Benighted

Benighted

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In May 1998, death metal band Benighted was born in Saint-Etienne, France. Influenced by bands such as Cannibal Corpse and Marduk, the band soon began composing their own material, releasing their homonymous, totally self-produced debut album in 2000. Barely two years later, Benighted released their second LP, Psychose, even more technical than its predecessor. Forging their musical identity on stage, the musicians were noticed by the label Adipocère Records, who signed them and sent them to record the album Insane Cephalic Production in Germany in 2003. Just as they were beginning to make a real impact, Benighted went one better with their fourth opus, Identisick, released in 2006. The band signed to Osmose Productions and released Icon in 2007, before enjoying their first Hellfest show a year later, in 2008. Three years later, Benighted found themselves signed to Season Of Mist, releasing the album Asylum Cave, followed by Carnivore Sublime in 2014. Despite multiple line-up changes over the years, Benighted remains a stronghold of French death metal, and released a new opus in 2017, entitled Necrobreed.

Top tracks

04
Pick Your Fighter (feat. Julien Truchan)
Cage Fight
Exuvia
02:44
Writer: Nadiya - Rachel Aspe / Composers: Jim Pinder - James Monteith - Rachel Aspe - Nicholas Plews - Sam Bloor - William Horsman
04
Le Vice des Entrailles
Benighted
Ekbom
03:05
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
Hostile
Benighted
Asylum Cave
02:42
05
Nothing Left to Fear
Benighted
Ekbom
02:43
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Slut
Benighted
Icon
02:54
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
03
Morgue
Benighted
Ekbom
03:22
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Scars
Benighted
Ekbom
03:14
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Let The Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:54
06
Ekbom
Benighted
Ekbom
03:42
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
08
A Quiet Day
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:41
09
Shadows Descend
Benighted
Asylum Cave
02:59
13
Wrath (Nasum cover bonus track)
Benighted
Asylum Cave
02:08
10
Swallow
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:02
08
A Reason for Treason
Benighted
Ekbom
03:17
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
01
X2y
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
01:29
01
Nails
Benighted
Nails
03:20
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Martyr
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
03:02
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Prey
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:55
12
Mother Earth, Mother Whore
Benighted
Ekbom
04:28
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
07
Metastasis
Benighted
Ekbom
03:32
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Collapse
Benighted
Identisick
03:47
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
02
Porkchop Express
Coffin Feeder
Big Trouble
02:57
Writer: Sven De Caluwé / Composers: Jan Hallaert, Siebe Hermans
09
Cum with Disgust
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
03:09
01
Implore the Negative
Benighted
Implore the Negative
04:04
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Foetus
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:05
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
01
The Spineless Freak
Benighted
The Spineless Freak
04:23
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Experience Your Flesh
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
03:05
02
Reptilian
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
03:16
10
Scapegoat
Benighted
Ekbom
02:22
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
10
Versipellis
Benighted
Necrobreed
02:49
06
Der Doppelgaenger
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:48
12
Bound to Facial Plague
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
03:28
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
11
Flesh against Flesh
Benighted
Ekbom
03:17
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
09
Fame of the Grotesque
Benighted
Ekbom
02:19
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
The Starving Beast
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
03:07
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
Slaughter of the Soul
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
02:59
Composers: Bjorler Anders Martin - Bjorler Jonas Fredrik - Lindberg Tomas
05
Leatherface
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:23
04
Forgive Me Father (feat. Trevor Strnad)
Benighted
Necrobreed
04:16
03
Psychosilencer
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:31
11
Lethal Merycism
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:36
06
Self proclaimed god
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:34
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
01
A Personified Evil
Benighted
A Personified Evil
02:59
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
07
Necrobreed
Benighted
Necrobreed
01:28
11
Reeks of Darkened Zoopsia
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:15
01
Asylum Cave
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:32
01
Bestial breeding
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:49
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
06
Smile Then Bleed
Benighted
Icon
03:38
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
08
Phlebotomized
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
04:06
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
06
Unborn Infected Children
Benighted
Asylum Cave
04:10
08
Icon
Benighted
Icon
04:18
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
05
Fritzl
Benighted
Asylum Cave
04:38
04
Saw It All
Benighted
Icon
03:56
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Eric Lombard / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
11
The Underneath
Benighted
Icon
03:01
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
05
Forsaken
Benighted
Icon
03:30
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Olivier Gabriel / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
11
Suffer The Cildren
Benighted
Identisick
04:08
Writer: Mark Greenway / Composers: Mick Harris - Mitch Harris
09
Human Circles
Benighted
Icon
03:49
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
03
Let the Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
04:16
03
Identisick
Benighted
Identisick
03:54
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
07
Pledge Of Retaliation
Benighted
Icon
03:03
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
02
Noise
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
03:08
03
Grind Wit
Benighted
Icon
03:39
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
01
Dreamweaver
Benighted
The Master of Darkness
02:55
Writer: Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson / Composers: Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson

