Extreme French metal outfit BENIGHTED are proud to announce their participation to the Hellfest warm-up tour this year! The masters of deathgrind will not only play the French run in April, but also the Japanese Hellfest warm-up dates in Osaka and Tokyo a few weeks later. Support will come from SHAARGHOT and RISE OF THE NORTH STAR on selected dates. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
Vocalist Julien Truchan comments: “No other occasion would be better to promote our new album “Obscene Repressed” than the amazing Hellfest Warmup Tour 2020 and hitting the French and Swiss roads with Shaarghot and the Hellfest crew!!! We are so impatient to show you what Benighted is capable of on stage, make you discover the new tracks and roar the old ones together! We want to see the moshpit on fire !!! Stay sick !!!”
Français: “Quelle meilleure occasion de défendre notre nouvel album “Obscene Repressed” que d’embarquer pour le Warmup Hellfest Tour et partir pour une tournée française (et suisse) de folie avec Shaarghot et l’équipe du Hellfest!!! On a tellement hâte de vous retrouver dans chaque ville pour vous montrer ce dont Benighted est capable sur scène, vous faire découvrir les nouveaux morceaux et s’arracher la gorge ensemble sur les anciens ! On veut voir le gros bordel dans le moshpit !!! Stay sick !!!”
BENIGHTED Hellfest warm-up tour France
+Shaarghot
14 Apr 20 Saint-Brieux (FR) Bonjour Minuit
15 Apr 20 Rennes (FR) Etage
16 Apr 20 Brest (FR) Carene
17 Apr 20 Le Havre (FR) Tetris
18 Apr 20 Terville (FR) 112
19 Apr 20 Lens (FR) Musée Du Louvre
20 Apr 20 Montbéliard (FR) Axone
21 Apr 20 Lyon (FR) Ninkasi Kao
22 Apr 20 Genève (CH) Usine
23 Apr 20 Clermont-Ferrand (FR) Coopérative de Mai
24 Apr 20 Souterraine (FR) C.C. Yves Furet
25 Apr 20 Angoulême (FR) Nefz (+Rise Of The North Star)
26 Apr 20 Paris (FR) Olympia (+Rise Of The North Star)
27 Apr 20 Tours (FR) Temps Machine
28 Apr 20 Bordeaux (FR) Krakotoa
29 Apr 20 Angers (FR) Chabada
30 Apr 20 Nantes (FR) Warehouse (+Rise Of The North Star)
BENIGHTED Hellfest warm-up tour Japan
16 May 20 Osaka (JP) Am Hall
17 May 20 Tokyo (JP) Tsutaya O East
BENIGHTED 2020
18 Jan 20 Zurich (CH) Meh Suff Festival 2020
10 Apr 20 Oslo (NO) Inferno Festival 2020
07 Jul 20 Dunau Jvaros (HU) Rock Maraton
11 Jul 20 Malmö (SE) Goro Fest. Plan B
25 Jul 20 Steenwijk (NL) Stonehenge Festival 2020
07 Aug 20 Jaromer (CZ) Brutal Assault 2020
14 Aug 20 Dinkelsbühl (DE) Summer Breeze 2020
15 Aug 20 Saint-Nolff (FR) Motocultor 2020
21 Aug 20 Andernach (DE) Deathfeast Open Air 2020
22 Aug 20 Spital am Semmering (AT) Kaltenbach Open Air 2020
BENIGHTED have previously unveiled the cover artwork, created by Grindesign, and the track-list of their long anticipated upcoming full length “Obscene Repressed”. The new death grind offering will see the light on April 10, 2020.
Julien Truchan comments: “We are so happy and proud to show you the official cover of our new album ‘Obscene Repressed’ created by the amazing Grindesign! It’s an insane piece of art, representing the beautiful oedipal love story you will discover within this album….”
Track-list
2. Nails (3:21)
3. Brutus (2:49)
4. The Starving Beast (3:07)
5. Smoke Through The Skull (2:59)
6. Implore The Negative (4:05)
7. Muzzle(2:43)
8. Casual Piece Of Meat (4:04)
9. Scarecrow (2:57)
10. Mom, I Love You The Wrong Way (3:56)
11. Undivided Dismemberment (2:28)
12. Bound To Facial Plague (3:29)
Bonus tracks
13. The Rope (3:04)
14. Get This (1:57) (Slipknot cover)
Total playing time: 43:25
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