Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and the Denver-based Death Metal band Blood Incantation are hosting a one night only fan event that reflects “cosmic music for cosmic people.” On May 20th, 26 Alamo Drafthouse locations from coast to coast will screen the band’s new documentary, All Gates Open: In Search Of Absolute Elsewhere, followed by a live Q&A broadcast from Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake in Denver.
The documentary is an immersive look at the band’s creative process during their 2023 recording sessions at Berlin’s Hansa Studios and it captures the making of Absolute Elsewhere. The documentary also traces the band’s evolution from atmospheric Death Metal pioneers into more expansive, cosmic territory. The screenings will be preceded by a 20 minute pre-show, featuring Blood Incantation’s 20-minute music video for “The Stargate”.
Blood Incantion says:
The creation of ‘Absolute Elsewhere’ was truly a monumental process – taking several years and dozens of people to manifest it – and to see the results of its ambition continue to blossom is truly humbling. Being huge fans of music documentaries ourselves, we knew at the outset that any attempt to capture this project fully would require a workload of epic proportions.
Back in Berlin during July 2023, it was a real joy to have the documentary crew with us throughout the album sessions (and much more), chronicling many small yet important moments of the creative process, and were truly impressed by the final product’s warm and welcoming comprehensiveness; covering everything from rehearsals and preproduction, to collaborating with our musical inspirations, and diving deep into the personal philosophies behind the music. We were thrilled to be able to include the making-of documentary as a bonus item for the limited 4-disc deluxe artbook version of the album, yet we couldn’t escape feeling that perhaps burying it in such a specialized format might have limited our fans’ access to it. To that end, we are honored to be able to present ‘All Gates Open: In Search of Absolute Elsewhere’ in its ideal context – in theaters, in tandem with the standalone release of its accompanying soundtrack on 2LP and CD, both of which include the documentary on Blu-ray.
We are deeply grateful to Alamo Drafthouse for their collaboration on this special event, and look forward to sharing with our fans this feature length, in-depth film showcasing the creation of this album which so greatly transformed our lives.
In addition to the screening, fans can pre-order an exclusive All Gates Open Alamo Tour T-shirt and the limited edition All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Gatefold Gold Black Ice 2LP + Blu-ray on AlamoMart.com. It includes a deluxe LP booklet, poster, etching on Side D, plus the full documentary and three music videos on blu-ray.
Tickets for the event on May 20th are on sale now at drafthouse.com in the following theaters:
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco (New Mission)
Santa Clara (Valley Fair)
Colorado
Denver (Sloans Lake) with Blood Incantation in person
Littleton
Westminster
DC / Virginia
Washington D.C. (Bryant Street)
Ashburn, VA
Woodbridge, VA
Charlottesville, VA
Florida
Naples
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Massachusetts
Boston
Missouri
Springfield
Minnesota
Woodbury
North Carolina
Raleigh
Nebraska
Omaha
New York
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Yonkers
Texas
Austin (South Lamar)
Dallas-Ft. Worth (Richardson)
San Antonio (Park North)
Laredo
Corpus Christi
