BEST ALBUMS 2024: le top 10 dei nostri redattori

Siamo arrivati alla fine. No, non siamo diventati tremendamente fatalisti, o meglio, non più di quanto noi lo si sia già. Semplicemente questo è l’ultimo appuntamento annuale con le classifiche e, come di consueto, si tratta di quelle dei nostri collaboratori. Non saremo mai abbastanza grati ad ognuno di loro per il gran mazzo che si fanno ogni anno per permettervi di leggere le recensioni che vanno a formare quello che è e, si spera, sarà ancora per parecchio tempo ImpattoSonoro.

Dunque state pronti ad una pioggia di top 10 che ci auguriamo vi portino a scoprire qualcosa che avete lasciato indietro durante tutto il 2024 perché, checché se ne dica, la musica in qualche modo è in salute e di roba ne esce (magari pure troppa, ma questo è un discorso che affronteremo in altra sede) e aiuti a scoprire l’anima sfaccettata che fa di noi ciò che siamo.

Fabio Gallato

Internazionale

1. Chat Pile – Cool World
2. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
3. Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
4. Julie Christmas – Ridicolous and Full of Blood
5. Kim Gordon – The Collective
6. High Vis – Guided Tour
7. Shellac – To All Trains
8. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
9. Viva Belgrado – Cancionero de los cielos
10. Talk Show – Effigy

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1. James Jonathan Clancy – Sprecato
2. Cigno – Buonanotte Berlinguer
3. RYF – Deep Dark Blue
4. Francesca Bono – Crumpled Canvas
5. Post Nebbia – Pista Nera
6. SabaSaba – Unknown City
7. Buñuel – Mansuetude
8. Subsonica – Realtà aumentata
9. Vinnie Marakas – Preferirei di no
10. Guinevere – To All The Lost Souls

Fabio-Marco Ferragatta

Aroundtheworldaroundtheworldaroundtheworld

1. Julie Christmas – Ridiculous and Full of Blood
2. Chat Pile – Cool World
3. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD
5. Shellac – To All Trains
6. The Jesus Lizard – Rack
7. Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
8. Moor Mother – The Great Bailout
9. Talk Show – Effigy
10. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – of the human being

Il Paese reale

1. Buñuel – Mansuetude
2. Francesca Bono – Crumpled Canvas
3. R.Y.F. – Deep Dark Blue
4. Cigno – Buonanotte Berlinguer
5. SabaSaba – Unknown City
6. Paolo Spaccamonti – Nel torbido
7. James Jonathan Clancy – Sprecato
8. Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – Christian & Mauro
9. Three Second Kiss – From Fire I Save the Flame
10. Tanz Akademie – Hullabaloo

Haron Dini

Dischi internazionali

1. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
2. Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible
3. Chat Pile – Cool World
4. Kublai Khan TX – Exhibition Of Prowess
5. Gaerea – Coma
6. Touché Amoré – Spiral In A Straight Line
7. Julie Christmas – Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
8. Amyl And The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness
9. Willow – emphatogen
10. Roper Williams – Too Beautiful To Die

Dischi italiani

1. Buñuel – Mansuetude
2. Paolo Benvegnù – È Inutile Parlare D’amore
3. Carmelo Pipitone – Piedi In Acqua
4. Muni – Oltre Tutto
5. Atlante – Poi Rinascere
6. Tropea – Serole
7. Post Nebbia – Pista Nera
8. Erica Mou – Cerchi
9. Cigno – Buonanotte Berlinguer
10. Alessandro Cortini – NATI INFINITI

Giovanni Davoli

1.  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Wild God
2.  The Smile – Cutouts
3.  The Smile – Wall of Eyes
4.  Nubya Garcia – Odissey
5.  Fantastic Negrito – Son of a Broken man
6.  Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “No Title as of 13 February 2024 28, 340 Dead”
7. Brown Horse – Reservoir
8. Beth Gibbons – Reaching Out
9. Joan As Police Woman – Lemons, Limes and Orchids
10. King Hannah – Big swimmer

