Benediction are a British
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band formed in 1989. Their first album, ''Subconscious Terror'', was released in 1990. Their latest album , ''Scriptures'', was released in 2020.
Members
Current
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Dave Ingram
David Richard Bjerregaard Ingram (born 25 January 1969) is a death metal vocalist from Birmingham, England. He began his career replacing Mark "Barney" Greenway in UK death metal band Benediction when Greenway decided to focus solely on Napal ...
– vocals (1991–1998, 2019–present)
* Peter Rewinsky – lead guitar (1989–present)
* Darren Brookes – rhythm guitar (1989–present)
* Dan Bate – bass (2018–present)
* Giovanni Durst – drums (2019–present)
Former
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Mark "Barney" Greenway
Mark Andrew "Barney" Greenway (born 13 July 1969) is a British extreme metal vocalist who is the current lead singer of Napalm Death and a former member of Extreme Noise Terror and Benediction.
Greenway has stated his nickname "Barney" came ...
– vocals (1989–1990)
* Paul Adams – bass (1989–1991)
* Ian Treacy – drums (1989–1993)
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Frank Healy
Francis "Frank" Healy (born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England) is a former Napalm Death guitarist. Healy also was the bass player for Cerebral Fix. He also played bass in the first live Anaal Nathrakh session for the John Peel show. He was t ...
– bass (1992–2017)
* Neil Hutton – drums (1994–2005)
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Dave Hunt – vocals (1998–2019)
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Nicholas Barker
Nicholas Howard Barker (born 1973) is an English extreme metal drummer best known as for his work in Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. Currently he is the drummer for Brujeria and Shining.
Biography
Barker was born on 25 April 1973. He join ...
– drums (2005–2011)
* Perra Karlsson – drums (2011–2013)
* Ashley Guest – drums (2013–2019)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
*''Subconscious Terror'' (1990)
*''The Grand Leveller'' (1991)
*''Transcend the Rubicon'' (1993)
*''The Dreams You Dread'' (1995)
*''Grind Bastard'' (1998)
*''Organised Chaos'' (2001)
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Killing Music
''Killing Music'' is the seventh studio album by British death metal band Benediction. It was released on the Nuclear Blast label in 2008.
Two versions have been released: a regular jewel case edition CD, and also a limited edition CD that come ...
'' (2008)
*''Scriptures'' (2020)
References
External links
Official Benediction Myspace page
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1988 establishments in England
English death metal musical groups
Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands
Musical groups established in 1988
Musical quintets
Nuclear Blast artists