Disincarnate were the brainchild of extreme metal mercenary James Murphy, whose impressive C.V includes death metal pioneers Death and underrated thrashers Testament. In those bands he was able to showcase his lead prowess, but only in Disincarnate did he finally get a chance to have almost sovereign control over the musical direction of the band.
Released in 1993, the peak of the genre, output and popularity wise, so Disincarnate were able to ride on the waves of death metal's success, snagging a deal with Roadrunner to release their one and only album, Dreams of the Carrion Kind.
Whilst there are some pretty tasty riffs and decent drumming, Disincarnate offer not much more than what you've already heard. It inevitably suffers with comparisons to Death - if you've heard the albums Individual Thought Patterns and Human, released in the same era, there's not a lot here that will surprise or interest you. In addition, Colin Richardson's production is excellent, but it confines the band within a set paradigm (that of generic 90's death metal), rather than to forge something unique and fresh.
6/10
Highlights : "Stench of Burning Redemption".
See also - Death, Carcass, Obituary.
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