Album Rating: 3.0

After my first complete listen, the album failed to excite me. It's almost tedious to listen to. The progressive rock segments sound like they were taken right out of Roger Waters' head, pretty much copying the style and inserting it in seemingly random parts of the album. The death metal sections don't align with the progressive rock elements at all and are all over the place. I'm never sure where a chorus or a verse is located, because it just meanders and meanders. It's not bad, it's just really bland. Death metal and progressive metal can be successfully combined, look at Slugdge or Inanna, but Blood Incantation has failed (in my honest opinion) with this album. I don't feel the least bit compelled to listen again.



I might check out their earlier albums.

Album Rating: 3.0

Their first two are still progressive but they don't contain such obvious prog rock homage and lean on their death metal influences in a way which makes sense. Both are more cohesive packages (even if I prefer Starspawn).

Album Rating: 3.0

Not to nitpick but I'm pretty sure gilmour was usually the culprit behind Floyd's more progressive segues, not waters.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, and there's a lot more to the prog on here than Pink Floyd--there's Eloy, King Crimson, Berlin School electronica like Tangerine Dream, and Yes, to name a few. And tbh the world needs more blackened Yes riffs.

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm not a progressive rock/metal fan (with a few exceptions), so that might explain that I feel like there's some Pink Floyd in my death metal

Album Rating: 3.0

No that's fair. There is Floyd here. Yes and Tangerine Dream are definitely here. KC hmm, not sure but maybe? It had occurred to me

P.S. I have no idea what an Eloy is, so there's me pleb filtered

"the DM segments fail to hit the mark"
yep, this isn't always fair but when it is, it stills things p hard. metal section of Message 2 is painful

Album Rating: 5.0

Eloy were a German prog rock band during the 70s. Check out their discog on progarchives if interested.



"the DM segments fail to hit the mark"



Maybe that's why I dig it so hard: not trad DM, which I don't like, at all. So, trade-offs for the band, I guess.

Album Rating: 2.5

Guys, let me make it clear because everyone here seems confused. Just adding some cookie monster vocals here and there on top of some Pink Floydy sounding riffs doesn't make something "death metal". There is no "DM" in this. Stop it. LOL.

Album Rating: 5.0

It's not all PFy either lol

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I might check out their earlier albums.



starspawn is literally just morbid angel for timeghoul fans so definitely check that, the second one is slightly more prog but also a bit tighter.

Album Rating: 4.5

Digging this a lot,

I'm calling it, this is the most overrated band in metal. It used to be Rivers of Nihil but it's now this band

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

no that's motorhead





heh heh heh

Album Rating: 4.9

Nah this band can't be overrated just based on the fact that Starspawn is one of the best dm albums ever made.

Guys, let me make it clear because everyone here seems confused. Just adding some cookie monster vocals here and there on top of some Pink Floydy sounding riffs doesn't make something "death metal". There is no "DM" in this. Stop it. LOL.

Album Rating: 4.0

"I'm calling it, this is the most overrated band in metal. It used to be Rivers of Nihil but it's now this band"



Didn't you give Where Owls Know My Name a 4.5?

Album Rating: 3.5

I agree with this being slightly underwhelming.

Just curious, where do you hear KC on this?

Album Rating: 4.5

I didn't love this at first but it's really addictive and now among my faves all year. So much so I've barely listened to the new Undeath which I was far more excited about prior to the release

Album Rating: 3.0

"I'm calling it, this is the most overrated band in metal. It used to be Rivers of Nihil but it's now this band"

all of metal? Damn. Well, considering we have to account for popularity here, I'd give that accolade to Pantera, but man there are soooooooo many (more obvious) candidates than Rivers of Nihil, lol! Are they really that big?

(not comparable disclaimer alert) but apart from maybe one cool riff, this is more engaging / fun than the new Undeath, despite this one's sloppiness