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BENIGHTED release new track ‘A Personified Evil’

BENIGHTED is back with a brand new track ‘A Personified Evil’, containing special guest Francesco Paoli from FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE. The track can now be viewed here:

Vocalist Julien Truchan comments: “Here we go with “A Personified Evil”, our brand new single featuring none but our amazing brother Francesco Paoli from Fleshgod Apocalypse !! 2’53 of pure violence available in this lyrics video released by our friend Guilherme who did a great job! Tell us what you think about this new piece of insanity and please spread it everywhere you can, not only on the beach !! 🤣 Thank you for your support and let’s dance! We want to thank Francesco, Remy Headsplit Design who released this beautiful artwork, Frek from La Forme du Son who recorded my vocals and of course Kohle from the Kohlekeller Studio who made the mix and master of this track! SHARE SHARE SHARE!“

BENIGHTED have previously announced new European tourdates for September and October 2021! The band will be supporting ABORTED during the first run of the ‘Hell Over Europe 4’ tour. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.  Vocalist Julien Truchan comments: “Huge news! With fingers crossed that this pandemic will be over soon, we are so proud and insanely happy to announce this amazing European Tour with our brothers Aborted: Hell Over Europe 4! With this killer line-up, we will hit the road again to bring brutality back on stage and show you how the tracks of our new album ‘Obscene Repressed’ sound live. Every night will be the occasion to party with friends and fans to celebrate the return of what we are all made for : FUCKING BRUTAL LIVE MUSIC! Can’t wait to see you all, guys!“

BENIGHTED
+Aborted +The Acacia Strain +Fleddy Melculy
24/09/2021    Dynamo, Eindhoven (NL)
25/09/2021    De Kreun, Kortrijk (BE)
26/09/2021    MS Connexion Complex, Mannheim (DE)
28/09/2021    TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL)
29/09/2021    The Dome, London (UK)
30/09/2021    Trabendo, Paris (FR)
01/10/2021    Musadeath Festival, Nantes (FR)
02/10/2021    John Lennon, Limoges (FR)
03/10/2021    Le Rex, Toulouse (FR)
05/10/2021    Totem, Pamplona (ES)
06/10/2021    Hard Club, Porto (PT)
07/10/2021    RCA Club, Lisbon (PT)
08/10/2021    Shoko, Madrid (ES)
09/10/2021    Salamandra, Barcelona (ES)
10/10/2021    CCO Villeurbanne, Lyon (FR)
11/10/2021    Kiff, Aarau (CH)
12/10/2021    Slaughter Club, Milano (IT)
13/10/2021    Orto Bar, Ljubljana (SI)
14/10/2021    Barba Negra, Budapest (HU)
15/10/2021    Szene, Vienna (AT)
16/10/2021    Feierwerk, Munich (DE)
17/10/2021    Meet factory, Prague (CZ)
18/10/2021    Randal club, Bratislava (SK)
20/10/2021    Zbau, Nuremberg (DE)
21/10/2021    Kulttempel, Oberhausen (DE)

More info on BENIGHTED and their latest album ‘Obscene Repressed, like bio and bandpictures, can be found HERE!  For more BENIGHTED updates, check their Facebook, Website or Instagram

BENIGHTED announce ‘Obscene Repressed’ European tour

Extreme French band BENIGHTED are now announcing the new and updated ‘Obscene Repressed’tour dates which will kick off this in October 2020. The band were, like many others, forced to cancel their previously announced tourdates, including athe Hellfest Warm-up tour which would take place this month. A full list of updated and confirmed shows can be found below!

