Incantation
December 1989
From
left to right
(Arogon
Amori, John McEntee, Brett Mackowski, Paul Ledney)
AUGUST 1989 TO JANUARY 1990 - INCANTATION WAS FORMED BY JOHN MCENTEE AND PAUL LEDNEY AFTER
PAUL LEDNEY'S BRIEF TIME IN REVENANT WITH JOHN. BOTH
NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DIRECTION REVENANT WAS HEADING,
THEY CHOSE TO FORM A GROUP THAT WOULD MORE SUIT THEIR
BLASPHEMOUS CONCEPTS AND MUSICAL BRUTALITY. SOON AFTER
THAT, ARAGON AMORI JOINED IN ON BASS AND BRETT MACKOWSKI
ON GUITAR. THIS LINEUP RECORDED ONE REHEARSAL DEMO IN
EARLY JANUARY 1990 WITH EARLY VERSIONS OF UNHOLY MASSACRE
AND PROFANATION ALONG WITH A COVER OF THE HELLHAMMER
SONG "THIRD OF THE STORM". THE DEMO VERSION
OF THESE SONGS HAVE DIFFERENT LYRICAL CONTENT THAN THE
LATER RECORDED , MORE FAMILIAR VERSIONS. PAUL, BRETT,
AND ARAGON REMAINED IN INCANTATION FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS
BEFORE FORMING PROFANATICA. AFTER LEAVING INCANTATION
THEY HEADED MORE IN A BLACK METAL DIRECTION , AND PROFANATICA
HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FIRST WAVE OF 90’S BLACK
METAL. PAUL WOULD ALSO GO ON TO CREATE HAVOHEJ.
Incantation
June 1990
From
left to right
(Will
Rahmer, Sal Seijo, John McEntee, Ronnie Deo)
MARCH
1990 TO AUGUST 1990 - RONNIE DEO JOINED INCANTATION
AFTER FINDING AN AD IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER CALLED THE
EAST COAST ROCKER, POSTED BY JOHN MCENTEE. AFTER A FEW
CONVERSATIONS AND HANGING OUT, RONNIE AND JOHN HIT IT
OFF AND FELT COMFORTABLE PLAYING IN A BAND TOGETHER
.SAL SEIJO, AND PETER BARNEVIC , GUITARIST AND DRUMMER
FOR THE BAND DECAY, WERE CONTACTED AFTER SEEING THEIR
AD UP IN A LOCAL MUSIC STORE.. AFTER JAMMING TOGETHER,
THEY ALL DECIDED TO JOIN FORCES. THIS LINEUP WAS VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WRITING THE HEAVIEST MOST AGGRESSIVE
AND FASTEST, BRUTAL DEATH METAL. .AT THE SAME TIME,
JOHN MCENTEE BEGAN PLAYING GUITAR FOR MORTICIAN TO HELP
OUT FELLOW FRIEND AND DEATH METAL WARRIOR WILL RAHMER,
UNTIL A PERMANENT GUITARIST COULD BE FOUND.. WILLING
TO HELP A FRIEND, WILL OFFERED HIS VOCALS IN INCANTATION
UNTIL A PERMANENT VOCALIST WAS FOUND. INCANTATION WAS
HONORED TO HAVE ONE OF THE BRUTALIST VOCALISTS IN DEATH
METAL FRONT THE BAND FOR THIS SHORT TIME. IN JUNE 1990,
INCANTATION RECORDED THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL DEMO, ENTITLED
DEMO #1 1990.ALSO THE ENTRANTMENT OF EVIL 7"EP
WAS RECORDED, AND THESE RECORDINGS DID WAY BETTER THAN
EXPECTED BY THE BAND. SAL AND PETE ARE PROBABLY
THE MOST UNDERRATED MEMBERS OF INCANTATION, MOST LIKELY
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY LEFT THE BAND SOON AFTER THE
RECORDING OF THE DEMO.. INCANTATION HAILS THEM FOR A
JOB WELL DONE
Incantation
October 1990
From
Left to right
(Bill
Venner, Ronnie Deo, Will Rahmer, Jim Roe, John
McEntee)
AUGUST
1990 TO OCTOBER 1990 - AFTER SAL AND PETE LEFT
THE BAND, INCANTATION WAS ON THE HUNT FOR A NEW DRUMMER
AND SECOND GUITARIST. SO RONNIE AND JOHN PUT ANOTHER
AD IN THE ECR, AND SHORTLY AFTER GOT A REPLY FROM JIM
ROE. SOON AFTER THEY REHEARSED WITH JIM ON DRUMS, RONNIE
AND JOHN THOUGHT JIM FIT IN THE BAND PERFECTLY. A GOOD
FRIEND OF THE BAND, ROY FOX, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT A FRIEND
OF HIS, BILL VENNER WHO PLAYED GUITAR. THEY WORKED WITH
BILL FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT WORK
OUT, BUT DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE BAND BY CREATING THE
INCANTATION LOGO THAT IS USED TODAY, AND SOME OTHER
