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 line-up recorded one rehearsal demo ("Rehearsal") in early January 1990 with early versions of "Unholy Massacre" and "Profanation" along with a cover of the HELLHAMMER song "Third Of The Storms". 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 90ies Black Metal. Paul would also o on to create HAVOHEJ.


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 FROM 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

AUGUST 1990 - 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MAY 1997 TO JULY 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.

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, A GOOD FRIEND OF THE BAND, JOINED THE BAND ON BASS. ROB, A LONGTIME WARRIOR OF THE METAL SCENE, IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE BANDS MORPHEUS DESCENDS, AND BRIMSTONE. ROB SHOWED HIS TRUE COLORS EARLY ON IN PROVING TO BE A HARD WORKING DEDICATED MEMBER OF INCANTATION 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.

APRIL 1999 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 INCANTATION'S FIRST FULL HEADLINING TOUR OF CANADA. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW US DATES ON THIS TOUR INCLUDING PORTLAND, DENVER, ST LOUIS 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!!

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.

since FEBRUARY 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 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.

(stolen + edited from the offical INCANTATION homepage)