Incantation are a veritable institution on the American death metal scene. Since issuing their 1992 debut long-player Onward to Golgotha on Relapse, their musical signature is unrelenting brutality that mixes punishing riffs with widely varying tempos. Though based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, their longstanding base of operations is New York City, where they remain at the forefront of its death metal scene. Though their brand of extreme satanic metal has kept them out of the mainstream for decades, later albums like 2014's Dirges of Elysium, 2017's Profane Nexus, and 2020's Sect of Vile Divinities appeared on multiple music industry and streaming charts. Incantation continued to defy expectations in 2023, celebrating over 30 years as a band with their unrepentant 12th studio album Unholy Deification.