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BENIGHTED Release Eighth Studio Album ‘Necrobreed’
February 24th, 2017

Saint Etienne, France-based deathgrind group Benighted issued eighth full-length Necrobreed on February 24th, 2017 through Season Of Mist.

Necrobreed was made available in several CD and LP formats, including a limited edition digibox (containing two bonus tracks, a 24-page booklet, a carabiner key strap with a bottle opener, a poster, and a sticker).

The outing was recorded in Kohlekeller Studio in Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany, and marks the recording debut of former Necrophagist drummer Romain Goulon. The album also features guest vocal contributions from Asphodel (Chenille), Trevor Strnad (Black Dahlia Murder) and Arno (Black Bomb A).

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Hush Little Baby’ (feat. Asphodel)
02. ‘Reptilian’
03. ‘Psychosilencer’
04. ‘Forgive Me Father’ (feat. Trevor Strnad)
05. ‘Leatherface’
06. ‘Der Doppelgaenger’
07. ‘Necrobreed’
08. ‘Monsters Make Monsters’
09. ‘Cum With Disgust’ (feat. Arno)
10. ‘Versipellis’
11. ‘Reeks Of Darkened Zoopsia’
12. ‘Mass Grave’
13. ‘Biotech Is Godzilla’ (Sepultura cover) *
14. ‘Christraping Black Metal’ (Marduk cover) *

*limited edition digibox bonus tracks

Benighted’s recording line-up was as follows;

Julien Truchan (vocals)
Olivier Gabriel (guitars)
Emmanuel Dalle (guitars)
Pierre Arnoux (bass and backing vocals)
Romain Goulon (drums, ex-Necrophagist)

Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Reptilian’ and ‘Leatherface’, which can be viewed below.

Seventh studio record Carnivore Sublime was released in February 2014 via Season Of Mist.

Promotional photograph by Anthony Dubois.