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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
infernal storm, October 20, 2003
By A Customer
actually, 4.5. As i decide to broaden my death metal horizons, i notice Incantation. this is my first album by the band, and i must say it is a brooding slow trip through the depths of hell. i mean, the singer has the voice of satan himself, and speaking of the singer, he is the ideal voice of death metal, not saying hes the best, but he has a perfect death metal voice, low, gutteral howl, and he never lets up, now, i do perfer death metal vocalists that you can more understand, such as brett hoffman and chuck schuldiner, but i mean, i cant complain, this album is good. EXCELLENT guitair riffs, and i mean they are perfect. dark, slow at times, fast at times, and relentless. the drumming is that of excellence as well. these guys have a theme to their lyrics as well, aside from killing, consider it being "death" metal, which is a plus. the album is slow in its own way, and does speed up at times, but the vocalist is slow, considering the lower than hell gutteral singing, he has a slow dragging voice, and it makes a good mixture with him and the music. this is a good album, overall, and it is really a album you have to listen to as a whole. there are no hits on this album, and no one song is better that another. overall, a good disc, and no flaws, except personally i perfer a more understandable singer, but i am not everyone, so pick this up if you want a flowing dark brooding album.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very solid album here, May 7, 2003
This definately surpases the highly overrated 'Diabolical Conquest' in that it is a very solid, consistent album. Structurally, this is very sound, while also showing interest and variance amongst tracks. There are lots of great song hooks, often serviced through a real knack with tempo changes (a sensitivity undiscovered by most metal bands), excellent production (a perfect mix of clarity and heaviness), the vocalist goes less on the unnecessary drama of Corchado (from 'Diabolical...') with a more suave approach mirroring the effect Craig Pillard (an earlier vocalist) once had.
'Heaven Departed' - wow, what a song! So simple, yet so original, leaving the blast beats at the start and descending into doom and dark groove.
This album is more striaghtforward than earlier albums (such as the last song of 17 mins length of 'Diabolical...' - the albun's highlight), but thats not a bad thin at all. Why complicate things?! This isn't modernist classical music! Its metal! Its popular music. This album is a great taste of very professional death metal. I class Incantation right up the top in the death metal world.
(Also strongly recommend 'Mortal Throne of Nazarene').
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An extremely heavy album, June 3, 2000
By A Customer
This is the first album I have bought from this band, and it has not left my CD player for the last week, and will remain there for some time. I can't get over how convincingly evil this album sounds, it's just incredible. The mid-rangy seven string guitars, the sometimes plodding double bass drums, and the monstrous vocals all work to create a ghastly sound. It also has great artwork to go with it. If you like evil death metal , get this CD, you won't be sorry.
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