VARIOUS ARTWORK. INCANTATION PERFORMED THEIR BIGGEST
SHOW UP TO DATE (OCT 1990) AT THE DAY OF DEATH FESTIVAL
IN BUFFALO NY AS A FOUR PIECE WITH WILL RAHMER ON VOCALS,
JOHN MCENTEE ON GUITAR, RONNIE DEO ON BASS, AND JIM
ROE ON DRUMS EVEN WITH THE LACK OF A SECOND GUITARIST,
THE SHOW WAS AN EXTREME SUCCESS FOR THE BAND
Incantation
February 1992
From
Left to right
(John
McEntee, Craig Pillard, Ronnie Deo, Jim Roe)
NOVEMBER
1990 TO NOVEMBER 1992 - IN EARLY NOVEMBER THE
MEMBERS OF INCANTATION WERE ASKING AROUND TO OTHER BANDS
IF THEY KNEW OF ANY GUITARISTS TO COMPLETE THE LINEUP
OF THE BAND. ONE OF THE BANDS ASKED WITH PUTREFACT,
WHO WERE GOOD FRIENDS OF INCANTATION. SOON AFTER, CRAIG
PILLARD, GUITARIST OF PUTREFACT, JOINED FORCES WITH
INCANTATION AND THINGS WORKED OUT EXCELLENT. THEN WILL
DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BAND DUE TO MORTICIANS INCREASING
SUCCESS, AND THE NEED TO WORK WITH THEIR NEW GUITARIST
ROGER BEAUJARD, WHO REPLACED JOHN MCENTEE AS THEIR FILL
IN GUITARIST. THIS NOW LEFT A VOCALIST SPOT OPEN IN
INCANTATION, WHICH CRAIG WAS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE WITH
HIS ULTRA LOW DEATH GROWLS AND DEMONIC OVERTONES. HIS
VOCAL STYLE WORKED OUT IN INCANTATION EXTREMELY WELL.
THIS LINEUP ENDED UP RECORDING THE DELIVERANCE OF HORRIFIC
PROPHECIES 7" EP (WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE A
SPLIT WITH AMORPHIS----(WHEN THEY WERE DEATH METAL)
ALONG WITH THE FIRST FULL LENGTH INCANTATION ALBUM,
ONWARD TO GOLGOTHA. THIS WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT LINEUPS DUE TO THE EXCELLENT CHEMISTRY.
BETWEEN THE MEMBERS. THIS LINEUP ALSO DID THE FIRST
INCANTATION TOUR IN 1991 WITH PHLEGM AND A.C., AND OTHER
TOURS WERE TO FOLLOW.. UNFORTUNATELY, RONNIE DECIDED
TO LEAVE THE BAND AFTER THEIR FIRST HEADLINING TOUR
OF CANADA AND THE US, IN NOVEMBER 1992.
DECEMBER 1992 TO AUGUST
1993 - AFTER A SHORT SEARCH, A FRIEND FROM THE
BAND CRUCIFIER, DAN KAMP, JOINED THE BAND AS THE NEXT
BASS PLAYER. DURING THAT TIME, INCANTATION STARTED WRITING
MATERIAL FOR THE NEXT ALBUM. THEY ALSO RECORDED
ONE NEW TRACK ENTITLED "EMACIATED HOLY FIGURE"
FOR THE " DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING 2 "COMPILATION
CD. DURING THIS TIME THEY DID TOURS WITH AUTOPSY, VITAL
REMAINS AND MORGUE. DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS, JIM ROE
DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BAND, AND SOON AFTER DAN KAMP DID
AS WELL, LEAVING CRAIG AND JOHN TO FORGE ONWARD.
Incantation
March 1994
From
Left to right
(Jim
Roe, Craig Pillard, Dave Niedrist, John McEntee)
AUGUST
1993 TO JULY 1994 - THIS
WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE BAND, CRAIG AND JOHN
KEPT WORKING AT NEW SONGS ALONG WITH SEARCHING FOR A
NEW BASS PLAYER AND DRUMMER. AROUND NOVEMBER OF 1993,
THEY RECRUITED DAVE NIEDRIST ON BASS, FORMERLY FROM
THE BAND NECROSION, AND JOHN BRODY ON DRUMS FROM THE
BAND DETERIOROT. THE FUTURE PLANS FOR INCANTATION WERE
TO RECORD THE NEW ALBUM IN EARLY 1994, THEN TO TOUR
SHORTLY AFTER. DUE TO THIS, JIM ROE WAS ASKED TO DO
SESSION DRUMS ON THE RECORDING, SO JOHN BRODY COULD
CONCENTRATE ON GETTING READY FOR THE UPCOMING TOUR OF
EUROPE, WHICH WOULD BE INCANTATION'S FIRST EUROPEAN
TOUR. INCANTATION WAS GRATEFUL TO JIM FOR HELPING OUT
ON THE RECORDING, AND TO JOHN BRODY FOR HIS FOCUS ON
PREPARING FOR GREAT LIVE PERFORMANCES. THE RECORDING
OF "MORTAL THRONE OF NAZARENE" AND THE EUROPEAN
TOUR WITH SINISTER AND DEADHEAD WERE SUCCESSFUL FOR
THE BAND. IN JULY OF 94, CRAIG PILLARD MADE THE DECISION
TO LEAVE THE BAND.