Vocalist Julien Truchan comments: “After the huge frustration about ccancelation of our “Hellfest Warm Up Tour” and all these great summer festivals being cancelled, we are now happy to announce the new “Obscene Repressed Tour”. If this fucking Covid allows it, we will soon have the occasion to party together twice as hard and show you how the tracks of our new album sounds live. We are so impatient to spill our guts on stage and see you all. France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Norway… Stay fucking sick with brutal live music!”
BENIGHTED 2020
03 Oct 20 Vallet (FR) Le Champilambart (Muscadeath Fest)
04 Oct 20 Toulouse (FR) Connecion Live
06 Oct 20 Orléans (FR) Dropkick Bar
07 Oct 20 Leusden (NL) Fort 33
08 Oct 20 Fontaine-L’évêque BE (FR) MCP Apache
09 Oct 20 Mannheim (DE) MS Connexicon Complex
10 Oct 20 Vienna (AT) Escape Metalcorner
11 Oct 20 Salzburg (AT) Rockhouse Bar
13 Oct 20 Martigny (CH) Sunset Bar
14 Oct 20 Lyon (FR) Ninkasi Café
15 Oct 20 Colmar (FR) Le Grillen
16 Oct 20 Paris (FR) Le Petit Bain
17 Oct 20 Genève (CH) PTR
24 Oct 20 Montpellier (FR) Rockstore
06 Nov 20 Epinal (FR) La Souris Verte
07 Nov 20 Murs Erigné (FR) Omega Festival
05 Dec 20 Niort (FR) Le Camji (Rise & Fall Fest)
12 Dec 20 Nantes (FR) Warehouse (Warm Up Hellfest)

BENIGHTED 2021
23 Jan 21 Lisbon (PT) XXXAPADA na Tromba Festival
02 Apr 21 Oslo (NO) Inferno Festival
31 Jul 21 Steenwijk (NL) Stonehenge Festival
Drummer Kévin Paradis recently released a brand new play-through video for the track ‘Muzzle’, taken from the new full length “Obscene Repressed”.
Kevin Paradis comments on the video: “On Benighted’s new album “Obscene Repressed”, I’ve done my best to mix all my influences together to create the best drum beats and fills possible for the guitar riffing. ‘Muzzle’ is an example of what I’ve tried to do, from the jazzy “chabada” to blast beats, you’ll find many different drumming in just one song. Hope you’ll enjoy”

The album can still be ordered HERE.
Line-up:
Julien Truchan: Vocals
Emmanuel Dalle: Guitars
Fabien Desgardins: Guitars
Pierre Arnoux: Bass
Kévin Paradis: Drums

Recording studio: Kohlekeller Studio (Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany)
Producer/Mixing: Kristian Bonifer
Mastering: Tom Porcell

Guest musicians:
Sebastian Grihm (CYTOTOXIN) on ‘The Starving Beast’
Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) on ‘Implore The Negative’
Karsten Jäger (DISBELIEF) on ‘Mom, I Love You The Wrong Way’

Benighted enter studio for new album!

Extreme French metal outfit  BENIGHTED have entered the studio for the recordings of their brand new album “Obscene Repressed” which will be released via Season of Mist in 2020. Drummer Kevin Paradis has kicked off the drum recordings last weekend at the Kohlekeller Sudio in Germany.

Vocalist Julien Truchan commented: “Fellows, it’s about time to give birth to the very twisted and violent little brother that ‘Necrobreed’ deserves. We are back to the Kohlekeller Studio (Powerwolf, Aborted, Cremator) in Germany and if some of you thought that it would be difficult to go even further in brutality and insanity than Necrobreed, we are impatient for you to throw an ear on this new piece of our guts… Our humanoid machine Kevin Paradis started yesterday recording the drums for the upcoming album called ‘Obscene Repressed’ and we can’t wait to deliver you the most intense stuff we’ve ever made!”

Julien continues:
“This concept-album is about the story of a schizophrenic young man, with a cleft palate and serious oedipal issues that lead him to think and do extremely delusional things that you will discover among the songs… Hope you will enjoy this new beautiful love story! Ah ah! Stay sick, my friends!””

