Black Ocean is the second studio album by metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band Century

Century (US band)

Century is an American metalcore band formed in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist Carson Slovak. Century was originally conceived as a solo project, but later evolved into a complete band. Slovak writes all of Century's music, and designs all of the artwork and merchandise. In 2005 the band signed a...

, the first since the band signed with Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...

. The album was produced, recorded and mixed by frontman Carson Slovak at his own studio and mastered by Kim Rosen of West Westside Studios. Black Ocean features a cipher code within its artwork to unlock hidden content on the interactive album website blackoceanalbum.com. A video for the track "Black Ocean" was made and debuted on Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...

in April 2008. Revolver Magazine selected Black Ocean as its #18 album in its Top 20 Albums for 2008 in the February 2009 issue.

Track listing

All songs were written by Century

Century (US band)

Century is an American metalcore band formed in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist Carson Slovak. Century was originally conceived as a solo project, but later evolved into a complete band. Slovak writes all of Century's music, and designs all of the artwork and merchandise. In 2005 the band signed a...

, except where noted.

1. "Pantheon" – 3:06
2. "Black Ocean" – 3:37
3. "Erasure" – 3:57
4. "Drug Mule" – 3:15
5. "Equus" – 3:42
6. "Rising Sun" – 3:17
7. "Monolith" (Century, Mike Guilliano) – 4:00
8. "Daylight Algorithm" – 4:51
9. "Dysgenics" – 0:43
10. "Terror Starts at Home" – 2:44

Personnel

• Carson Slovak – guitar, vocals
• Mike Giuliano – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Joshua Groah – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Matthew Smith – drums
  Drum kit
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• Jason Baker – backing vocals
• Ricky Armellino – backing vocals

External links

• http://www.blackoceanalbum.com/
• The Metal Minute: CD Review: Century - Black Ocean
• Century - Black Ocean at Billboard.com
  Billboard (magazine)
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