Blood Incantation & Midwife @ The Canal Club, Richmond – November 22nd 2024

originally posted on Concert Addicts 2024 November 27.

On this crisp November night, Blood Incantation and Midwife took the stage. They are more than halfway through their tour showcasing Blood Incantation’s newest and highly acclaimed album Absolute Elsewhere. Nicklas Malmqvist of Swedish progressive rock band Hällas accompanies Blood Incantation’s set on keyboards.

Midwife, self-and-aptly described as “heaven metal,” is American multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston. With piercing eyes, quiet vocals, pedals, and guitar Midwife has a calm, haunting presence center stage amongst the dust-moted otherworldly lighting effects.

Blood Incantation, accompanied by Malmqvist, started their set in the dark and went through waves of light throughout the night. Their set was beautifully and masterfully played, and included their fourth and newest album in full and ended with Inner Paths (to Outer Space), and then an encore with Obliquity of the Ecliptic after a gong intro played by drummer Isaac Faulk.

An American death metal band with psychedlic, cosmic inclinations already, album Absolute Elsewhere solidifies this for Blood Incantation with even more drone and progressive sounds. On tour, Blood Incantation are selling a deluxe media album package that includes All Gates Open: In Search of Absolute Elsewhere, a 73-minute documentary set during the summer of 2023 at Hansa Studios where they recorded Absolute Elsewhere. Watch the trailer for All Gates Open here.

Blood Incantation setlist

The Stargate [Tablet I]
The Stargate [Tablet II]
The Stargate [Tablet III]
The Message [Tablet I]
The Message [Tablet II]
The Message [Tablet III]
Inner Paths (to Outer Space)
Obliquity of the Ecliptic

Midwife setlist

Colorado
Vanessa
2018
Killdozer
No Depression in Heaven
S.W.I.M.