Blood Incantation is an American death metal band formed in Colorado in 2011, pairing technical, long-form death metal with cosmic and esoteric themes. Hidden History of the Human Race (2019) is the breakout; Absolute Elsewhere (2024) folds in progressive and electronic moves, and Timewave Zero goes full ambient. Find Blood Incantation vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Blood Incantation formed in Denver, Colorado in 2011. The four-piece is known for combining technical and progressive death metal with cosmic and esoteric themes. Their early catalog appeared on Dark Descent Records with Hidden History of the Human Race (2019) bringing them wider attention. The fully ambient album Timewave Zero (2022) marked an unexpected stylistic detour, and their 2024 release Absolute Elsewhere on Century Media combined death metal with progressive and electronic influences.
Blood Incantation's sound combines technical death metal, progressive death metal, and old-school death metal with cosmic and atmospheric production. Their compositions are long-form and complex, with extended instrumental sections.
Dark Descent pressings of Starspawn and Hidden History are widely collected. Century Media has issued the post-2022 catalog in multiple color variants.
Listeners new to Blood Incantation typically start with Hidden History of the Human Race (2019) or Absolute Elsewhere (2024).
