Pennsylvania's
CENTURY have confirmed that the band is currently developing the second and third parts of the
"Black Ocean" short film series. The series of films comes from its musical counterpart, and second full-length,
Black Ocean. Part one of the series, available in its entirety on
blackoceanalbum.com in both music video and short film versions and aroused questions pertaining to the story of
Black Ocean and the album's overall concept, while the second and third installments will answer these questions as well as shed new light on the album's meaning as a whole.
The
"Black Ocean" music video received heavy airplay earlier this year on
MTV2's Headbangers Ball, and concurrently, the second and third installments will also be presented in a music video format as well as the unedited short film versions only available on the album concept website,
blackoceanalbum.com, creating a cohesive, all-encompassing story complimenting
Black Ocean's 10 tracks.
"Though
Black Ocean has been out for several months already,"
CENTURY frontman Carson Slovak says, "it's still only partially released in terms of its concept. I'm excited to roll out the next installment of the story and hopefully shed some light on the questions that the initial album and short film release produced."
Seeing a release in late-April,
CENTURY's Black Ocean has already taken the band on regional Northeast dates both solo and with friends Time Of Cholera and Pack of Wolves, with more live appearances being planned. The band's fully-interactive album concept website,
blackoceanalbum.com, features news, tour dates, biography information, several other videos, and an interactive cipher which, upon solving, unveils an unreleased bonus track from
Black Ocean, as well as an e-card featuring several songs from the record.
"Black Ocean is brutally heavy, unstintingly fierce and caustically moody in equal parts, a well-conceived amalgamation that seems to support the fact that leader [Carson] Slovak has a clear vision for what Century are all about." – Decibel magazine
"Black Ocean projects a strong sense of soul through its well-textured metallic maelstrom, referencing bands such as Poison The Well, Mastodon and The Ocean while avoiding the dreaded sophomore slump." — Metal Maniacs
"'Black Ocean' is heavy stuff, metaphorically as well as literally — it's the kind of record destined to be respected at a safe distance by those who know how much work went into it. It's a spiritual descendent of all those Botch and Converge records, but at the same time it's a prog-mosh treatise with recognizable DNA from early The Dillinger Escape Plan and Opeth." – Blabbermouth
"On Black Ocean, Century beef up their sound with thicker production and a more metallic edge, though they haven't strayed far from the progressive hardcore of 2006's Faith And Failure…Check this out for 'Equus,' one of '08's meanest, catchiest songs." – Metal Edge Magazine
"Century is quite hard to explain. They are hefty, emotional and expansive but not in a languid post rock way as they have a more urgent and angular gait to their style, but it's never hardcore-ish or overly burly and dissonant. It's this blustery and groovy yet vibrant and evocative mix of Mastodon, Isis and Misery Signals that's hard to define, but enjoyable on all levels." – Metal Review
"It's heavy. It's fast. It's angry. Century's Prosthetic Records debut, Black Ocean, thrives on straightforward song structures and subtle melodic touches to show that modern metalcore doesn't necessarily have to suck." – Lambgoat
"Unprepared listeners may still require thick glasses to gain clarity into Century's twisted musical universe, but risk-taking fans of Intronaut and Burst will quickly recognize this album as their next, favorite mystery to unravel." – All Music Guide
"…seamlessly intertwines the best of modern day (and not so ancient day) metalcore with strains of tech, doom-laden atmosphere, death metal." – Hails and Horns