OCEANO Pictures Banned From Myspace

One of EARACHE's newest signings, the heaviest, most pissed-off deathcore band in the world, OCEANO, recently posted up a number of pictures onto MySpace which were promptly removed by site administrators for being “too violent”.

Under MySpace rules and regulations, “images of violence are prohibited” on the popular social networking site. This led to the photos being taken down “within a half hour” according to OCEANO guitarist Andrew Mikhail. “They even took them off our personal profiles. Guess they were too raunchy after all.”

The pictures in question from a recent OCEANO photo shoot hit every measure of violence imaginable, both simulated and real.”On a scale of 1 to 10, we'd say it was about a 6 on the blood scale.” says Mikhail. “We knew how bloody it was already, but we told the photographer we wanted more. You could never have enough blood.” The models used in the photographs even contributed to the raw physicality captured in the graphic photos. “These girls were hardcore” says the imposing OCEANO guitarist. “One of the models kept telling us stuff like “pull my hair” and “choke me like you wanna fuck me!” It really made things easier for all of us to get in the spirit of things…other than the studio smelling of rotten meat.”

Click on the following links to view the OCEANO promo pictures that were deemed “too violent” and BANNED by MySpace:

http://earache.com/public/andy.jpg
http://earache.com/public/adam.jpg
http://earache.com/public/danny.jpg
http://earache.com/public/jeremy.jpg
http://earache.com/public/kevin.jpg

View some of the photos from the shoot that weren't BANNED by MySpace while listening to OCEANO'S soundtrack of absolute aggression at http://www.myspace.com/xoceano

Read a brand new Q&A with OCEANO guitarist, Andrew Mikhail at http://www.earache.com/bands/oceano/oceano.html

OCEANO's pulverizing everyone and everything in their way while out on tour. Catch them at these dates:

Aug 13 2008 8:00P
The Mainstage pompton lakes, New Jersey
Aug 14 2008 8:00P
Peppermint Beach Club virginia beach, Virginia
Aug 15 2008 8:00P
The Oasis charleston, South Carolina
Aug 16 2008 8:00P
The Springs Theater tampa, Florida
Aug 17 2008 6:00P
The Dungeon Orlando, Florida
Aug 18 2008 8:00P
The Red Door pensacola, Florida
Aug 19 2008 8:00P
The Muse nashville, Tennessee
Aug 20 2008 8:00P
Uncle Pleasant’s louisville, Kentucky
Aug 22 2008 8:00P
Trenton Fisherman’s Club trenton, Ohio
Aug 23 2008 8:00P
The Attic Kettering, Ohio
Aug 27 2008 8:00P
Mojoe’s Rock House tinley park, Illinois
Aug 30 2008 6:00P
The Attic Manitowac, Wisconsin
Sep 13 2008 8:00P
The Coffee Pot Chicago, Illinois

OCEANO's debut album is set for release in 2009.