| Sect of Vile Divinities | ||||
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| Released | August 21, 2020 | |||
| Studio | Incantation Studios | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 45:42 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
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Sect of Vile Divinities is the eleventh full-length studio album by the American death metal band Incantation. The album was released on August 21, 2020, through Relapse Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Kerrang | 4/5 [2] |
| Brave Words | 8.5/10 [3] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10 [4] |
| Metal Forces | 8/10 [5] |
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics.
The album was recorded at Incantation Studios. Engineering was done by Dave Piatek at Recording Services, and by Matthew "Zilla" Draudt, John McEntee and Kyle Severn at Severn Studios. Additional tracking was done by Jamie King Audio, Winston, Winston Salem, North Carolina. Mixing and mastering was done by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios. [6]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ritual Impurity (Seven of the Sky Is One)" | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Propitiation" | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Entrails of the Hag Queen" | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Guardians from the Primeval" | 2:20 |
| 5. | "Black Fathom’s Fire" | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Ignis Fatuus" | 2:23 |
| 7. | "Chant of Formless Dread" | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Shadow-Blade Masters of Tempest and Maelstrom" | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Scribes of the Stygian" | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Unborn Ambrosia" | 6:03 |
| 11. | "Fury’s Manifesto" | 2:25 |
| 12. | "Siege Hive" | 4:51 |
| Total length: | 45:42 | |
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 51 [7] |
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