| Blood Incantation | |
| Origin: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
| Label: | Dark Descent |
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Blood Incantation is an American progressive death metal band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2011. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Paul Riedl, drummer Isaac Faulk, guitarist Morris Kolontyrsky and bassist Jeff Barrett.
Blood Incantation's debut album, Starspawn, was released in 2016 through Dark Descent Records and received critical acclaim from music publications such as Decibel and Stereogum. They supported Immolation on their tour of North America in the fall of 2019.[1] In the spring of 2023, they supported Obituary on their US tour along with Immolation and Ingrown. In the fall of 2023, they supported Cannibal Corpse on their North American tour along with Gorguts and Mayhem.[2] In the summer of 2025, they toured North America with Krallice, Pallbearer, Steve Roach, and Cynic.[3] They are scheduled to tour North America in the spring of 2026 with Emperor.[4]
The band's sound features "a psychedelic take on classic death metal"[5] and melds "technicality with tectonic riffs, cavernous vocals and eerie, Dødsengel-like moments of caustic stillness." On the band's style, Aaron Lariviere of Stereogum wrote: "Screaming leads cut a swath through the churn of atonal rhythm guitars, blending the bright melodicism of late-period Death with the alien tones of Morbid Angel circa Domination." The band's lyrics mainly deal with topics such as space and death.
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