The Symmetry Of I The Circle Of O - And Oceans

With elaborate and showy song titles, not to mention a band name that begins with ellipsis, it's clear that Finland's '...And Oceans' fancy themselves as experimental musicians working to break down musical boundaries, and while this second album is in essence quite similar to its predecessor, it's clear throughout that this is a very interesting band with a lot of enjoyable bright ideas. For a start, this somehow manages to be experimental at no cost to the accessibility of the music. In fact, even containing hallmark elements of black metal in the passages led by blast beats, roaring guitars and the almost entirely rasped vocals, it ends up sounding a lot ...