JULY
1994 TO AUGUST 1994 - INCANTATION
HAD TOURING OBLIGATIONS FOR THE SUMMER, SO DUANE MORRIS,
WHO WAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO DO THE TOUR AS THE MERCHANDISE
SALESMAN, WAS ASKED TO FILL IN ON GUITAR AND VOCALS.
THE TOUR LINEUP WAS DUANE MORRIS ON GUITAR/VOX, JOHN
MCENTEE ON GUITAR, DAVE NIEDRIST ON BASS AND JOHN BRODY
ON DRUMS. THE TOUR WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE MALEVOLENT CREATION,
INCANTATION, ANAL CUNT, MORPHEUS DESCENDS, AFTERLIFE,
AND MORGUE. BUT MALEVOLENT ENDED UP CANCELING, SO INCANTATION
WAS BOOSTED UP TO HEADLINING. AT THE END OF THE TOUR,
JOHN BRODY AND DAVE DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY WITH THE
BAND, AND JOHN MCENTEE DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS HOME STATE
OF NEW JERSEY TO GET A FRESH START WITH INCANTATION
IN CLEVELAND OHIO WITH DUANE MORRIS.
Incantation
October 1994
From
Left to right
(Duane
Morris, Kyle Severn and John McEntee)
AUGUST
1994 TO OCTOBER 1994 -
AFTER MOVING TO CLEVELAND, JOHN AND DUANE JOINED FORCES
WITH EX BLOOD OF CHRIST BASS PLAYER RANDY SCOTT.., AND
ESCALATION ANGER DRUMMER KYLE SEVERN. THIS WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE THE TOURING LINE UP FOR THE MORTAL THRONE OF NAZARENE
ALBUM .BUT, RANDY SCOTT LEFT THE BAND ONLY DAYS BEFORE
INCANTATION WAS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT ON TOUR WITH GRAVE,
AND FEAR OF GOD. KYLE, DUANE AND JOHN DECIDED TO DO
THE TOUR ANYWAY, AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK AND TIME THEY
PUT IN PREPARING FOR THIS TOUR. INCANTATION TOURED WITHOUT
A BASS PLAYER FOR THE STRING OF DATES. THIS LINEUP WAS
DETERMINED TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT, AND NOT DISAPPOINT
THE FANS OF THE BAND.
Incantation
March 1995
From
Left to right
(Kyle
Severn, Mike Donnely, John McEntee, Duane Morris)
NOVEMBER
1994 TO AUGUST 1995 - AFTER
THE GRAVE AND FEAR OF GOD TOUR, IN EARLY 1995, INCANTATION
RECRUITED MIKE DONNELY FROM THE BAND DISGORGED, ON BASS.
MIKE ONLY HAD A FEW DAYS TO LEARN ALL THE SONGS ON THE
SET BEFORE INCANTATION LEFT FOR THEIR FIRST TOUR OF
MEXICO WITH IMMOLATION AND ACID BATH. MIKE DONNELY DID
A GREAT JOB LEARNING THE SONGS AND DID EXCELLENT ON
THE TOUR. AFTER THE MEXICAN TOUR, DUANE MORRIS BRIEFLY
LEFT THE BAND, RETURNING SHORTLY BEFORE THE NEXT TOUR
IN LATE MAY. THIS WAS TO BE A 3 MONTH EXTENSIVE TOUR
OF THE US AND CANADA, WITH SHOWS ALSO IN MEXICO. BUT
HALFWAY THROUGH THE TOUR, DUANE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE
BAND, SO INCANTATION ASKED DANIEL CORCHADO, A GOOD FRIEND
FROM THE BANDS CENOTAPH, THE CHASM, TO FILL IN ON VOX
AND GUITAR FOR THE REST OF THE TOUR DATES. WITH REGRET
SOME OF THE DATES HAD TO BE CANCELLED, BUT INCANTATION
WAS EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO DANIEL FOR HELPING OUT AT
THIS TIME. AT THE END OF THE TOUR, DANIEL WENT BACK
TO MEXICO, AND MIKE DONNELY MADE THE DECISION TO PART
WAYS WITH THE BAND.
AUGUST
1995 TO DECEMBER 1995 -
KYLE AND JOHN DECIDED TO HANG LOW FOR A FEW MONTHS.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO RUSH TO TRY TO FIND NEW MEMBERS
FOR THE BAND AT THIS TIME. KYLE AND JOHN SPENT THIS
TIME FOCUSING ON WRITING NEW MATERIAL.
