Blood Incantation Share “Luminescent Bridge” Video, Announce New Album

Death metal outfit Blood Incantation just made the entire death metal community really happy with the release of a new video and the announcement of a new album.

Ahead of their show at Roadburn Festival, they’ve shared a video for their nine-minute song “Luminescent Bridge,” which was released in September 2023. They’ve also announced a new record is coming.

The band say about the video:

“Originally conceived as an acoustic interlude in the tradition of ‘Meticulous Soul Devourment’ and ‘(Mirror of the Soul),’ ‘Luminescent Bridge’ quickly became something entirely different upon entering Rocky Mountain Recorders in March 2023. Compelled by a tangible air of creativity, we forwent acoustic instruments entirely and ended up implementing several spur-of-the-moment ideas—such as drums, grand piano and even trombone—to create a vast, dynamic tapestry of textures both alien and familiar, yet remaining quintessentially Blood Incantation in feeling and atmosphere.

“Drenched in analog and digital synthesizers, multiple tape echoes and soaring electric guitar, this intended outro to a subsequently abandoned seven-inch EP became a towering landscape of otherworldly sonics, earning its place as the title track for our latest maxi-single release.

Director of the video Miles Skarin adds:

“When the Stargate Research Society asked us to help visualize a recent extrasolar communication they had received, we knew this would be a project of epic proportion. The data packet they sent to us from Colorado contained footage of Blood Incantation’s interstellar expedition to a distant star system. What we saw after decompressing the video stream blew us away, not only had they captured a beautiful cinematic exploration of the exoplanet’s sand dunes, but we can see their journey across the expanse of space was successful.

“Alex Pace’s cinematography from this location was stunning and provided us with everything we needed. Due to the solar radiation exposure, the data from the interstellar voyage was difficult to decipher, so we have used our artistic abilities in VFX and 3D animation to reconstruct the visual of crossing the Luminescent Bridge, first depicted by the artist Steve R Dodd.”

We can’t wait to hear more details about the new record. So far we just know it’s on the way, but stay tuned for more news.