Blood Incantation Announce New Album Absolute Elsewhere

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Blood Incantation have announced their new album, Absolute Elsewhere , arriving October 4th via Century Media.

The LP will consist of two epic tracks, “The Stargate” and “The Message,” each clocking in at over 20 minutes and further exploring the progressive death metal band’s cosmic philosophies.

Ahead of the album’s release, Blood Incantation have launched a full-on AR (augmented reality) campaign with the the new Elsewhere Searcher app and their own Stargate Research Society Discord server — “a home for discussions of all things Blood Incantation.”

The press announcement for the album and new platforms sheds some light on overall concept of Absolute Elsewhere , with the following reading like the premise to a science-fiction novel:

“Researchers at the society recently unearthed an 80’s era floppy disk containing vintage celestial tracker software. The researchers were able to re-activate the space tracker and through meticulous study of the visible solar system have noticed the appearance of a new red planet in the vicinity of Orion’s Belt. The researchers also claim that the new planet is intermittently emitting signals, although no recordings of these transmissions have been captured yet. The society has made their research available to the public in an effort to warn citizens of the planet’s rapid approach toward Earth, with a possible collision occurring in October 2024.”

Of course, early October is when Absolute Elsewhere drops.

The LP was recorded at the renowned Hansa Tonstudios in Berlin in July 2023 with producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Spectral Voice, Kreator). The pre-Weimar-built recording complex was the site of many recordings by the band’s prog influences such as Tangerine Dream, Eloy, and Brian Eno in the 1970s. Further embracing their surroundings, Blood Incantation even tapped Tangerine Dream’s own Thorsten Quaeschning to contribute lead synths, mellotron, and programming to “The Stargate.”

“ Absolute Elsewhere is our most potent audial extract/musical trip yet; like the soundtrack to a Herzog-style sci-fi epic about the history of/battle for human consciousness itself, via a ’70s prog album played by a ’90s death metal band from the future,” stated Blood Incantation’s Paul Riedl in the press release.

Other collaborators on the LP include Nicklas Malmqvist of Sweden’s Hällas (on lead synths/keys, piano, and mellotron on all tracks) and Malte Gericke, the Sijjin/ex-Necros Christos mainman (contributing guest vocals in his native German language). Lastly, the cover art is the work of classic ’70s sci-fi artist Steve R. Dodd, and the album’s namesake is derived from mid-’70s progressive rock collective Absolute Elsewhere.

Stay tuned to Heavy Consequence for more information on Blood Incantation, including pre-order details for the new album and impending live dates, which are “coming soon” according to the band.

Check out the album art for Absolute Elsewhere below.

Absolute Elsewhere Artwork:

Absolute Elsewhere Tracklist:
01. The Stargate
02. The Message

Blood Incantation Announce New Album Absolute Elsewhere
Jon Hadusek