DECEMBER
1995 TO APRIL 1996 - AT
THIS TIME, INCANTATION PLANNED TO DO A PROMO DEMO. KYLE
AND JOHN ASKED OLD FRIENDS, MARY CIULLO BASS PLAYER
OF PRIME EVIL, MIKE SAEZ, GUITARIST FOR DEATHRUNE/MORTICIAN,
AND WILL RAHMER OF MORTICIAN TO HELP OUT IN THIS PROJECT.
THE PROMO DEMO INCLUDED 3 NEW SONGS THAT WOULD APPEAR
ON LATER INCANTATION RECORDINGS. THE SONGS ARE ENTITLED.."THE
FORSAKEN MOURNING OF ANGELIC ANGUISH"...NOCTURNAL
KINGDOM OF DEMONIC ENLIGHTENMENT"...AND "IMPENDING
DIABOLICAL CONQUEST". ALSO WITH THIS TEMPORARY
LINEUP, THERE WERE 3 LIVE PERFORMANCES, ONE IN NEW YORK,
ONE IN CLEVELAND OHIO, AND ONE IN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA.
ALL THE SHOWS WERE SUCCESSFUL AND A BLASPHEMOUS EXPERIENCE.
INCANTATION HAILS MARY, MIKE, AND WILL FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP
AND SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME.
Incantation
October 1996
From
left to right
(John
McEntee, Nathan Rossi, Kevin Hughes, Kyle Severn)
MARCH
1996 TO NOVEMBER 1996 - A
FRIEND OF WILL RAHMER’S, KEVIN HUGHES, FORMERLY
OF MALIGNANCY, JOINED THE BAND ON BASS AT THIS TIME.
SOON AFTER, A FRIEND FROM THE PITTSBURGH BASED BAND
ROTTREVORE, KNOWN FOR THEIR TRACTOR PULL, SPACE SHUTTLE
LAUNCHING ULTRA LOW END CRUSHING STYLE OF DEATH METAL,
NATHAN ROSSI, JOINED THE BAND ON GUITAR AND VOCALS.
THIS LINEUP DID A LOT OF REHEARSING OVER THE SUMMER,
BEFORE DOING A US TOUR WITH MORTICIAN AND ANAL CUNT.
UPON COMPLETING THE TOUR, NATHAN ROSSI LEFT THE BAND
AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
DECEMBER
1996 TO APRIL 1997 -
BY EARLY 1997, INCANTATION WAS PREPARING TO RECORD "THE
FORSAKEN MOURNING OF ANGELIC ANGUISH" MCD. KYLE,
KEVIN AND JOHN DECIDED TO ASK CRAIG PILLARD, THE VOCALIST
FOR THE FIRST 2 INCANTATION ALBUMS, TO DO SESSION VOCALS
ON THE RECORDING. CRAIG WAS ENTHUSIASTIC TO DO SO. THINGS
WENT SO WELL THAT THEY WORKED WITH HIM A FEW MONTHS
LATER ON "THE TRIBUTE TO THE GOAT" CD, WHICH
ALSO INCLUDED MIKE SAEZ SESSIONING AS A SECOND GUITARIST.
AROUND THIS TIME, KEVIN HUGHES PARTED WAYS WITH THE
BAND. BONUS TRACKS WERE THEN RECORDED FOR "THE
FORSAKEN MOURNING OF ANGELIC ANGUISH" RELAPSE VERSION,
PRODUCED BY DESMOND TOLHURST OF MALIGNANCY/MORTICIAN.
SEVERAL MUSICIANS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS RECORDING. KYLE
SEVERN AND JOHN MCENTEE WORKED ALONGSIDE DANIEL CORCHADO
ON BASS, ALONG WITH THE RETURN OF CRAIG PILLARD ONCE
AGAIN ON VOCALS, UNLEASHING INCANTATION’S PAST
AND FUTURE TALENTS.
Incantation October 1997
From
left to right
(John
McEntee, Mike Seaz, Kyle Severn, Daniel Corchado)
MAY
1997 TO JULY 1997 - MAY
1997 SAW THE INCLUSION OF DANIEL CORCHADO AS SESSION
BASS/VOCALS FOR 3 MONTHS OF TOURING .ALSO MIKE SAEZ
WAS ASKED ONCE AGAIN TO SESSION IN AS SECOND GUITARIST
FOR THE TOUR AS WELL. THE FIRST LEG OF THE TOUR WAS
IN THE US WITH VITAL REMAINS , THE SECOND PART STARTED
IN JUNE, AS PART OF THE REPULSIVE TOUR IN EUROPE THAT
INCLUDED AVULSED, DEEDS OF FLESH, AND ADREMELECH. THE
THIRD LEG OF THE TOUR WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE US VITAL
REMAINS TOUR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, MIKE SAEZ WAS UNABLE
TO DO THE LAST PART OF THIS TOUR, DUE TO OTHER NON BAND
RELATED COMMITMENTS. THIS BROUGHT UP THE SWITCHING OF
DANIEL FROM BASS TO THE SECOND GUITARIST, AND THE FINAL
LEG OF THE TOUR WAS DONE WITHOUT BASS FROM LACK OF TIME
TO REPLACE MIKE.. THE SHOWS STILL WENT OVER VERY SUCCESSFULLY.
