The vocals are in that old school death metal vein that is hard to describe these days. This makes for almost free-form musical experience, in keeping with the pioneer spirit of early death metal. Sometimes the solos seem disconnected from the riffing and structure, similar to Morbid Angel.
Incubus were faster, uglier and more chaotic than the precision of Nocturnus and Morbid Angel. This demo emanates the stench of early American death metal. It is a good demo, if not as essential as the likes of "Thy Kingdom Come" or "The Science of Horror". This demo is known by various titles (sometimes "God Died on His Knees", sometimes "Engulfed in Unspeakable Horrors", sometimes just “Incubus”). The story of Incubus is intertwined with the story of those two bands, and fans of the early material from those bands will be interested in Incubus. The song "God Died on His Knees" has a chorus that reminds me of Morbid Angel's "Blasphemy", and a slow section that sounds like "Neolithic" from the second Nocturnus demo (released one year later). Some of the riffs on this demo remind me of Nocturnus and Morbid Angel riffs. Comparisons across the three bands are easy to make. This Incubus demo is best seen as part of the bigger death metal picture, complementary with contemporary Morbid Angel and Nocturnus releases. Bassist Sterling Scarborough and drummer Mike Browning were part of early Morbid Angel line-ups, the latter also formed Nocturnus with guitarist Gino Marino. This all shows what can happen when you pick such an obvious band name.Īll three members of this band were also involved in other, more famous formative death metal bands at around the same time. Of course, that Incubus changed their name to Opprobrium after the emergence of an even more successful Incubus. Evidently, I wasn't paying attention because this Incubus was wilder, darker, uglier and more 'death metal' than that Incubus ever were.
I had this demo for years, copied onto an old tape, mistakenly thinking it was the same band who recorded "Serpent Temptation" and "Beyond the Unknown". This Incubus, from Georgia, are easily confused with other Incubuses.
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