[2] Lead singer and guitarist Paul Riedl stated "Absolute Elsewhere is our most potent audial extract/musical trip yet; like the soundtrack to a Herzog-style sci-fi epic about the history of/battle for human consciousness itself, via a '70s prog album played by a '90s death metal band from the future.

"[5][6] On September 27, 2024, the band released "The Stargate", the first song on the album, accompanied by a short film directed by Michael Ragen and produced by Mindy Kelly.

[19] Reviewing it for AllMusic, Paul Simpson described it as, "a headstrong rush of slashing riffs, complex time signatures, tripped-out growling, and wild, surreal left turns."

and concluded, "Blood Incantation belong to the class of bands such as Gorguts, Demilich, and Sigh who push extreme metal far beyond its conventions, and Absolute Elsewhere is a towering achievement which exceeds all expectations.

"[3] Pitchfork's Sam Goldner gave it a score of 8.5/10, writing: "Just when it can't seem to get any bigger, it all gets swept away, echoing out to some arcane, far-off land, where fantasy is alive and the riffs roam free.