They have, completely in style, a completely illegible band logo. It means that you can already see from the otherwise beautiful cover which keg Blood Incantation is tapping from. This American quartet deals in brutal death metal, far away from the commercial direction this genre has taken, but with echoes of primeval fathers such as and . The staring guitar riffs tumble over each other, tight and
… erratic, while the unearthly grunt of singer / guitarist Paul Riedl seems to come from deep in his stomach. A musical pandemonium in which the group sometimes takes an unexpected rest with ambient interludes and psychedelic expansions. The epic final piece Awakening in particular gets the allure of a true death metal symphony. Add to that obscure themes about our extraterrestrial ancestors, to conclude that this is one hell of an 'old-school' metal record. (MR)more