Blood Incantation "Starspawn" Cassette

The first EP Interdimensional Instinction from 2015, both full lengths albums Starspawn (2016) and Hidden History Of The Human Race (2019, already released on tape by DSR in another version) and the last critically acclaimed ambient album Timewave Zero (2022) from US-based cosmic death metal travelers BLOOD INCANTATION finally back on limited (333 each) music cassette.

When this album was coming out in 2016, no one, and I mean absolutely NO ONE, expected this album to be as fucking amazing as it turned out to be. I had known of these dude's before Starspawn was released, and the difference in quality is very apparent even on the first listen. The boys have truly blossomed into their own style of music on this release, and boy do I like what I hear A LOT.
The music on this album is very technical and progressive. The longest song on the album "Vitrification of Blood" pulls you in with it's eerie atmospheric riffing. I have to say, that this album really places an emphasis on atmosphere. It's like the riffs themselves could be representative of the darkness and paranoia one could experience in space when trapped there for a long time all by yourself (this band has a fetish for space and shit), and the only thing you have to look forward to is your eventual death. The track that I'd say best shows off the atmosphere this album has to offer is on "Meticulous Soul Devourment". An instrumental track, this track largely features a guitar melody that conjures up the feeling of isolation one would feel when they are at their most loneliest. The feeling that no matter how hard you try, that no one can hear your pleas for help. I think Blood Incantation should really consider adding more songs like this into their repertoiré. It certainly would help expand the band's sound and make them even more unique then they already are.
Blood Incantation's musicianship between all of it's 4 members is insane. As mentioned earlier, these guys really know how to write technical/progressive death metal like no one else in the genre then or now. The boys simply are in a league of their own, and know how to make good shit without it sounding like a big wank fest on their instruments (which is more then I can say for a lot of prog bands), and that's very important with this kinda music. Many of the song's have a lot of moving parts to them, and if your not paying attention, it can become pretty easy to get lost.
In my opinion, no other album released this decade can top Starspawn. The musicianship is incredible, the songs are all killer, and the album has a whole is just such an engaging listen, that it's hard not to wanna listen to this album over and over again. It's gonna be very hard for Blood Incantation to top this release, so I'm very excited to see how they follow up this beast of an album. Whatever they do, I think it's safe to say that Starspawn is one of the greatest death metal albums ever.

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