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Benighted is a French brutal death metal/deathgrind band. Characterized by their major Genre Roulette and eclectic tendencies as well as the endlessly flexible vocal cords of frontman Julien Truchan, they have built up a dedicated following both in Europe and abroad.Formed in 1998 by Julien "Truch" Truchan (vocals), Olivier "Gab" Gabriel and Liem "Litchy" N'Guyen (guitars), Christophe "Chart" Charretier (bass), and Fred "Fight" Fayolle (drums) from the ashes of various death and black metal bands in the Saint-Etienne area, the band spent the first two years perfecting their craft before releasing a self-titled full-length debut in 2000, followed by Charretier leaving in 2001 and N'Guyen briefly doubling up on bass for Psychose, their 2002 sophomore album. Several bassists came and went before Eric "Candy" Lombard finally settled in just in time for 2003's Insane Cephalic Production. As a result of the surprisingly big splash it made, the band went through a lengthy period of touring before writing and releasing Identisick, their fourth album, in 2006, which proved to be their true breakthrough, though Fayolle left and was replaced by a promising young drummer from Ireland by the name of Kevin Foley. Icon followed in 2007 and was met by widespread critical acclaim, though things slowed down for a while after that until a deal with the high-profile indie label Season of Mist was inked, followed by the release of Asylum Cave in 2011. Other than N'Guyen's departure and replacement by Adrien Guerin in 2012, things have gone smoothly since then, with various fest appearances and tours (including several with their buddies in Aborted) having taken place. Carnivore Sublime, was released on February 14, 2014; other than that, the secondary guitar and bass spots changed again, with Emmanuel Dalle and Pierre Arnoux currently occupying them as of now. Kevin Foley has left as of 2016 due to a desire to become a full-time musician; after one final tour, he formally departed. Romain Goulon has been announced as his replacement. Necrobreed, their first album with Goulon, will drop in February of 2017. Goulon, however, had issues with focal dystonia that were exacerbated by having to play demanding material every night while out on tour, and he ultimately left in the summer of 2017. Foley and Kevin Paradis (ex-Svart Crown) served as alternating live fill-ins before Paradis ultimately joined full-time.
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Always Someone Better
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Always Someone Better: This was the sentiment Julien expressed in an interview to promote Obscene Repressed - the reason why he brought Karsten "Jagger" Jager in once more for "Mom, I Love You the Wrong Way" was because despite the various vocal styles he's pulled off, he still felt that the "tortured growl" style was something he couldn't do.
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New Sound Album
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New Sound Album: Identisick was where their eclectic tendencies really started to take hold, while Insane Cephalic Production before it saw them move away from the black metal style they originally played.
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Special Guest: A common part of their albums from Identisick onwards, with Leif Jensen (Dew-Scented), Christophe Gerardin, Karsten Jager (Disbelief, ex-Morgoth), Asphodel (Pin-Up Went Down), Sven de Caluwe, Mike Majewski, Niklas Kvarforth, Michael Kern (Carnal Decay), Trevor Strnad, Arno (Black Bomb A), Nikita Kamprad (Der Weg einer Freiheit), Jamey Jasta, Sebastian Grihm, and Francesco Paoli having been among the more notable ones. Truchan has been one himself at various points, while Foley has become a frequent live session fill-in for various bands in need of an emergency substitute.
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Career-Ending Injury
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Career-Ending Injury: Romain Goulon's issues with focal dystonia ultimately forced him to leave the band for the sake of his health.
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Concept Album
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Concept Album: Asylum Cave, Carnivore Sublime, and Necrobreed.
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Gratuitous French
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Gratuitous French: Justified in that they're from, you know, France.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: Their first two albums are almost nothing at all like the rest of their material, being blackened death metal with more emphasis on the "blackened" part.
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Revolving Door Band
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Revolving Door Band: They've always had steady turnover, but let's put it this way: only two of the members who played on Carnivore Sublime were still around by the time they recorded Necrobreed, and one of them (Olivier Gabriel) left right before the latter album was released.
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Deathcore
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Deathcore: They certainly play with elements of this a fair bit, but they've never outright been this.
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Metal Scream
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Metal Scream: See Man of a Thousand Voices above.
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Death Metal
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Brutal Death Metal: They play this mixed with grindcore and tech-death.
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Motor Mouth
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Motor Mouth: A frequent technique of Truchan's.
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Careful with That Axe
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Careful with That Axe: Julien frequently sounds completely unhinged, which fits when you consider that he also works in a psychiatric hospital whenever he's not making music.
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Black Metal
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Black Metal: They started off playing this before switching to their current sound on their third album, though they do experiment with the genre from time to time today (see below).
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Ascended Extra
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Ascended Extra: Kevin Paradis.
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Indecipherable Lyrics
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Indecipherable Lyrics: Julien can definitely be difficult to understand whether he's singing in English or his native French, especially due to his often fast delivery.
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True Companions
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True Companions: With Aborted, with whom their sound is also frequently compared to.
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Cover Version
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Cover Version: They have covered "Meticulous Invagination", "Du riechst so gut", and "Old" as bonus tracks for the deluxe edition of Carnivore Sublime. For the deluxe edition of Necrobreed, they covered "Biotech Is Godzilla" and "Christraping Black Metal", while the deluxe version of Obscene Repressed features a cover of "Get This".
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Teen Genius
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Teen Genius: Kevin Foley was only eighteen when he joined.
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Man of a Thousand Voices
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Man of a Thousand Voices: Truchan can do mid-ranged roars, gurgles, a hardcore-esque shout, pig squeals, grindcore-esque shrieks, thrash yelps similar to Paul Baloff's work in Exodus, and even straight-up rapping. Surprisingly, clean vocals are one of the few styles he hasn't done. Along with Christian Alvestam and Travis Ryan, he is possibly death metal's prime example of this trope.
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Technical Death Metal
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Technical Death Metal: Has flirted with this, but they've never really outright crossed the line and become this. The Other Wiki even lists it as one of their genres.
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Freud Was Right
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Freud Was Right: "Mom, I Love You the Wrong Way" in spades.
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Lead Drummer
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Lead Drummer: Kevin Paradis is widely known for his incredible technical skill and his fairly popular YouTube channel.
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Sanity Slippage Song
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Sanity Slippage Song: The bulk of their discography is composed of this.
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