapult them onto Billboard's Hard Music Albums (Core Stores) and
Heatseekers charts at numbers 7 and 16 respectively. The band is
flanked by an impressive array of artists on the 2 charts. Bands like
MASTODON, LAMB OF GOD, METALLICA and even LED ZEPPELIN are among the
company that OCEANO is keeping on their chart debut.

Guitarist Andrew Mikhail reflects on his band's great accomplishment:

"Honestly, its a acheivement that I thought would never happen
specially for an underground "death" band like ourselves. Nonetheless,
it is still very exciting and shocking to see our band name with
greats as METALLICA and LED ZEPPELIN."

Buy DEPTHS with 2 limited bonus tracks and bonus "Into The Depths" DVD
from Best Buy (http://tinyurl.com/c9brcf), Hot Topic (http://tinyurl.com/c232nb
), Amazon.com (http://tinyurl.com/d9zkxq) and the EARACHE U.S.
WEBSTORE (http://earache.com/uswebstore/index.php/cPath/667_672_698).

Watch the dark and disturbing video for "District of Misery" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGS8vvQKg14

In the April 4th edition of Billboard magazine, OCEANO was featured in
the "Happening Now" section devoted to artists on the rise. In the
sizable piece, Billboard writer Christa Titus explored the
circumstances surrounding OCEANO becoming one of the most hotly buzzed
young metal bands today. The feature also includes quotes from OCEANO
guitarist, Andrew Mikhail and EARACHE U.S. Label Manager, Al Dawson
who go beyond the hype and prove that beneath the angry exterior lies
a hard working and extremely talented band who've earned every bit of
buzz that has followed them. OCEANO's "Happening Now" feature can be
seen in full here: http://earache.com/archive/oceano/Billboard_Apr409_HappeningNow.jpg

OCEANO will be 'bringin' the beef' at these upcoming dates:

w/ BURNING THE MASSES, CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE, & DISKREET

Apr 17 2009
Peekshill Elks Lodge
peekshill, New York

Apr 18 2009
Worcester Palladium
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival
worcester, Massachusetts

Apr 20 2009
The Waterfront
holyoke, Massachusetts

Apr 22 2009
Baricheart Center
Pulaski, Virginia

Apr 23 2009
Yesterday's
wheeling, West Virginia

Apr 24 2009
Bulldog Cafe
louisville, Kentucky

Apr 25 2009
Billiards Blue Room
springfield, Missouri

Apr 26 2009
The Max
plano, Texas

Apr 28
American Legion 169
wichita falls, Texas

Apr 29 2009
The White Rabbit
El paso, Texas

Apr 30 2009
Chic's
san antonio, Texas

May 1 2009
The Compound
albuquerque, New Mexico

May 2 2009
The Harvest
glendale, Arizona

May 3 2009
Cobalt Cafe
canoga park, California

May 5 2009
The Moose Lodge
rosamond, California

May 6 2009
The Exit
fresno park, California

May 7 2009
The Riverdale Garage
roseburg, Oregon

May 9 2009
Ball Brothers Venue
pocatello, Idaho

May 10 2009
The Rock Hall
washakie, Wyoming

May 11 2009
Sunshine Studios
colorado springs, Colorado

May 12 2009
Eagle's Lodge
witchita, Kansas

May 14 2009
T.O. Garcia's
papillion/omaha, Nebraska

May 15 2009
Wil Mar Comm. Center
madison, wisconsin

May 16 2009
Mojoe's Rockhouse
Tinley Park, Illinois

May 23 2009
Hartland Performing Center
BLED FEST 2009
howell, Michigan

w/ XLIFERUINERX, SALT THE WOUND, AND MORE

May 24 2009
Blacksheep Cafe
springfield, Illinois

For the latest dates, music, videos and more, go to http://www.myspace.com/xoceano

For press opportunities and further information, please contact:

Anthony Guzzardo
North American Press Manager
Earache Records
4402 11th st.
Suite 507a
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone - 718-786-1707
Fax - 718-786-1756
AIM/MSN: ForsakenChaos37
www.earache.com
usapr@earache.com
http://www.myspace.com/earacherecords
Photos, Art and Logos available at: http://www.earache.com/media

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