Oceans Of Slumber return with video for the brooding The Waters Rising

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Texan prog metallers Oceans Of Slumber have returned with a vide for their brooding new single The Waters Rising, through Century Media, which you can watch below. Its the first new music from the band since the release of their self-titled fourth album in 2020.

"We’re at a point of clarity in a conversation we’ve been having with ourselves for a very long time," the band comment. "'Where do we go from here? What are we?' And we’ve landed firmly on a conclusion. We’re an amalgamation of many stories and the southern drawl of the gulf coast of the USA. A new southern gothic."

Although there is no confirmed news beyond the new single, it is widely expected that the band's fifth studio album will follow at some point later in the year.

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Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.

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