Federica Finocchi

1. Shum – PULZÁLÓ DOBOK TISZTÍTJÁK MEG AZ EGET
2. meth – SHAME 
3. LICE – Third Time at the Beach
4. Ishmael Ensemble – Rituals
5. Lip Critic – Hex Dealer
6. Bolis Pupul – Letter To Yu
7. Drahla – angeltape
8. Iglooghost – Tidal Memory Exo
9. Other Half – Dark Ageism
10. Thou – Umbilical 

Maria Balsamo

1. Beatrice Antolini – Iperborea
2. Francesca Bono – Crumpled Canvas
3. Twenty One Pilots – Clancy
4. Sunroof – Electronic Music Improvisations vol. 3
5. Oh Hiroshima – All Things Shining
6. Deron Johnson – Free To Dance
7. Lorem – Time Coils
8. Mizu – Forest Scenes
9. Lull – Journey Through Underworlds
10. Gregory Uhlmann – Small Day

Paolo Esposito

Internazionali

1. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
2. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
3. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
4. Idles – Tangk
5. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice
6. Charli XCX – Brat
7. Arooj Aftab – Night Reig
8. Hovvdy – Hovvdy
9. Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
10. Total Blue – Total Blue

Italiani

1. Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – Christian & Mauro
2. Paolo Benvegnù – È inutile parlare d’amore
3. Cesare Basile – Saracena
4. Post Nebbia – Pista nera
5. I Hate My Village – Nevermind The Tempo
6. Le Cose Importanti – Veleno
7. Olly – Tutta la vita
8. Il Quadro di Troisi – La Commedia
9. …A Toys Orchestra – Midnight again
10. Vinicio Capossela – Sciusten Feste N.1965

Andrea Vecchio

1. Gionni Gioielli – Be Great FC
2. High Vis – Guided Tour
3. Disquieted By – Pet of the Week
4. Idles – TANGK
5. La Rappresentante di Lista – Giorni Felici
6. Cocks – Superliquidator
7. The Chisel – What a Fucking Nightmare
8. Club Dogo – Club Dogo
9. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
10. Yambag – Mindfuck Ultra

Angela Denise Laudato

Qui

1. La Municipàl – Dopo tutto questo tempo
2. Cesare Cremonini – Alaska Baby
3. Marracash – È finita la pace
4. Ex-Otago – Auguri
5. Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morto – Garage Pordenone
6. La Rappresentante di Lista – Giorni Felici
7. Vinicio Capossela – Sciusten Feste n. 1965
8. Cigno – Buonanotte Berlinguer – Cigno
9. L’Officina della Camomilla – Dreamcore
10. Vasco Brondi – Un segno di vita

Altrove

1. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
2. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
3. God Is An Astronaut – Embers
4. Cigarettes After Sex – X’s
5. The Smile – Cutouts
6. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
7. Kings Of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun
8. The Vaccines – Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations
9. Linkin Park – From Zero
10. Lenny Kravitz – Blue Electric Light

Riccardo D’Ascenzi

1. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
2. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
3. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “No Title as of 13 February 2024 28, 340 Dead”
5. The Smile – Cutouts
6. Charli XCX – Brat
7. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
8. Kendrick Lamar – GNX
9. Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
10. Shellac – To All Trains

Alessandro Piccin

1. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
2. Bryan’s Magic Tears – Smoke & Mirrors
3. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
4. Fontaines DC – Romance
5. Cindy Lee – Diamond Joubilee
6. Meatbodies – Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
7. Wand – Vertigo
8. Omni – Souvenir
9. Crack Cloud – Red Mile
10. Cumgirl8 – the 8th cumming

Riccardo Frolloni

Internazionale

1. Pollution Opera (Nadah El Shazly, Elvin Brandhi) – Pollution Opera 
2. Nicolas Jaar – Archivos de Radio Piedras
3. Mount Eerie – Night Palace
4. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
5. Ornassi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja 
6. Kiran Leonard – Real Home
7. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
8. Moor Mother – The Great Bailout
9. Jlin – Akoma
10. Crizin Da Z.O. – Acelero

Italia

1. Pufuleti – Gotico Romanzo
2. Post Nebbia – Pista Nera
3. Lamante – In memoria di
4. Any Other – stillness, stop: you have a right to remember
5. I Hate My Village – Nevermind the Tempo
6. Paolo Spaccamonti – Ifigenia/Oreste
7. Rosso Polare – Campo Amaro
8. Potere Negativo – Benvenuto all’inferno
9. Jack The Smoker – Sedicinoni
10. Giargo – Boxe