Incantation
February 1998
From
left to right
(Kyle
Severn, John McEntee, Daniel Corchado)
AUGUST
1997 TO MARCH 1998 - AFTER
THE SUCCESSFUL TOURING FOR "THE FORSAKEN MOURNING
OF ANGELIC ANGUISH" EP, DANIEL DECIDED TO BECOME
A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE BAND. DURING THIS TIME, KYLE
,DANIEL AND JOHN SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME PREPARING
FOR THE NEXT INCANTATION RELEASE, WHICH WAS RECORDED
IN DECEMBER 1997. INCANTATION DID A FEW SELECT SHOWS
BEFORE THE RELEASE OF "DIABOLICAL CONQUEST".
WITH THE RELEASE OF DIABOLICAL CONQUEST, THE SUCCESS
OF INCANTATION WAS PUSHED TO A HIGHER LEVEL, WHILE STILL
KEEPING THE INTEGRITY THAT THEIR MUSIC HAD ALWAYS POSSESSED.
APRIL
1998 TO JUNE 1998 - AFTER
THE RECORDING OF "DIABOLICAL CONQUEST", ROB
YENCH FROM THE BAND MORPHEUS DESCENDS, AND BRIMSTONE,
JOINED THE BAND ON BASS. MORPHEUS DESCENDS, AND BRIMSTONEINCANTATION
WITH THIS LINE UP OF DANIEL, KYLE , ROB AND JOHN, INCANTATION
WAS A VERY STRONG UNIT, AND TOURED FOR DIABOLICAL CONQUEST
WITH BANDS SUCH AS DEFILED, NILE, VADER AND MORBID ANGEL.
UNFORTUNATELY, MIDWAY THROUGH THE MORBID ANGEL/VADER
TOUR, DANIEL CORCHADO MADE THE DECISION TO PART WAYS
WITH THE BAND TO CONCENTRATE ON HIS PROJECT, THE CHASM,
WHICH SUCCESSFULLY PLAYED THE MILWAUKEE METALFEST IN
JULY. DANIEL RELOCATED TO CHICAGO WHERE THE CHASM IS
NOW BASED. INCANTATION HAILS DANIEL FOR ALL HIS
TIME AND EFFORT IN THE BAND AND WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT
THE DEATHCULT AND THE CHASM.
JULY
1998 TO AUGUST 1998 - SINCE DANIEL WAS BOOKED
TO PLAY THE MILWAUKEE METALFEST WITH THE CHASM, INCANTATION
HAD TO RECRUIT A GUITARIST/VOCALIST TO TAKE HIS PLACE
FOR A FEW DATES ON THE TOUR. TOM STEVENS, FORMERLY OF
NOKTURNAL, MORPHEUS DESCENDS AND BRIMSTONE WAS ASKED
TO FILL IN FOR THE TEMPORARY POSITION. SO AFTER DANIEL’S
DEPARTURE MIDWAY THROUGH THE TOUR, TOM STEPPED UP TO
THE SPOT, AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB FRONTING THE BAND
FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE TOUR. BY THE END OF THE TOUR,
TOM HAD BECOME A PERMANENT MEMBER. FOR THE CANADIAN
LEG OF THE MORBID ANGEL TOUR, KYLE WAS UNABLE TO CROSS
OVER INTO THE COUNTRY, SO A LONG TIME FRIEND OF THE
BAND, CHRIS DORA, OF SOULLESS, FORMERLY OF DECREPIT,
INTEGRITY, PICKED UP THE DRUMMER SLOT WITH ONLY A FEW
SHORT PRACTICE SESSIONS. CHRIS EXECUTED THE SHOWS EXTREMELY
WELL. INCANTATION IS VERY THANKFUL TO CHRIS FOR STEPPING
UP IN THE TIME OF NEED. IN AN UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE,
RETURNING HOME FROM THE LAST DATE IN DALLAS TEXAS, KYLE
AND JOHN WERE INVOLVED IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH THE
VAN FLIPPING OVER ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRAILER EXPLODING
CAUSING EQUIPMENT TO BE SPEWED ALONG THE HIGHWAY. ALTHOUGH
NON FATAL. THE INJURIES SUSTAINED TO KYLE AND JOHN WERE
A MINOR SETBACK TO THE BAND .SOON AFTER THE ACCIDENT,
KYLE MADE THE DECISION TO LEAVE THE BAND FOR NUMEROUS
REASONS THAT WERE COMPLETELY NON BAND RELATED. KYLE
SEVERN AND HIS MUSTACHE ARE GREATLY MISSED BY INCANTATION,
AND IS THANKED FOR ALL HIS YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION
TO THE BAND. HE HAS JUST JOINED VITAL REMAINS!! INCANTATION
WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT KYLE IN WHATEVER MUSIC PROJECTS
HE DECIDES TO PURSUE.
