OCEANO: 'Contagion' First-Week Sales Revealed
November 17, 2010"Contagion", the new album from Chicago deathcore heavyweights OCEANO, sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. Released on November 9 via Earache Records, the album was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with MUNICIPAL WASTE, THE ACACIA STRAIN, HATEBREED and SHADOWS FALL, among others.
"Contagion" track listing:
01. Precursor To Enslavement
02. Viral Re-Animation
03. Regulated Disposal Of Life
04. Quarantine
05. The Contaminated
06. Exist In Confinement
07. Persuasive Oppression
08. Weaponized
09. Sadistic Experiments
10. Remnants Aflame
11. Ending Intellect
OCEANO's "Weaponized" video can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Kevin J. Custer (TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, TOMBS, JUSTIN BIEBER) and features explosive performance footage of the bandmembers acting as a counterpoint to a high-tension situation that builds throughout the video.
Everyone involved in the making of the "Weaponized" video put a lot of hard work into it. OCEANO frontman Adam Warren recalls how the clip was filmed and is excited about the way everything came together. "It was a very good shoot," he said. "It was put together quickly and efficiently. We had a very professional group of people working with us and they really did a good job of creating a visual experience to tie in with the story and overall themes for both the song as well as the album."
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