Back In December 2010, TheScreamQueen.com caught up with Adam Warren of OCEANO. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Q: How do you feel Oceano has represented the grindcore subgenre? And how do you think it will for the new album?

Watten: "I think the grindcore days of this band are pretty much dead and gone. Now, we DO acknowledge it was an influence of this band at some point, and to small extents now, but I feel Contagion is an overall metal album that will reach out to fans of multiple different elements and genres of Heavy music. We try to write in a diverse fashion that will do justice to all our influences in the end."

Q: Do you think that since you guys have become very popular in the last couple of years, especially with being a newer band, that is the reason why there is a backlash against Oceano?

Warren: "Yes, I do attribute that to some of the transgression. But unlike many who are quick to judge, without any background knowledge, this band has paid its dues within our scene for YEARS before our name became known nationally. We continue on unscathed from the detractors of our band though, with any once of success there will always be haters. Everyone thinks they're a critic, and we just laugh at all of it. It's fuel to the fire. We're still here for a reason though."

Q: What do you have to say to everyone who is against what Oceano is all about?

Warren: "Just like the last statement, it comes with the territory of what we're doing. Granted not everyone is gonna like what we're doing. Theres no need to try and project that upon everyone, including the ones working hard for what they've got. It's all opinion. So say your piece and leave it at that. No one is really listening."

Go to this location for the complete interview.