Nuclear Blast, ltd. indie-exclusive petrol green vinyl
"Sometimes They Come Back" is not only the title of a horror movie of a macabre story by Stephen King, but also a summary of what happened to the British death metal veterans Benediction, but you have to add "better than ever".
Though they never officially disbanded, 2020's Scriptures, the group's eighth studio album, accomplished what is usually no easy feat. It followed on well from classics such as 1993's Transcend the Rubicon and its immediate and memorable songwriting, 1998's Grind Bastard, and also saw the return of legendary vocalist Dave Ingram with his Dave Ingram with his merciless roar and flair for morbid, twisted lyrics. After two albums with Dave Hunt on vocals, Scriptures was Benediction's first album in over a decade and impressed with aggressive up-tempo attacks like "Iterations of I" and "Rabid Carnality" or the breakneck mid-tempo barrage of 'Stormcrow', songs that became live hits in no time alongside "evergreens" like "I Bow to None", "Magnificat", "Subconscious Terror subconscious Terror' or "Vision in the Shroud".
With Scriptures, Benediction even almost cracked the top ten in Germany, peaking at a phenomenal #11 on the Official German Charts, showing that the death metal veterans, formed in Birmingham, England in 1989, offered an extremely well-received sonic catharsis when people were locked down and pissed off due to the pandemic. As the Covid-19 shroud lifted, the quintet were finally able to begin promoting the album on stage with numerous festival appearances at Breeze (DE), Copenhell (DK), Mystic Festival (PL), UK Deathfest, Alcatraz (BE), Party.San (DE), Obscene Extreme (CZ), Eindhoven Metal Meeting (NL) and Rock Hard (DE) to name but a few, playing triumphant shows in South and Central America as well as in their home country and across Europe.
The fast-paced opener "A Carrion Harvest", which builds into a real banger, is dropped with no further warning "A Carrion Harvest", which builds into a vicious Slayer-style break, begins with Ingram's ingram growling "Brace for impact, go!", giving an unmistakable indication of what to expect over the following 47 minutes and 11 songs. With tremolo riffs tremolo riffs and hammering grooves galore, tracks like "Engines of War", "Genesis Chamber", "Crawling over Corpses", "In the Dread of the Night" and "Psychosister" show remarkable consistency and Scott Atkins, who produced the grindstone studio, ensures that the aforementioned impact leaves no bone unshaken with a crisp and massive and massive sound.
Featuring artwork by Wolven Claws Artist, Ravage Of Empires sets Benediction's impeccable discography at premier league level and promises to be one of the undisputed old school death metal highlights of 2025! death metal highlights of the old school!
Tracklist:
1 A Carrion Harvest
2 Beyond the Veil (of the Grey Mare)
3 Genesis Chamber
4 Deviant Spine
5 Engines of War
6 The Finality of Perpetuation
7 Crawling over Corpses
8 In the Dread of the Night
9 Drought of Mercy
10 Psychosister
11 Ravage Of Empires
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