Cinzia Milite

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
2. Marilyn Manson – One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1
3. Jack White – No Name
4. The Smile – Wall Of Eyes
5. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
6. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
7. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
8. The Cure- Songs of a Lost World
9. Kim Gordon – The Collective
10. The Offspring – Supercharged

Giovanni Mastrapasqua

Internazionale

1. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
3. Jesus Lizard – Rack
4. Metz – Up On Gravity Hill
5. Shellac – To All Trains
6. Full of Hell – Coagulated Bliss
7. Touché Amoré – Spiral In A Straight Line
8. And So I Watch You From Afar – Megafauna
9. Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Is it the Clouds?
10. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

Italiana

1. Three Second Kiss – From Fire I Save the Flame
2. Valerian Swing – Liminal
3. James Jonathan Clancy – Sprecato
4. Dennis Callaci & Heimito Künst – First Light
5. Swanz The Lonely Cat – Macbeth
6. Paolo Spaccamonti – Nel Torbido
7. Francesco Lurgo – The Gentle Whale
8. Lua – nube
9. Il Sogno del Marinaio – Terzo
10. Halley DNA – Serpenti in testa

Francesca Albarella

1. What Happened To The Heart – Aurora
2. Cape Forestier – Angus&Julia Stone
3. Dark Matter – Pearl Jam
4. Saviors – Green Day
5. Songs of a Lost World – The Cure
6. Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish
7. Moon Music – Coldplay
8. From Zero – Linkin Park
9. The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift
10. Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé

Giovanni Paladino

Internazionale

1.Fontaines D.C. – Romance
2.Nia Archives – Silence Is Loud
3.Mount Kimbie – The Sunset Violent
4.Idles – Tangk
5.Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
6.Chanel Beads – Your Day Will Come
7.Been Stellar – Scream From New York, NY
8.DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water
9.Helado Negro – PHASOR
10.High Vis – Guided Tour

Italiani

1.Post Nebbia – Pista Nera
2.Coca Puma – Panorama Olivia
3.Maria Chiara Argirò – Closer
4.Bartolini – Tilt
5.Bassolino – Città Futura
6.Masamasa – Alta Fedeltà
7.Lamante – In Memoria Di
8.Dov’è Liana – Love 679
9.Scumma do Mar – Gamba Tesa
10.Fitness Forever – Amore e Salute

Lucio Leonardi

1. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
2. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Nell’Ora Blu
3. Paysage D’Hiver – Die Berge
4. Arstidir Lifsins – Aldrlok
5. Misotheist – Vessels by Which the Devil Made Flesh
6. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja
7. Hauntologist – Hollow
8. Mount Eerie – Night Palace
9. Opeth – The Last Will and Testament
10. Solbrud – IIII

Piergiuseppe Lippolis

Internazionale

1. Charli XCX – Brat
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
3. Avalanche Kaito – Talitakum
4. Kiasmos – II
5. Lip Critic – Hex Dealer
6. Bob Vylan – Humble as the Sun
7. Goat – Goat
8. Nala Sinehpro – Endlessness
9. Beautify Junkyards – Nova
10. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk

Italiana

1. Addict Ameba – Caosmosi
2. Traum – Traum
3. Above the Tree & Ensemble du Beat – Afrolulu
4. Tanz Akademie – Hullabaloo
5. Ponte del Diavolo – Fire Blades from the Tomb
6. SabaSaba – Unknown City
7. Tamburi Neri – La notte
8. Suvari – Buh!
9. R.Y.F. – Deep Dark Blue
10. James Jonathan Clancy – Sprecato

Lorenzo Luzi

1. Julia Holter – Something In The Room She Moves
2. Xiu Xiu – 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips
3. Charli XCX – BRAT
4. Chat Pile – Cool World
5. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
6. Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
7. Kim Gordon – The Collective
8. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
9. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
10. Tapir – The Pilgrim, Their God and The King of My Decrepit Mountain

Nicola Stufano

Internazionale

1. O. – WeirdOs
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD
3. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
4. Death by Gong – Descalator
5. Fat White Family – Forgiveness is Yours
6. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
7. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
8. Uniform – American Standard
9. Elbow – Audio Vertigo
10. Big|Brave – A Chaos of Flowers