The new album is scheduled for release in 2020 via Season of Mist
BENIGHTED‘s latest EP ‘Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master’ was released in 2018. Artwork, track list and album info can be found below.
Track-list
1. Teeth And Hatred (2:27)
2. Martyr (3:03)
3. Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master (4:11)
4. Slaughter Of The Soul (At The Gates cover) (3:00)
5. Reptilian (Live in Lyon 2018) (4:26)
6. Cum With Disgust (Live in Lyon ft. Arno, Black Bomb A) (3:10)
7. Spit (Live in Lyon 2018 ft. Niklas, Shining)  (4:52)
8. Necrobreed (Live in Lyon 2018) (1:30)
9. Unborn Infected Children (Live in Lyon 2018 ft. Sven, Aborted) (3:56)
10. Foetus (Live in Lyon 2018 ft. Ben, Unfathomable Ruination) (3:20) Total playing time: 33:55
Madness reigns! BENIGHTED deliver the radical soundtrack to these savage times.

BENIGHTED were spawned by members from French Death and Black metal bands DISHUMANIZED, DARKNESS FIRE, and OSGILIATH, who joined forces in 1998 for a more brutal, heavy and modern way of expression. When their first self-produced and self-titled full-length hit the streets in 2000, it immediately had a strong impact. This turned a side-project into a main act. A fast-growing fan base was built by a string of acclaimed albums: ‘Psychose’ (2002), ‘Insane Cephalic Production’ (2004), ‘Identisick’ (2006), and ‘Icon’ (2007) were all enthusiastically received. With their latest full-length ‘Necrobreed’, the French sidestepped the steadily growing complexity of their previous albums ‘Asylum Cave’ (2011) and ‘Carnivore Sublime’ (2014) by recalibrating their sound along their roots. ‘Necrobreed’ came based on a theme revolving around the abysmal potential of the human psyche.
 
On the live front, BENIGHTED quickly started to capture audiences with sweat driver performances that bulldozer any resistance mercilessly aside. This allowed the French to climb up the ladder fast and soon came invitations to all major European festivals including Neurotic Death Fest, Hellfest, Wacken, Brutal Assault, Summer Breeze, and Inferno Festival among many more.
 
After their 20th anniversary, it was time for BENIGHTED to capture the live madness on ‘Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master’ which not only contains three brand new tracks and the brutal  AT THE GATES cover of ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’, but also live recordings with guest musicians such as Sven Decaluwé (ABORTED), Nikita Kamprad (DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT), Arno (BLACK BOMB A), Niklas Kvarforth (SHINING) and Ben Wright (UFATHOMABLE RUINATION).
 
‘Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master’ gives yet another extreme musical voice to the madness lurking within!
 
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Line-up
Julien Truchan – vocals
Emmanuel Dalle – guitars
Fabien Desgardins – guitars
Pierre Arnoux – bass
Kévin Paradis – drums

Guest Musicians
3. Dogs Always Bite Harder than Their Master
Sven Decaluwé (ABORTED) and Nikita Kamprad (DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT)
 
6. Cum With Disgust (Live in Lyon 2018)
Arno (BLACK BOMB A)
 
7. Spit (Live in Lyon 2018)
Niklas Kvarforth (SHINING)
 
9. Unborn Infected Children (Live in Lyon 2018)
Sven Decaluwé (ABORTED)
 
10. Foetus (Live in Lyon 2018)
Ben Wright (UFATHOMABLE RUINATION)

Benighted announce tour in Asia and India

In just one week, BENIGHTED will embark on a great adventure by touring parts of Asia and India. The French death grind maniacs will perform in Dubai, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

Vocalist Julien Truchan comments on behalf of the band: “Hey fellows! It’s time for BENIGHTED: to bring the ‘Necrobreed’ madness to the East! We are stoked to announce our very first tour in Asia and India to be starting soon this November! We can hardly wait to see you all at our shows and discover how crazy your mosh-pits are in India, Dubaï, Indonesia, Malysia, and Vietnam… Stay sick and see you on tour!”

BENIGHTED Asia
17 Nov 17 Dubai (AE) Rocky´s Cafe Regent Hotel
18 Nov 17 Delhi (IN) The People & Co
19 Nov 17 Guwahati (IN) O2
21 Nov 17 Imphal (IN) YAC Ground Yaiskul
24 Nov 17 Itanagar (IN) Nyokum Lapang
26 Nov 17 Hanoi (VN) Hanoi Rock City
27 Nov 17 Saigon (VN) La Fenétre Soleil
28 Nov 17 Singapore (SG) SLED Productions x Decline
30 Nov 17 Kuala Lumpur (MY) Playspace LIVE Damansara

BENIGHTED will be touring in support of their latest album ‘Necrobreed’, which was released on February 17th. Artwork and track-list can be viewed below.

01. Hush Little Baby
02. Reptilian
03. Psychosilencer
04. Forgive Me Father
05. Leatherface
06. Der Doppelgaenger
07. Necrobreed
08. Monsters Make Monsters
09. Cum With Disgust
10. Versipellis
11. Reeks Of Darkened Zoopsia
12. Mass Grave

Madness reigns! BENIGHTED deliver the radical soundtrack to these savage times. With their new full-length ‘Necrobreed’, the French sidestep the steadily growing complexity of their previous albums ‘Asylum Cave’ (2011) and ‘Carnivore Sublime’ (2014) by recalibrating their sound along their roots.

‘Necrobreed’ is the result of modern violence combined with an undercurrent of old school feeling. BENIGHTED keep their grinding influences but classic death metal clearly shows through the fabric. Those insane pig squeals are backed-up by massive growling. Crushing riffing and nuclear drumming meet subtle melodies and hidden hooks are fuelling the fury.

BENIGHTED were spawned by members from French Death and Black metal bands DISHUMANIZED, DARKNESS FIRE, and OSGILIATH, who joined forces in 1998 for a more brutal, heavy and modern way of expression. When their first self-produced and self-titled full-length hit the streets in 2000, it immediately had a strong impact. This turned a side-project into a main act. A fast-growing fan base was built by a string of acclaimed albums: ‘Psychose’ (2002), ‘Insane Cephalic Production’ (2004), ‘Identisick’ (2006), and ‘Icon’ (2007) were all enthusiastically received.

On the live front, BENIGHTED quickly started to capture audiences with sweat driver performances that bulldozer any resistance mercilessly aside. This allowed the French to climb up the ladder fast and soon came invitations to all major European festivals including Neurotic Death Fest, Hellfest, Wacken, Brutal Assault, Summer Breeze, and Inferno Festival among many more.

BENIGHTED recorded ‘Necrobreed’ once again in Germany’s Kohlekeller Studio in continuation of a very successful relationship. The other constant with these brutal death addicts is an album concept that comes based on a theme revolving around the abysmal potential of the human psyche. This time vocalist (and caretaker in a mental asylum) Julien Truchan penned lyrics dealing with a man, who is stitching dead animals to his abdomen. On feeling the warmth of his infected flesh, the schizophrenic “gives birth” to the carcass and places it in his house as the result of a severe childhood trauma involving a dead cat.

‘Necrobreed’ gives an extreme musical voice to the madness lurking within. Let your mind be shaken by BENIGHTED. In case of side effects, please see a doctor.

Recording line-up
Julien Truchan: vocals
Olivier Gabriel: guitars
Romain Goulon: drums
Pierre Arnoux: bass, backing vocals
Emmanuel Dalle: guitars

Current line-up
Julien Truchan: vocals
Emmanuel Dalle: guitars
Romain Goulon: drums
Pierre Arnoux: bass, backing vocals
Fack: guitars

Guest appearances
Asphodel (Chenille): vocals on “Hush Little Baby ”
Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder): vocals on”Forgive Me Father”
Arno (Black Bomb A): vocals on “Cum With Disgust”

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