OK before I say anything about BLOOD INCANTATION‘s new record Absolute Elsewhere, I have to warn you that their vinyl is almost gone, so make sure you get it here. Now that you’ve got yours, lets talk about this weird, wild, freaky cosmic death metal trip.
On side one, you enter The Stargate. Blood Incantation hits you with blastbeats that take aim at your mortal soul, and just when you feel the life energy seeping from your flesh, they put you in a psychdelic dub trance and mesmerize you with star-crossed synths and expansive Pink Floyd-esque riffs. Only to drop you back into the death pit of despair head first. Retro-future electronics and samples echo across The Stargate, and if they didn’t keep returning to their absolutely crushing death metal, this record would have kept me in my imagination for hours as a kid.
On side two, you receive The Message. Blood Incantation brings an almost soaring avant-post-rock sound to this side, and the opener [Tablet 1] has me envisioning Godspeed You! Black Emperor making death metal. This side is disorientingly disarming one minute, and just when I’m feeling safe and happy they bludgeon me to death. This is the kind of record you need to listen to in full, and it must be witnessed in full, too. I hope that’s their plan for their upcoming November tour stateside. Check those dates below, and fly away into Absolute Elsewhere here:
BLOOD INCANTATION Tour Dates:
Nov 07: Portland, OR – Hawthorne
Nov 08: Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw
Nov 09: Seattle, WA – Substation
Nov 11: Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
Nov 12: Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
Nov 13: Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
Nov 15: Austin, TX – Come and Take It
Nov 16: Dallas, TX – Echo
Nov 18: Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Nov 19: Tampa. FL – The Orpheum
Nov 21: Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
Nov 22: Richmond, VA – Canal Club
Nov 23: Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
Nov 25: Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Nov 26: Brooklyn, NY – (Absolute) Elsewhere
Nov 27: Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Nov 29: Montreal, QC – Fairmount
Nov 30: Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Dec 01: Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
Dec 03: Chicago, IL – Metro
Dec 04: Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Dec 05: Omaha, NE – Bourbon Theater
