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"Disincarnate" is the 2nd full-length studio album by French death/thrash metal act Loudblast. The album was released through Semetery Records in July 1991. It´s the successor to "Sensorial Treatment" from 1989 and features one lineup change since the predecessor as drummer Joris Terrier has been replaced by Thierry Pinck.
Stylistically Loudblast have shed the thrash metal leanings of "Sensorial Treatment (1989)" and have gone for a more pure US influenced death metal sound on "Disincarnate". The US influence may in part be a result of the album being recorded and mixed by Scott Burns at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida. "Disincarnate" features a time-typical Scott Burns sound production, but not one of his better ones. In fact the sound production is powerless and renders the music less brutal and raw than it potentially could have been.
The material is decent enough but ultimately very standard for the time and for the genre. The musicianship is alright and lead vocalist/guitarist Stephane Buriez gets the job done with his growling delivery. Again it´s nothing out of the ordinary for the genre, and a little more bite and variation in the way the vocals are delivered and maybe a few more memorable riffs and rhythms could have done the trick.
Upon conclusion "Disincarnate" leaves me relatively indifferent and I don´t really remember anything from the album after it has finished playing. There weren´t many French death metal acts releasing albums in those days (Massacra, Supuration, and Misanthrope come to mind, but not many others), and that makes this album a slightly exotic fruit in the vast sea of Swedish, UK, US, Dutch, and German death metal albums released in the early 90s. Being an exotic fruit doesn´t mean you don´t have to deliver quality though, and compared to the best artists in the genre from that time, this is simply a bit sub par. A 3 star (60%) rating is still warranted though.