INCANTATION - The Forsaken Mourning Of Angelic Anguish LP

So, here we have the final piece of the Pillard/McEntee era, at least in the studio. Craig Pillard was the ruptured-throat-bellow force on Incantation's first 2 records, creating a vocal style that has been imitated and rehashed ad nauseum in today's throwback trend of looking to Incantation and other old school Death Metal bands as a reaction to the tasteless and soulless blast-wankery of bands like Psycroptic and Fleshgrind.

Although he would play with the band a few times in 2008, this would be the last time his voice would grace the doom-hammer of Incantation. And although this is just an EP, it is a fitting end to a great era, and formally catapults Incantation into the future. While Craig Pillard would never return, this album marks a maturation of John McEntee's songwriting and the beginning of his partnership with Kyle Severn on drums. This album bridges the two eras of Incantation, firmly securing them as spot among Death Metal's career elite's. This album came at a crucial point; it followed years of touring for their first 2 albums. Here, Incantation demonstrated their ability to mature, and proved that they could continually craft excellent, memorable songs from scratch, without a stash of youthful compositions to draw from.

The Forsaken Mourning Of Angelic Anguish is available on LP for the very first time via Relapse Records!

Limited edition of 1784 copies on "Orange Krush and Black Ripple Effect" vinyl - RELAPSE RECORDS 2024