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"Aetherial" is the debut full length studio album from American progressive metal band Oceans of Slumber, Self-Released January 28, 2013.
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In just their first recording and released on their own wares, OCEANS OF SLUMBER issues a demonstrative statement out the gate with their metallic brain stew debut, "Aetherial".
Prog, power pump, grind, black metal, jazz and other components mesh together on "Aetherial" with such textured grace it just about defies logic a band has this much to offer on their freshman effort. Boatloads of variables go into OCEANS OF SLUMBER's elongated compositions they will blow many minds apart with their hasty signature swerves that somehow stay geometric amidst the frenzied changes. There's actual order reigning in the breathless chaos of "Aetherial" where MASTODON meets MUDVAYNE in spots (most evident on "Coffins Like Kites") while black and death metal modes seethe against the winding prog stylizations of KING CRIMSON ("Only a Corpse", "Blackest Cloud" and the title track, as examples).
A self-released debut that sounds and looks this pro (not to mention intelligent) has the capacity to usher a new dawn, at the very least, "Aetherial" is one of 2013's most significant releases.
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