06/30/2023 19:22

Incantation

Incantation: new album 'Unholy Deification' out in August

Death metal icons Incantation prepare the masses for their new album, 'Unholy Deification', via Relapse Records, on August 25, 2023.

Edified over three-plus decades of experience, 'Unholy Deification' is the group's 13th full-length album. Validated by peers seasoned and new, Incantation are more vital than ever - the lineup, featuring founding guitarist/vocalist John McEntee, drummer Kyle Severn, bassist Chuck Sherwood, and guitarist Luke Shively, displays death metal know-how and the power of determination.

"I'm not interested in playing it safe," McEntee asserts. "I think other people feel that there are limits to what we do. However, I don't see it that way. If it feels right, then it's Incantation. The songs we write are an honest expression of ourselves. When people hear the new album, I hope they think, "Why are these guys so pissed off?!" Rage gives focus, which is why this album turned out the way it did."

Track listing:
1. Offerings (The Swarm) IV (03:49)
2. Concordat (The Pact) I (04:39)
3. Chalice (Vessel Consanguineous) VIII (03:47)
4. Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX (04:37)
5. Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X (02:52)
6. Megaron (Sunken Chamber) VI (04:37)
7. Convulse (Words of Power) III (04:33)
8. Altar (Unify In Carnage) V (03:03)
9. Exile (Defy The False) II (04:06)
10. Circle (Eye of Ascension) VII (05:44)

Lyrically, 'Unholy Deification' originates with Sherwood. An avid reader and occult logician, the Incantation bassist wanted to capture a fully-realized concept of evolution through enlightenment. Expect thought-provoking, historically-derived intellection. That the mortal-to-deity narrative interacts with the merciless musical conflagration of hard-hitting tracks such as 'Concordat (The Pact) I', 'Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX', and 'Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X'. Make no mistake - the ferocious new album, featuring guests Jeff Beccera (Possessed), Henry Veggian (ex-Revenant), and Dan Vadim Von (Morbid Angel), is pure death metal.

Incantation's sepulchral pandemonium is visually enhanced by award-winning artist and longstanding collaborator Eliran Kantor (Immolation, Kreator, Cavalera, and more.) The end result is an interpretation of Italian Renaissance masters, but thrust into Incantation's cauldron of chromatic malice.

First press vinyl editions:

- 4807 x purple standard gram
- 961 x cyan blue and purple galaxy effect merge standard gram (Relapse.com exclusive)
- 573 x royal blue with cyan blue, metallic silver and mint green splatter standard gram (North America indie retail exclusive)
- 523 x white and black smoky effect with cyan blue, black and neon violet splatter standard gram (Relapse.com exclusive)
- 355 x metallic silver standard gram (German retail exclusive)
- 355 x picture disc (Relapse.com exclusive)
- 270 x neon violet, cyan blue and mint green tri-color merge with neon violet, cCyan blue and mint green splatter standard gram (Relapse.com exclusive)
- 100 x clear (not available to the public - friends of band and label only)
- CD jewelcase
- cassette

(source: Relapse Records)