SEPTEMBER
1998 TO NOVEMBER 1998 - INCANTATION
WAS NOW SEARCHING FOR A REPLACEMENT DRUMMER FOR KYLE.
FINALLY IN OCTOBER CLAY LYTLE, FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,
WAS RECOMMEND BY DALLAS OF NILE, WHO PLAYED WITH HIM
IN THE BAND FATAL AGGRESSION. WITH THIS LINE UP OF TOM,
ROB, CLAY AND JOHN, INCANTATION PREPARED FOR THE FIRST
CHILEAN METALFEST, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED DEATH, CANNIBAL
CORPSE, AND DORSO.. THIS SHOW WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AS
INCANTATIONS BIGGEST SHOW TO DATE, WITH 7000 METAL-STARVED
MANIACS SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. RETURNING FROM CHILE,
CLAY DEPARTED THE BAND.
DECEMBER
1998 TO FEBRUARY 1999 - AROUND THIS
TIME, JOHN MCENTEE DECIDED TO MOVE INCANTATIONS HOME
BASE TO JOHNSTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. SOON AFTER, JOHN BEGAN
TO WORK WITH A LOCAL AREA DRUMMER RICK "SLIM"
BOAST., OF NECROTOMIE. THE BAND VIGOROUSLY PREPARED
FOR THE UPCOMING DIABOLICAL EXTERMINATION US TOUR. THIS
TOUR, WITH KRISTIN AND ANGEL CORPSE, WAS AN EXTREME
SUCCESS FOR ALL THE BANDS INVOLVED. INCANTATION WAS
HONORED TO BE PART OF ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL TOURS IN
RECENT YEARS. ONCE AGAIN, INCANTATION WAS ON THE SEARCH
FOR A DRUMMER DUE TO RICK’S DEPARTURE FROM THE
BAND AFTER THE US TOUR.
MARCH
1999 - IN
MARCH INCANTATION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE 1ST
MARCH METAL MELTDOWN IN ASBURY PARK NEW JERSEY. AS A
FAVOR TO THE BAND, CHRIS DORA FILLED IN ONCE AGAIN ON
DRUMS. DOING A GREAT JOB AND MAKING THE SHOW SUCCESSFUL
FOR INCANTATION.
APRIL1999
TO JULY 1999 - INCANTATION
THEN RECRUITED MARK PERRY OF TEXAS, FROM THE BAND DEATH
OF MILLIONS, AS A DRUMMER FOR THE NEXT SCHEDULED TOUR
"DIABOLICAL CANADIAN CONQUEST", WHICH STARTED
IN MID APRIL. THIS LINEUP OF TOM, ROB, MARK AND JOHN
SPEWED FORTH BLASPHEMY ON INCANTATIONS FIRST FULL HEADLINING
TOUR OF CANADA. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW US DATES ON THIS
TOUR INCLUDING PORTLAND, DENVER, ST LOIUS, AND CHICAGO.
UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE TOUR, MARK PERRY RETURNED
TO TEXAS TO HIS ORIGINAL BAND DEATH OF MILLIONS. IN
JULY 1999 UNFORTUNATELY, INCANTATION AND TOM STEVENS
PARTED WAYS. TOM IS CURRENTLY PURSUING OTHER MUSICAL
PROJECTS, TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AROUND
THIS TIME, JOHN MCENTEE WAS ASKED BY LONGTIME FRIENDS
AND METAL WARRIORS IMMOLATION, TO FILL IN ON GUITARS
FOR THEIR SUMMER/FALL TOURING FOR "FAILURES FOR
GODS". THIS INCLUDED THE MILWAUKEE METALFEST, AND
THEIR EUROPEAN AS WELL AS CANADIAN AND US TOUR. IT WAS
A UNHOLY EXPERIENCE FOR JOHN TO IMMOLATE HIS SOUL WITH
IMMOLATION.