Italiana

1. Coca Puma – Panorama Olivia
2. Cigno – Buonanotte Berlinguer
3. Rabhas – Propaganda Antiumana
4. Guinevere – To all the Lost Souls
5. Subsonica – Realtà Aumentata
6. Post Nebbia – Pista Nera
7. Halley DNA – Serpenti in testa
8. Lamante – In Memoria Di
9. La Furnasetta – Infernot
10. Vinnie Marakas – Preferirei di no

Simone Catena

1. Fontaines DC – Romance
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – No Titles As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
3. Marilyn Manson – One Assassination Under God Chapter 1
5. A Burial At Sea – Close to Home
6. Idles – Tangk
7. Yoo Doo Right  From the Heights of Our Pastureland
8. Tides From Nebula – Instant Rewards
9. WaterTank – Liminal Status
10. Sons of Alpha Centauri – Pull

Simone Grazzi

1. The The – Ensoulment
2. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Wild God
4. Trentemøller – Dreamweaver
5. The Smile – Cutouts
6. Goat – Goat
7. Above the Tree & Drum Ensemble du Beat – Afrolulu
8. Mark Knopfler – One Deep River
9. Alva Noto – Xerrox vol.5
10. Isobel Campbell – Bow to Love

Luca Gori

Ulcerate – Cutting the Throat of God
Julie Christmas – Ridiculous and Full Of Blood
Mirar – Mare
Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
IDLES – TANGK
Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
Buzz’ Ayaz – Buzz’ Ayaz
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
Gaerea – Coma

Eros Iachettini

Classifica album artisti internazionali 2024 (in ordine alfabetico)

A.G. Cook – Britpop
Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
Charli XCX – BRAT
Dora Morelenbaum – Pique
English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
Kali Uchis – ORQUÌDEAS
Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes
Nubya Garcia – Odyssey
Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA
Warmduscher – Too Cold to Hold

Classifica album artisti italiani 2024 (in ordine alfabetico)

Any Other – stillness, stop: you a right to remember
Bassolino – Città Futura
Coca Puma – Panorama Olivia
Emanuele Triglia – Moon Kin
FUWAH – CARE
I Hate My Village – Nevermind The Tempo
Il Quadro di Troisi – La Commedia
MACE – MĀYĀ
Sxrrxwland – Anima Macchina
Tanz Akadamie – Hullabaloo

Chiara Crisci

The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Coldplay – Moon Music
St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
The Smashing Pumpkins – Aghori Mhori Mei
Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes
Cesare Cremonini – Alaska Baby
La Rappresentante di Lista – Giorni felici
Angelica – Sconosciuti Superstar
Anna Castiglia – Mi piace
Emma Nolde – Nuovospaziotempo

Davide Bonfanti

Mount Kimbie – The Sunset Violent – Mount Kimbie
Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
Yard Act – Where’s My Utopia
Charli XCX – Brat
LOMA – How Will I Live Without a Body
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! – Bloom
Floating Points – Cascade

Paride Placuzzi

BIG|BRAVE – A Chaos of Flowers
Four Tet – Three
the Jesus Lizard – Rack
I Hate My Village – Nevermind the tempo
Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything
Chat Pile – Cool World
Shellac – To All Trains
Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
Idles – TANGK

Imma I.

Co’Sang – Dinastia
Mina – Gassa D’amante
Erica Mou – Cerchi
Bassolino – Città futura
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Nick Cave – Wild God
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Lenny Kravitz – Blue Electric Light
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
Marilyn Manson – One Assassination Under God, Chapter 1

Antonio Boldri

1. King Hannah – Big Swimmer
2. James Jonathan Clancy – Sprecato
3. The Smile – Wall of eyes
4. Father John Misty – mahashmashana
5. Idles – Tangk
6. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
7. Vasco Brondi – Un segno di vita
8. Badbadnotgood – Mid Spiral
9. The libertines – all quiet on the eastern esplanade
10. Missey – La ricompensa della mangusta

Francesco Giordano

Tanz Akademie – Hullabaloo
irossa – Satura
Mitcho – Nemesi
Atlante – Poi Rinascere
Sxrrxwland – Anima Macchina
Cosmo – Sulle Ali del Cavallo Bianco
Anna Castiglia – MI PIACE
Any Other – stillness, stop: you have a right to remember
Sandri – Esposizione
Visconti – Boy di ferro

