Eventually the saying ''every dog has its day'' is really wise and diachronic. Although 2004's dawn was submerged by enviable works in the extreme Metal field, with Cannibal Corpse, Vomitory, Suffocation among others delivering great albums one after the other, it seems that the rest of this year will be ''sinked'' into mediocrity. What if Incanation is an indisputable veteran Death Metal band? What if they exist for over 15 years in the music scene and have also released the classic Onward To Golgotha? Since then, several years have passed and likely irredeemably...
To make myself clear, Decimate Cristendom is not a bad album. It's main problem is that it doesn't have climaxes, intense moments and outbursts. There are some worthy riffs inside it and surely the members' technical abilities are not to be doubted. There are also some interesting doomy rhythms at times, which differentiate it from the typical Death Metal album, and it's quite obvious that the band preferred to create a gloomy/agonizing atmosphere rather than pushing the speed limits...
...which doesn't necessarily mean that is to be judged as successful. I believe that it rather aggravates rather than amplifies the tracks, which already suffer from 'inspiratus deficiencalis'.  
Personally, I listened to this album with the same attitude I confront my mother when she yells her lungs out at me about the telephone bill. I just waited for it to finish. I didn't make a single expression during its length, either because of enthusiasm or frustration. I mean...it is so damn indifferent, so harmless. And as this wasn't enough, their so far vocalist Mike Saez has left the band and behind the micro is John McEntee who growls like a dying bull, making the listening an even more difficult and untasty experience.
A disappointing release from a nonetheless legendary band, which will probably let down even the most dedicated fans of theirs. Not a bad album, but uniquely dead-and-alive. The only reason it surpasses mediocrity is the partly alteration from the sound's cliches, due to the doom elements, which I must add it won't prevail over a well-studied listener.