Blood Incantation and Alamo Drafthouse Team Up for One-Night Screening of Documentary

The one-night event will be held on May 20th and includes a live Q&A and unique merch

Langdon Hickman

May 6, 2026 | 11:06am ET

Converge Unleash New Song "Doom in Bloom": Stream

May 5, 2026

Jason Newsted Reveals Real Reason He Left Metallica: "I Was Going To Die"

May 5, 2026

Glen Matlock's Sex Pistols Documentary Gets US Digital Release Date

May 4, 2026

Blood Incantation and Alamo Drafthouse are teaming up for a one-night showing of the band’s documentary All Gates Open: In Search of Absolute Elsewhere on May 20th.

The film chronicles the making of Blood Incantation’s critically acclaimed album Absolute Elsewhere, and features a unique soundtrack of ambient music created by the band. The showing will also include a 20-minute pre-show of the music video for the song “The Stargate,” one of two massive tracks off of Absolute Elsewhere, which was named Heavy Consequence‘s Best Metal Album of 2024.

Get Blood Incantation Tickets Here

Following the screening, a live band Q&A will be broadcast from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Sloans Lake in Denver. Tickets for all showings will be available here.

Related Video

Blood Incantation said in a statement:

“The creation of Absolute Elsewhere was truly a monumental process — taking several years & 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 & welcoming comprehensiveness; covering everything from rehearsals & 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 & 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.”

Alongside the screenings of the documentary, there will also be exclusive All Gates Open Alamo Drafthouse T-shirts as well as limited edition copies of the All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) gatefold double-LP/Bluray on gold black ice available here.

Chaya Rosenthal of Alamo Drafthouse stated, “We’re excited to be partnering with Blood Incantation to bring something truly cosmic to our theaters. It’s not every day you get to experience a mind-expanding death metal odyssey from the comfort of your theater seat.”

Alamo Drafthouse has partnered with two other bands this year for similar showings, including the Gorillaz for their film The Mountain, The Moon Cave and the Sad God, as well as NOFX doe the documentary 40 Years of Fucking Up.

See the trailer for the film and pictures of the unique merch as well as all locations for the showing below.