DREAM THEATER’s MIKE PORTNOY Is A Big BLOOD INCANTATION Fan
Blood Incantation‘s new record Absolute Elsewhere is turning plenty of heads across the metal world. The record encompasses everything from chruning death metal to elements of krautrock and ambient music, even including some straight up Pink Floyd-flavored passages. It’s a divisive record in some death metal circles, but by and large everyone’s losing their minds over it (myself included).
One big of Absolute Elsewhere is Mike Portnoy, outspoken metal fan and Dream Theater drummer. Portnoy professed his love of Absolute Elsewhere on his Instagram, writing: “Holy F*ck! Bravo @bloodincantationofficial on the incredible new album #absoluteelsewhere! ???? The brutality of Opeth meets the beauty of Pink Floyd…all in one Epic Prog Metal album (just two 20 min epics!) Definitely a contender for my AOTY! ???? (PS – Greatest Logo Ever!????)”
Who can argue with any of that? Blood Incantation‘s new record Absolute Elsewhere should be high atop every metal fan’s year end list, and yes – Blood Incantation does have one of the best logos in all of metal. If you haven’t heard Absolute Elsewhere yet, stream it in all its cosmic glory below.
Even better news, Blood Incantation is doing a lot of touring around Absolute Elsewhere! Catch ’em at one of their many world tour dates below, and get your tickets here.
w/ Midwife
11/7 Portland, OR Hawthorne
11/8 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw
11/9 Seattle, WA Substation
11/11 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone
11/12 Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theater
11/13 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole
11/15 Austin, TX Come and Take It
11/16 Dallas, TX Echo
11/18 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
11/19 Tampa. FL The Orpheum
11/21 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
11/22 Richmond, VA Canal Club
11/23 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
11/25 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
11/26 Brooklyn, NY (Absolute) Elsewhere
11/27 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
11/29 Montreal, QC Fairmount
11/30 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
12/1 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
12/3 Chicago, IL Metro
12/4 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
12/5 Omaha, NE Bourbon Theater
w/ Minami Deutsch
4/18 Oslo, No Inferno Metal Festival
4/19 Gothenburg, SE Pustervik
4/21 Helsinki, FI Ääniwalli
4/23 Stockholm, SE Debaser Strand
4/24 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio
4/25 Hamburg, DE Gruenspan
4/26 Berlin, DE Columbia Theater
4/27 Warsaw, PL Niebo
4/28 Krakow, PL Kwadrat
4/29 Prague, CZ Palac Akropolis
4/30 Leipzig, DE Conne Island
5/1 Cologne, DE Gloria
5/2 Antwerp, BE Trix
5/3 London, UK Incineration Festival
5/4 Utrecht, NL Tivoli Vredenburg
5/6 Lille, FR Aeronef
5/7 Paris, FR Machine De Moulin Rouge
5/8 Zurich, CH Dynamo
5/9 Milano, IT Santeria-Toscana
5/10 Munich, DE Feierwerk
5/11 Vienna, AT Szene
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