AUGUST
1999 TO JUNE 2000 - ONCE
AGAIN CHRIS DORA WAS ASKED TO FILL IN ON DRUMS FOR
SHOWS IN ARGENTINA. ALSO NEEDED WAS A GUITARIST/VOCALIST.,
SO MIKE SAEZ, WHO HAD HELPED THE BAND IN THE PAST, WAS
ASKED TO ONCE AGAIN LEND INCANTATION HIS SERVICES. THE
ARGENTINA SHOWS WERE ANOTHER BLASPHEMOUS GROUNDBREAKING
EXPERIENCE FOR THE BAND, SATISFYING A LOT OF OLD AND
NEW FANS OF THE BAND IN THAT COUNTRY, ALONG WITH TRAVELERS
FROM MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA. AFTER THESE
SHOWS, MIKE DECIDED HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PERMANENT
AND COMMITTED MEMBER TO THE BAND. SO MIKE, ROB AND JOHN
STARTED WORKING TOWARDS THE NEXT INCANTATION RELEASE
ENTITLED "THE INFERNAL STORM". IN NOVEMBER
1999, THEY ENTERED MARS RECORDING COMPOUND ALONG WITH
ONE OF DEATH METALS MOST RESPECTED DRUMMERS, DAVE CULROSS,
OF MALEVOLENT CREATION, SUFFOCATION, DISGORGED, AS A
SESSION DRUMMER. THE INFERNAL STORM WAS RELEASED IN
MAY OF 2000 WITH 8 SONGS OF BRUTAL PUNISHING BLASPHEMOUS
DEATH METAL 100% INCANTATION STYLE. TOURING FOR THE
INFERNAL STORM BEGAN IN MAY ON THE INFERNAL STORM
ASSAULT 2000 TOUR. RICHARD CHRISTY OF DEATH, CONTROL
DENIED AND BURNING INSIDE FILLED IN ON DRUMS FOR THOSE
STRING OF DATES. INCANTATION THANKS RICHARD FOR BEING
A KILLER DRUMMER AND AN AWESOME FRIEND TO THE BAND!!
Incantation
March 2001
From
left to right
(Rob
Yench, Kyle Severn, Mike Saez, John McEntee)
AUGUST
2000 FEBRUARY 2001 - AROUND THIS TIME FOUND
THE BAND REJOINING FORCES WITH PREVIOUS LONGTIME DEDICATED
MEMBER KYLE SEVERN ON DRUMS. INCANTATION FEELS VERY
COMPLETE WITH THE READDITION OF KYLE. AFTER MONTHS
OF REHEARSING WITH KYLE, INCANTATION ENGAGED ON A NORTH
AMERICAN TOUR WITH NILE AND IMPALED. THE RESPONSE ON
THE TOUR WAS OVERWHELMING. MOST OF THE WINTER WAS SPENT
WRITING AND REHEARSING SONGS FOR THE NEXT INCANTATION
RELEASE.
FEBRUARY
2001 TO MAY 2001 - INCANTATION IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
THE SPLIT BETWEEN INCANTATION AND RELAPSE RECORDS. THEY
WERE BOTH ABLE TO COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO RELEASE
THE BAND FROM FUTURE OBLIGATIONS TO THE RECORD COMPANY.
A MORE SUITABLE LABEL, NECROPOLIS RECORDS, IS NOW THE
NEW HOME FOR INCANTATION. THIS CHANGE HELPS INCANTATION
FEEL MORE AT HOME WITH A MORE METAL ORIENTED LABEL.
IN MARCH THE BAND GEARED UP TO GO ON THE ROAD WITH LONGTIME
FRIENDS IMMOLATION. THIS WAS A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TOUR
AS FANS HAD LONG AWAITED THESE TWO BANDS TO UNITE. ALSO
INCANTATIONS METAL BROTHERS GOATWHORE WERE ON THE BILL.
ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE TOUR IN QUEENS NEW YORK,
THE BANDS TOUR VAN WAS BROKEN INTO AND MOST OF THE TOUR
MERCHANDISE WAS STOLEN. THIS WAS A SMALL SETBACK IN
COMPARISON TO THE EVENTS THE HAPPENED DIRECTLY AFTER
THE INCANTATION SET. IN SHORT, GUITARIST/VOCALIST MIKE
SAEZ WAS STABBED IN THE BICEP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP
A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS. THE INJURY WAS
SEVERE ENOUGH THAT INCANTATION HAD TO UNFORTUNATELY
DROP OFF THE TOUR. IT TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT MIKE HAS
MADE A FULL RECOVERY. INCANTATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK
ALL FRIENDS/FANS/SUPPORTERS FOR ALL THE EMAILS AND LETTERS
SHOWING CONCERN.
THE
END OF MAY BROUGHT INCANTATION BACK FROM A VERY SUCCESSFUL
TOUR OF BRAZIL. INCANTATION IS PROUD TO BE THE FIRST
INTERNATIONAL DEATH METAL BAND TO DO SUCH AN EXTENSIVE
TOUR OF BRAZIL. THE BAND IS ALSO PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED
LIVE FOR THEIR LONGTIME BRAZILIAN SUPPORTERS. INCANTATION
IS CURRENTLY PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THEIR
5TH FULL LENGTH RELEASE AND DEBUT RELEASE ON NECROPOLIS
RECORDS, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN THE FALL
2001.
