I just listened to this record again, and I must admit that I seldom have received such a severe asskicking than this here album gave me. It's death metal on its absolutely finest. The band conjurs some pretty dark images with their music, and it's got this brilliant flow throughout the whole album. Mid-tempo passages tend to bore me sometimes, but I'm surprised to say that Incantation are almost as good when playing in mid-tempo than they are when they play faster stuff. They sometimes resemble Immolation (especially the album "Close To A World Below"), only they are better (imo). The riffs are some of the best I've ever heard, and the drumming is fantastic. Perhaps not the most technical drumming, but extremely good. Some death metal songs are ruined by too much blast beating, but I feel that the blast beating on this record is a bit.. different. It sounds just right every time the blast beats are used. The best song is probably "Shadows Of The Ancient Empire", or the epic 17 minute song Unto Infinite Twilight/Majesty Of Infernal Damnation. CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!!
