Band: Benighted
Country of Origin: France
Status: Active
Genre: Death metal / Grindcore
Type: Full length
Format: CD
Length Approx.: 38:00 min.
Release Date: 02-14-2014
Current label: Season of Mist
Release label: Season of MistIR Classification: Excellent (4.6 / 5)
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Carnivore
Sublime brings a brutal and compelling discharge
Well, I know it’s been a long time since Benighted released their seventh
full length "Carnivore Sublime" back in 2014, however I'm about to
review this album for the simple reason that this is a killer Deathgrind album,
excellent from any spot of view, you want to see, Benighted have been very
active since they were founded in 1998 in Saint-Étienne, Rhône-Alpes, France,
they were playing a more oriented Black metal at the beginning of their career,
and later on shifting slowly into a more, comfortable zone to play a brutal
Death metal with Grindcore influences.
"Carnivore Sublime" brings a brutal
and compelling discharge, riff that assault your senses and the incessant
beating of drums, the multifaceted Julien Truchan and his vocals with a wide
range from pig squeals, screechy, gory goes to scream and snarls, it is really
fascinating listen to him, Benighted is a band that once in awhile throws some
riff that are particularly out of context, but when you see the whole picture
you can appreciate those details that prevent to fall in a abysmal boredom,
many bands of the genre while do their songwriting, goes so brutal and so fast
as possible that they tend to overkill their production and there's no elements
to save them, fortunately this is not Benighted case, something else to remark
is the length of the record, barely under the thirty eight minutes to consume
the massacre.
The opener track “X2Y” explode with singular intensity and brutality which
link you right away with "Noise" the second track the guitars sound
compact and the catchy riff are brimming, the distinctive vocals appears while
you can't stop headbanging, “Experience your Flesh” is the living proof of my
words, because you can appreciate those particular riff out of context I had
been talking about, some could feel confused, but that's exactly why Benighted
has remained, because they have a terrific, capacity to alloy unconventional
elements, tracks like “Spit” or “Defiled Purity” following the same concept
with some groovy riff throw in the mix and some other entertainment stuff,
“Collection of Dead Portraits” and “Carnivore Sublime”, became the most
exuberant tracks it's musical structure more varied, with frequent paced
shifting and brutal fret guitar work, exposes their creativity to the core,
“Les Morsures du Cerbère” brilliant as intense and the last track of this album
is “June and the Laconic Solstice” delivers a full discharge of artillery a
relentless drumming with some killer bass lines, guitar strings keep snapping
and a full vocal repertory to annihilate any doubts.
In my
opinion Benighted has once again demonstrated why they have remained for so
long as an icon in the underground scene, seventeen years down the road, seven
studio albums, a live album, guarantee the quality and creativity of these
French, trust me; if you take a look at their discography, I know you'll find
something interesting.
Stay True... Stay Metal… Stay Brutal…
1. X2Y
2. Noise
3. Experience Your Flesh
4. Slaughter / Suicide
5. Spit
6. Defiled Purity
7. Jekyll
8. Collection of Dead Portraits
9. Carnivore Sublime
10. Les Morsures du Cerbère
11. June and the Laconic Solstice
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10. Les Morsures du Cerbère
11. June and the Laconic Solstice
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