OCEANO Guitarist Comments On Making The 'District Of Misery' Music Video

March 3, 2009

Chicago's deathcore band OCEANO spent this past weekend in Los Angeles, California filming a music video for the song "District of Misery". Directed by Patrick Guera (DIFFICULT HENRY, HARD ECHO) and produced by Brian Thompson at The Vault LA (MUNICIPAL WASTE, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, AS I LAY DYING),the clip was shot in a converted warehouse and if the band's energy translates as they think it will to the screen, then this is going to be one darkly intense video.

"It went well," said guitarist Andrew Mikhail. "It was an 11-hour shoot and we were rocking out for each of those hours like it we were playing a show."

For those who have seen the band live, they'd know that what the band had to do was no small feat. Stretching the energy usually saved for a 30-45 performance to 11 hours requires a great deal of stamina for any band. In the end, OCEANO pulled it off well, but not without casualties. Mikhail states, "We were all hurt pretty bad by the end of the shoot. I got this big knot in my forearm near the end of the day and Danny was in every shot, blasting for 11 hours straight. We were all sweaty and sore by the end of it. Luckily we were rewarded with enough energy drinks, vitamin water, booze and ibuprofen to go around."

The video itself will see OCEANO playing the song alongside a twisted
photographic interpretation of each lyrical line as it is growled. Being the only politically driven song on the band's upcoming debut album, "District of Misery"'s lyrics deal with the government and the existence of secret societies within. "We play near a bunch of weird images that have to do with the illuminati," says Mikhail, who adds, "There are a lot of religious overtones in the video, too."

View some photos of the "District of Misery" video shoot below.

Due on April 7 via Earache Records, OCEANO's "Depths" album was recorded with producer Joey Sturgis (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, MY CHILDREN MY BRIDE) at The Foundation Studios in Connersville, Indiana, and will feature artwork from Colin Marks (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ABORTED, WHITECHAPEL). The CD will contain 13 tracks of the angriest deathcore cuts ever committed to record, alongside a limited-edition bonus DVD, and will also be available as a limited-edition version with two exclusive bonus tracks.

"Depths" track listing:

01. Descent
02. Inhuman Affliction
03. Empathy For Leviathan
04. Plague Campaign
05. Fractured Frames, Scattered Flesh
06. Disgust For Your Kind
07. Depths
08. District Of Misery
09. With Legions
10. Slaughtered Like Swine
11. A Mandatory Sacrifice
12. Samael The Destroyer
13. Abysm

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