INCANTATION
August 2001
from
left to right
Mike
Saez, John McEntee, Kyle Severn, and Joe Lombard
May
2001 TO JANUARY 2002 - UPON RETURN FROM BRAZIL
ROB YENCH LEFT THE BAND, GIVING INCANTATION THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH JOE LOMBARD ON BASS. JOE LEARNED ALL THE
SONGS FOR THE UPCOMING NEW ALBUM ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE
SET FOR THE SCHEDULED EUROPEAN HEADLINING DATES. INCANTATION
RETURNED TO MARS RECORDING COMPOUND TO START THE TRACKING
FOR THEIR 5TH FULL LENGTH RELEASE.
IN
AUGUST INCANTATION TRAVELED TO EUROPE FOR A STRING OF
HEADLINING DATES INCLUDING HEADLINING THE PARTY SAN
FESTIVAL IN GERMANY. THIS WAS INCANTATIONS MOST SUCCESSFUL
EUROPEAN ASSAULT TO DATE.
September
2002 TO THE PRESENT - IN THE FALL OF 2001
MIKE SAEZ LEFT THE BAND DUE TO FAMILY ISSUES. SO FOR
THE "UPHEAVAL OF BLASPHEMY" U.S. TOUR IN MARCH
2002 WITH CANNIBAL CORPSE AND DARK FUNERAL,INCANTATION
RECRUITED BELIAL FROM LETHAL PRAYER TO FILL IN ON VOCALS
AND SECOND GUITAR. IN AUGUST THE BAND RECRUITED VINCENT
CROWLEY FROM THE LEGENDARY ACHERON / WOLVEN SOCIETY
TO HELP OUT ON THE SUMMER TOUR COMMITMENTS FOR THE "SUMMER
OF BLASPHEMY" U.S. / EUROPEAN TOUR. BOTH BELIAL
AND VINCENT DID A GREAT JOB AND WE WISH THEM THE BEST
OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
INCANTATION
2002 / 2003
from left to right
John
McEntee, Kyle Severn, and Joe Lombard
SINCE
THE RETURN FROM THE "SUMMER OF BLASPHEMY"
EUROPEAN TOUR JOHN MCENTEE FOUNDING MEMBER WAS FINALLY
READY TO TAKE OVER VOCAL DUTIES (AFTER ABOUT A YEAR
OF PREPARATIONS). WITH THE GUITAR HELP FROM LOUIS LOMBARDOZZI,INCANTATION
AND FUNERUS DID A STRING OF DATES IN MEXICO IN LATE
JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY 2003. THE REACTION WAS PHENOMENAL.
IN
JUNE WITH THIS LINE UP, INCANTATION ALSO DID THEIR FIRST
TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. THIS WAS A GREAT
EXPERIENCE FOR THE BAND AND THE REACTION FROM THE DEATH
METAL SUPPORTERS WAS ASTOUNDING. THE BAND DID GET INTO
A AUTO ACCIDENT WHILE ON THERE WAY TO THE PRE-BLOODLUST
III SHOW IN SYDNEY. DUE TO THE ACCIDENT KYLE SUFFERED
INJURIES TO HIS CHEST AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PREFORM THE
BLOODLUST FEST III. SO DAVE HALEY, DRUMMER FROM PSYCROPTIC
(THEIR AUSTRALIAN TOURING MATES) LEARNED 3 INCANTATION
SONGS THE DAY OF THE SHOW. ALSO GRYPHON OF ASTRIAAL
(WHO PLAYED A COVER OF "THE IBEX MOON" IN
A PREVIOUS BAND) WAS ABLE TO HELP OUT ON DRUMS. SO THE
BAND WAS ABLE TO PLAY 4 SONGS FOR ALL THE SICK DEATH
METAL HEADS THAT NIGHT. INCANTATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK
ALL THE BANDS ON THE BLOODLUST III FEST FOR THEIR SUPPORT
AND UNDERSTANDING. THE BAND ALSO APOLOGIZES THAT THEY
WERN’T ABLE TO PLAY A FULL SET AT THE SHOW DUE
TO THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
IN AUGUST INCANTATION DID A MINI TOUR OF MOSTLY THE
U.S. WEST COAST ENTITLED THE "ROTTING WITH YOU
CHRIST" TOUR WITH FUNERUS AND DISGORGE. UPON THE
RETURN OF THE TOUR INCANTATION DECIDED TO KEEP THE BAND
AS A 3 PIECE AND FIND SESSION MEMBERS FOR FILL IN ON
GUITAR FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL THEY FEEL THEY HAVE
FOUND THE RIGHT 4TH MEMBER. JOHN, KYLE AND JOE HAVE
BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON NEW SONGS FOR THEIR 6TH STUDIO
ALBUM AS YET UNTITLED, ALONG WITH GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER
SOUTH AMERICAN ASSAULT!
INCANTATION
WOULD LIKE TO HAIL ALL ITS PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS
FOR KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF THE BAND AND STAYING TRUE
THROUGHOUT THE PAST DECADE FULL OF TRENDS THAT CAME
AND WENT.
INCANTATION 2003
from left to right
Joe Lombard, John McEntee and Kyle Severn
