![]() ![]() Whether you can vibe with their far-out ideas or not, you should certainly be able to vibe with their songs-which are the best that anyone in death metal is writing right now. The lyrics espouse the band’s heady philosophy about seeking understanding of the self to better understand the cosmos, and vice versa, using the imagery of ancient alien theory and interdimensional pathways to explore that self-interrogation. ![]() If Hidden History wasn’t grounded in the fundamental building blocks of death metal, it wouldn’t work, and the punishing riffs, frenzied guitar solos, and guttural vocals are staunchly the focal point. If that sounds like it’s running away from death metal, it’s not. It is a living, breathing organism that expands on the death metal blueprint as it sees fit, bringing in elements of jazz, psychedelia, krautrock, ambient music, and ’70s-style prog rock. There’s nothing inherently accessible about a prog-infused death metal album with an 18-minute song called “Awakening from the Dream of Existence to the Multidimensional Nature of Our Reality (Mirror of the Soul).” Yet Blood Incantation’s Hidden History of the Human Race might be-deservedly-the most critically acclaimed metal album of the year. Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track ![]()
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