Shiny space artwork during a Bandcamp journey? Whoo! Count me in, guys! Incremated is a Mexican technical brutal death metal band and have been around since 2021. This is their very first release as a band and it’s a banger. The Mexican 5-piece have been around in the (Mexican) death metal scene for a while and you hear that back in the quality that they put on my plate. 

 

And yes, this is the technical side of the brutal death metal genre. Think bands like Cytotoxin, The Ritual Aura, Infecting The Swarm and Alterbeast. Those mid to early 2010’s bands are certainly an influence to Incremated which I absolutely don’t mind. Fans of those bands will certainly love the techy brutal death metal of Incremated. Why did I put Cytotoxin in there you might ask? I do think that the vocals of Castro do remind me at quite some time of Grimo’s vocal range. 

 

If you are paying attention to the song titles, you will see a few familiar terminology terms pass by. Lovecraftian is the correct assumption. I guess that the Lovecraftian theme is neverending tappable source which, if done correctly, is not cheesy. Some projects that I’ve reviewed or listened to, have been tapping the theme to a certain degree where it isn’t fun anymore. I hope that Incremated is going to be one of those bands but one of those bands where they do it the right way and dose/spread it evenly. 

 

‘Eyes Between Worlds’ is the album for you if you like intertwining riffs (on bass and guitar) mixed with extremely brutal drums. And the drums are certainly up to a level where you can say that he (Alejandro) is doing it flawlessly. Alejandro is certainly knowledgeable with this style of brutal music and executes it in a very professional way. In a lot of technical brutal metal bands, the bass plays an important role and ‘Eyes Between Worlds’ isn’t bass-lacking for sure. The bass player (Daniel) can be very proud that he is gifted and has a noticeable spot on the difficult to mix tech/death album. The studio (16th Cellar Studio) who did the mixing/mastering of ‘Eyes Between Worlds’ is responsible for some of the biggest names in the tech/death scene like Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance and (one of my favorites) Inherit Disease. To have such a famous studio mix your first album is an honor in my books. 

 

‘Eyes Between Worlds’ is a technical brutal death metal hive where you should be joining for sure. Incremated have created an interesting brutality in the form of ‘Eyes Between Worlds’ which will appeal to the many ears of the technical side of brutal death metal fans for sure. I hope this will get a physical release through a label like Willowtip or Lacerated Enemy Records. Incremated will fit perfectly onto those rosters which I am sure about.

 

Tracklist:

1. Darkness In The Deep Sea

2. The Silent Irrelevance Of Humanity

3. Consuming Eldritch Flesh

4. Inhabitants Of Dark Waters

5. Matriarch Of Swarms

6. Eyes Between Worlds

7. The Awakening From An Eternal Dream

8. The Dweller In The Depths

9. Black Glory Of Creation

10. Absorbing Fallen Stars

11. Dark Skinned Humanoid Horror