Sara Fontana

Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – Christian & Mauro
Camerata Mediolanense – Atalanta Fugiens
Laibach – Opus Dei Revisited
Devin Townsend – PowerNerd
Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
Ministry – HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Ben Frost – Scope Neglect
KMFDM – LET GO
Kim Gordon – The Collective

Simona Cannì

INT

1. Shellac – To All Trains
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 8,340 DEAD
3. Idles – Tangk
4. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
5. the body – The Crying Out of Things
6. Touché Amoré – Spiral in a Straight Line
7. Talk Show – Effigy
8. Julie Christmas – Ridiculous and Full of Blood
9. Kim Gordon – The Collective
10. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

ITA

1. Gionni Gioielli, MxRxGxA – Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare dell’estate
2. MakaiPagan, Arcobaledo – Santa Lucia
3. Vacca, Giovane Feddini – Graveyard Duppies
4. Brattini – Il senso dell’umorismo
5. Eric Draven, Superfluido – Vita segreta delle piante
6. Squito Babe – Sepia: Vol. 1 & 2
7. Gio Lama, Andrea Dono – Liberaci dal male
8. Mapuce – Non chiamarli mostri
9. Cigno – Buonanotte Berlinguer
10. Ottone Pesante – Scrolls of War

Patrick Dall’O’

1. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
2. While She Sleeps – Self Hell
3. Bring Me The Horizon – Post Human: NeX GEn
4. Kublai Khan TX – Exhibition of Prowess
5. Wallows – Model
6. Counterparts – Heaven Let Them Die
7. Poppy – Negative Spaces
8. Touché Amoré – Spiral In A Straight Line
9. Full Of Hell – Coagulated Bliss 
10. Speed – Only One Mode

Emanuela Carsana

1. Floating Point – Cascade
2. Four Tet – Three
3. Alessandro Cortini – Nati infiniti
4. Helena Hauff – Multiply Your Absurdities
5. Aja – Ajaspehère Vol. II
6. Underworld – Strawberry Hotel
7. Data Plan – Late to the Party, Start Without Me
8. Germ – Every Dog Has Its Days
9. De Manned Broeders – Sober Maal
10. Cairnn – Dicembre

Andrea Ghidorzi

Numa Gama – A Spectral Turn
Mary Halvorson – Cloudward
Bianca Scout – Pattern Damage
Nala Sinephro – Endlessness
Wendy Eisenberg – Viewfinder
Geneva Jacuzzi – Triple Fire
The Smile – Cutouts
heylog – eve
Mount Eerie – Night Palace
Jessica Pratt – Here in The Pitch

Tommaso Mosole

1. Cosmo – Sulle ali del cavallo bianco
2. The Black Keys – Ohio Players
3. Rachel Chinouriri – What a Devastatint Turn of Events
4. Christian Löffler – A Life
5. Artemas – Yustyina
6. SXRRXWLAND – Anima Macchina
7. Fred Again.. – Ten Days
8. Post Nebbia – Pista Nera
9. ¥$, KANYE WEST, TY DOLLA $IGN – Vultures 1
10. Charli XCX – Brat

Bob Accio

1. Dorothy Moskowitz & The United States of Alchemy – Under an Endless Sky
2. She Drew the Gun – Howl
3. King Hannah – Big Swimmers
4. Ana Spasic & Francesco Paolo Paladino – The Plains of Po
5. Kit Sebastian – New Internationale
6. Fantastic Negrito – Sonf of a Broken Man
7. Osees – Orcs 80
8. X – Smoke & Fiction
9. Lèo Dupleix – Resonant Trees
10. Norah Jones – Visions

Tommaso Nicolosi

1. Silvia Cignoli – Allegory of Earth and Water
2. Knocked Loose – You Wont Go Before You’re Supposed to
3. Julie Christmas – Ridicolous and Full of Blood
4. Jon Hopkins – Ritual
5. Nails – Every Bridge Burning
6. Massimo Pupillo – Limonov OST
7. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Of the Last Human Being
8. JPEGMAFIA – I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
9. Ben Frost – Scope Neglect
10. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere