Extreme French metal outfit BENIGHTED are proud to announce their participation to the Hellfest warm-up tour this year! The masters of deathgrind will not only play the French run in April, but also the Japanese Hellfest warm-up dates in Osaka and Tokyo a few weeks later. Support will come from SHAARGHOT and RISE OF THE NORTH STAR on selected dates. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
Vocalist Julien Truchan comments: “No other occasion would be better to promote our new album “Obscene Repressed” than the amazing Hellfest Warmup Tour 2020 and hitting the French and Swiss roads with Shaarghot and the Hellfest crew!!! We are so impatient to show you what Benighted is capable of on stage, make you discover the new tracks and roar the old ones together! We want to see the moshpit on fire !!! Stay sick !!!“
Français: “Quelle meilleure occasion de défendre notre nouvel album “Obscene Repressed” que d’embarquer pour le Warmup Hellfest Tour et partir pour une tournée française (et suisse) de folie avec Shaarghot et l’équipe du Hellfest!!! On a tellement hâte de vous retrouver dans chaque ville pour vous montrer ce dont Benighted est capable sur scène, vous faire découvrir les nouveaux morceaux et s’arracher la gorge ensemble sur les anciens ! On veut voir le gros bordel dans le moshpit !!! Stay sick !!!”
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).
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