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  • Discography
Albums
Ekbom
(P) 2024 Benighted, under exclusive license to Season of Mist
12-04-2024
Ekbom
01
Prodrome
Benighted
Ekbom
01:18
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Scars
Benighted
Ekbom
03:14
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Morgue
Benighted
Ekbom
03:22
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
Le Vice des Entrailles
Benighted
Ekbom
03:05
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
05
Nothing Left to Fear
Benighted
Ekbom
02:43
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
06
Ekbom
Benighted
Ekbom
03:42
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
07
Metastasis
Benighted
Ekbom
03:32
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Obscene Repressed
(P) 2020 Season of Mist
10-04-2020
Obscene Repressed
01
Obscene Repressed
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
02:26
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Nails
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
03:20
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Brutus
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
02:48
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
The Starving Beast
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
03:07
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
05
Smoke Through the Skull
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
02:59
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
06
Implore the Negative
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
04:04
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
07
Muzzle
Benighted
Obscene Repressed
02:42
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
(P) 2020 Season of Mist
10-04-2020
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
01
Obscene Repressed
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
02:26
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Nails
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
03:20
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Brutus
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
02:48
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
The Starving Beast
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
03:07
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
05
Smoke Through the Skull
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
02:59
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
06
Implore the Negative
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
04:04
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
07
Muzzle
Benighted
Obscene Repressed (Deluxe Edition)
02:42
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
Access the complete album info (14 songs)
Necrobreed
17-02-2017
Necrobreed
01
Hush Little Baby
Benighted
Necrobreed
01:08
02
Reptilian
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:16
03
Psychosilencer
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:31
04
Forgive Me Father (feat. Trevor Strnad)
Benighted
Necrobreed
04:16
05
Leatherface
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:23
06
Der Doppelgaenger
Benighted
Necrobreed
03:48
07
Necrobreed
Benighted
Necrobreed
01:28
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
17-02-2017
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
01
Hush Little Baby
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
01:08
02
Reptilian
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
03:16
03
Psychosilencer
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
03:31
04
Forgive Me Father (feat. Trevor Strnad)
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
04:16
05
Leatherface
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
03:23
06
Der Doppelgaenger
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
03:48
07
Necrobreed
Benighted
Necrobreed (Deluxe)
01:28
Access the complete album info (14 songs)
Brutalive the Sick
24-02-2015
Brutalive the Sick
01
X2y
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
02:38
02
Noise
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
03:42
03
Let the Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
04:16
04
Collapse
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
05:02
05
Experience Your Flesh
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
03:12
06
Carnivore Sublime
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
05:32
07
Prey
Benighted
Brutalive the Sick
04:15
Access the complete album info (13 songs)
Carnivore Sublime
14-02-2014
Carnivore Sublime
01
X2y
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
01:29
02
Noise
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
03:08
03
Experience Your Flesh
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
03:05
04
Slaughter / Suicide
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
04:38
05
Spit
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
03:25
06
Defiled Purity
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
04:50
07
Jekyll
Benighted
Carnivore Sublime
02:06
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
Asylum Cave
21-03-2011
Asylum Cave
01
Asylum Cave
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:32
02
Let The Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:54
03
Prey
Benighted
Asylum Cave
03:55
04
Hostile
Benighted
Asylum Cave
02:42
05
Fritzl
Benighted
Asylum Cave
04:38
06
Unborn Infected Children
Benighted
Asylum Cave
04:10
07
The Cold Remains
Benighted
Asylum Cave
04:00
Access the complete album info (13 songs)
Icon
Osmose Productions
19-09-2007
Icon
01
Complete Exsanguination
Benighted
Icon
00:26
Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Olivier Gabriel / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
