Artist: Incantation
Label: Relapse Records
Release Date: 3/28/00
Average Rating: 3.67
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Title: The Infernal Storm Artist: Incantation Label: Relapse Records Release Date: 3/28/00 |
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Submitted by Chris Ayers (10/15/00):
With a moniker meaning "magic spell," there's been surprisingly little sorcery involved in maintaining the rank of Ohio's Incantation among the royalty of underground death for the past decade. Solid and uncompromising New York-styled growl metal is their game, though this record leans away from their Immolation/Mortician density of yore. The Infernal Storm still lays on the extra thick riffs like wet, poisonous cement, but slows down the pace a few notches to Obituary speed on some tracks. "Sempiternal Pandemonium" grinds away with smouldering riffage and half-speed kick drums of session skinsman Dave Culross (Malevolent Creation, Suffocation). New throat Mike Saez (ex-Deathrune) is very consistent in his tonal quality, as founding guitarist John McEntee shreds his frets with essence ablaze. "Heaven Departed" resembles Tomb Of The Mutilated-era Cannibal Corpse, with its slick change-ups and throb variety, while "Apocalyptic Destroyer Of Angels" does just that at a neck-snapping velocity. "Nocturnal Kingdom Of Demonic Enlightenment" could hold its own with an old-school Winter crowd before the blinding maelstrom of McEntee's chromatics cranks up to polish off the record. The dark storm is rising and the forecast calls for extreme pain.
Submitted by mike chinn on 8/3/00:
Fuck me up the ass. This is their best release yet. John just keeps putting out good shit. This album doesn't disappoint at all. Dave's drumming doesn't disappoint either. And every song is quality shit. Somehow Incantation improves on every cd. If you like dark, brutal death metal this is a must have.
Submitted by brad the impaler on 6/9/00:
Something about Incantation just doesn't hold my interest. Of course, I've never been that into the whole brutal death metal thing. You just have to admire John McEntee's perseverance through all the line up changes, label shake ups, and a hostile music scene. The Infernal Storm falls neatly in line with Incantation's other discs, with improved production and a stronger sense of songwriting. The drums are a highlight of the cd, as Dave Culross turns in a performance as godly as his work on Suffocation's final disc. But like I said, it's just lost on me. If you're into the old school brutal death stuff though, you probably eat this up with a spoon.
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