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INCANTATION Premiere ‘Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X’ Music Video
August 15th, 2023

Johnstown, Pennsylvania-based death metal band Incantation have filmed a music video for the track ‘Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X’. Directed by Nathan Thaddeus Cieslak, the clip can be viewed below.

Incantation issue 13th full-length studio Unholy Deification on August 25th, 2023 through Relapse Records.

“I’m not interested in playing it safe,” frontman John McEntee commented. “I think other people feel that there are limits to what we do. However, I don’t see it that way. If it feels right, then it’s Incantation. The songs we write are an honest expression of ourselves. When people hear the new album, I hope they think, ‘Why are these guys so pissed off?!’ Rage gives focus, which is why this album turned out the way it did.”

Lyrically, Unholy Deification originated with bassist Chuck Sherwood. According to a press release, Sherwood is “an avid reader and occult logician” and “wanted to capture a fully realized concept of evolution through enlightenment.”

Guest appearances are made by the likes of Jeff Beccera (Possessed), Henry Veggian (ex-Revenant), and Dan Vadim Von (Morbid Angel).

Cover artwork was designed by Eliran Kantor.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Offerings (The Swarm) IV’
02. ‘Concordat (The Pact) I’
03. ‘Chalice (Vessel Consanguineous) VIII’
04. ‘Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX’
05. ‘Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X’
06. ‘Megaron (Sunken Chamber) VI’
07. ‘Convulse (Words Of Power) III’
08. ‘Altar (Unify In Carnage) V’
09. ‘Exile (Defy The False) II’
10. ‘Circle (Eye of Ascension) VII’

Incantation’s line-up is as follows:

John McEntee (vocals and rhythm guitar)
Luke Shively (lead guitar)
Chuck Sherwood (bass)
Kyle Severn (drums)

Directed by The C.O.I.N., a music video was filmed for the track ‘Concordat (The Pact) I’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX’. Both clips can also be viewed below.

Twelfth studio record Sect Of Vile Divinities was released in August 2020 via Relapse.

Promotional photograph by Scott Kinkade.