02
Slut
Benighted
Icon
02:54
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
03
Grind Wit
Benighted
Icon
03:39
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
04
Saw It All
Benighted
Icon
03:56
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Eric Lombard / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
05
Forsaken
Benighted
Icon
03:30
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Olivier Gabriel / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
06
Smile Then Bleed
Benighted
Icon
03:38
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
07
Pledge Of Retaliation
Benighted
Icon
03:03
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N'Guyen / Other contributors: Les Editions Hurlantes
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Identisick
Osmose Productions
13-01-2006
Identisick
01
Nemesis
Benighted
Identisick
03:32
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
02
Collapse
Benighted
Identisick
03:47
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
03
Identisick
Benighted
Identisick
03:54
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
04
Sex Addicted
Benighted
Identisick
03:55
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Olivier Gabriel / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
05
Mourning Affliction
Benighted
Identisick
04:11
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
06
The Twins
Benighted
Identisick
03:21
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Liem N Guyen / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
07
Ransack The Soul
Benighted
Identisick
03:19
Writer: Julien Truchan / Composers: Olivier Gabriel / Other contributors: Editions Hurlantes
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
Insane cephalic production
osmose productions
26-01-2003
Insane cephalic production
01
Bestial breeding
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:49
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
02
Stay brutal
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
02:59
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
03
Foetus
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:05
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
04
Deviant
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
04:02
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
05
Puerperal cannibalism
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:46
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
06
Self proclaimed god
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
03:34
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
07
Dementia
Benighted
Insane cephalic production
01:21
Writer: benighted / Composers: benighted / Other contributors: D.R
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
EPs
The Master of Darkness
â„— 2025 De Parochia Forsarum Records
17-10-2025
The Master of Darkness
01
Dreamweaver
Benighted
The Master of Darkness
02:55
Writer: Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson / Composers: Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson
02
Crushing the Light
Benighted
The Master of Darkness
03:10
Writer: Tobias Gustafsson - Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg / Composers: Tobias Gustafsson - Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg
03
Master of Darkness
Benighted
The Master of Darkness
02:24
Writer: Krister Dahlstrand - Johan Fridell - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson / Composers: Krister Dahlstrand - Johan Fridell - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson
04
I Am God
Benighted
The Master of Darkness
03:22
Writer: Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson / Composers: Johan Fridell - Krister Dahlstrand - Mats Nordborg - Tobias Gustafsson
05
Altar of Sacrifice
Benighted
The Master of Darkness
02:36
Writer: Krister Dahlstrand - Johan Fridell - Tobias Gustafsson - Mats Nordborg / Composers: Krister Dahlstrand - Johan Fridell - Tobias Gustafsson - Mats Nordborg
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
(P) 2018 Benighted
12-10-2018
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
01
Teeth and Hatred
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
02:26
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
02
Martyr
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
03:02
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
03
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
04:10
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
04
Slaughter of the Soul
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
02:59
Composers: Bjorler Anders Martin - Bjorler Jonas Fredrik - Lindberg Tomas
05
Reptilian (Live in Lyon, May 2018)
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
04:26
Composers: Julien Truchan, Emmanuel Dalle
06
Cum with Disgust (Live in Lyon)
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
03:10
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle
07
Spit (Live in Lyon)
Benighted
Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master
04:52
Composers: Julien Truchan - Adrien Guerin
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Singles
Pick Your Fighter (feat. Julien Truchan)
â„— 2026 Spinefarm Music Group
19-03-2026
Pick Your Fighter (feat. Julien Truchan)
01
Pick Your Fighter (feat. Julien Truchan)
Cage Fight
Pick Your Fighter (feat. Julien Truchan)
02:44
Writer: Nadiya - Rachel Aspe / Composers: Jim Pinder - James Monteith - Rachel Aspe - Nicholas Plews - Sam Bloor - William Horsman
The Spineless Freak
(P) 2025 Benighted, under exclusive license to Season of Mist
11-12-2025
The Spineless Freak
01
The Spineless Freak
Benighted
The Spineless Freak
04:23
Composers: Julien Truchan - Emmanuel Dalle