Description

Us pressed music cassette. Black cassette with black paper label. With silver stamp inside

Split album between the American death metal acts Spectral Voice and Blood Incantation. Both are fantastic bands, they also have some of the same members and influences. But Spectral Voice favors more death doom while Blood Incantation is just a groovy spacey death metal assault. The album features one track with each band. The Spectral Voice side is ungodly heavy and slow. The guitars have a very droney twisted feel to them, they sound so creepy and heavy. It creates a very sinister atmosphere as the drums and guitars slowly drone their way through the beginning of the song. And after a while, it slowly picks up the pace with a very heavy opening riff. And then just explodes with death doom madness. The vocals are very slow in the mix and are drenched in filth and reverb. The main word I’d use to describe the vocals is disgusting, they sound ungodly guttural and filthy. The blast beats are also played really slow and doomy, no matter what the songwriting and tempo are very slow. No matter, if it picks up a notch or the sections transition into a more groovy or blazing section with some blast beats. While it may be seen as boring it keeps itself fresh and enjoyable with its groove and tempo changes. It’s a very well-written song that just lays in on the heaviness of doom metal. Blood Incantation has become modern cosmic death metal legends. Right from the rip it’s groovy and heavy. Showing off crunchy mid-paced grooves and twisted leads, spliced with some atmospheric melodies. This is a more straightforward song from these guys than something you’d hear on Interdimensional Extinction or Starspwan. But it’s still dynamic and quick on its feet, changing tempos and utilizing many different beats and riffage. The solos are still very technical and sweep-picked dominant, showing off a very dissonant sound before kicking right back into a chunky stank-faced groove. Overall it’s a very interesting and well-written song. This is one of the best split releases of 1997 and with only one song per band, they really make it work. Displaying their styles of death metal really well.

Track list:
1. Spectral Voice -Claimed By Oblivion
2. Blood Incantation -Mephitic Effluvia