Benediction - Ravage Of Empires *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 4th April 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

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

“Sometimes They Come Back” is not just the title of a horror movie based on a macabre tale by Stephen King, it is also a
summary of what happened to UK death metal veterans BENEDICTION, yet you might like to add a “better than ever
before”. While never officially disbanded, 2020’s Scriptures, the group’s eighth studio album achieved what is usually not
an easy feat. It connected well with classics like Transcend the Rubicon (1993) and its immediate and memorable
songwriting, the heavy-as-a-brick Grind Bastard (1998), and also saw legendary vocalist Dave Ingram return with his
merciless roar and knack for morbid, twisted lyrics. After two albums with Dave Hunt on vocals, Scriptures was
BENEDICTION’s first record in over a decade impressing with aggressive up-tempo attacks like ‘Iterations of I’ and ‘Rabid
Carnality’ or the neck-breaking mid-tempo barrage of ‘Stormcrow’, songs that became live staples alongside ‘evergreens’
such as ‘I Bow to None’, ‘Magnificat’, ‘Subconscious Terror’ or ‘Vision in the Shroud’ in no time. With Scriptures,
BENEDICTION even almost cracked Germany’s top ten by entering at a phenomenal #11 of the Official German Charts
showing that the death metal veterans founded 1989 in Birmingham, England, offered an extremely well received sonic
catharsis when due to the pandemic, people were locked down and pissed off. When the shroud of Covid-19 lifted, the
quintet finally could start to promote the album onstage with numerous festival gigs including Summer 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, played triumphant shows in South and Middle America as
well as in their home country and all over Europe while crafting their new opus Ravage of Empires set for release on April
4, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. Kicking in the door without further warning, fast paced opener ‘A Carrion Harvest’
that mounts in a vicious Slayer-style break, starts with Ingram growling ‘Brace for impact, go!’ giving an unmistakable hint
at what to expect during the following 47 minutes and 11 songs. With tremolo riffs and hammering grooves in spades,
tracks like ‘Engines of War’, ‘Genesis Chamber’, ‘Crawling over Corpses’, ‘In the Dread of the Night’, and ‘Psychosister’
show a remarkable consistency and Scott Atkins, who produced the record at Grindstone Studio once again, ensures with
a crisp and massive sound that the aforementioned impact leaves no bone unshattered. Garnered with artwork by Wolven
Claws Artist, Ravage Of Empires continues BENEDICTION’s flawless discography on Premier League level and promises
to become one of 2025’s undisputable old school death metal highlights! With their brilliant new record in tow, founding
members and guitarists Darren Brookes and Peter Rew, longtime vocalist Dave Ingram, drummer Giovanni Durst, and Nik
Sampson (bass) will travel far and wide once more. Already confirmed are the Tales of the Triple Death Tour with Jungle
Rot and Master kicking off on album release date as well as confirmed appearances at Wacken Open Air and Maryland
Deathfest. More to be announced soon!

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