David Richard Bjerregaard Ingram (born 25 January 1969) is a

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vocalist from

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, England. He began his career replacing

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 ...

in UK death metal band

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when Greenway decided to focus solely on

Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...

. Ingram stayed with Benediction until March 1998, when he joined

Bolt Thrower Bolt Thrower were an English death metal band from Coventry. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling b ...

, officially replacing

Martin van Drunen Martin van Drunen (born 1966) is a Dutch death metal vocalist who started out in the band Pestilence. In this band, he also performed the bass duties live. He recorded two albums with them, ''Malleus Maleficarum'' and ''Consuming Impulse''. Af ...

after having handled vocals temporarily for the band during a show on 4 July 1997 in

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Germany. In 2004, Ingram left Bolt Thrower due to health problems, just prior to the recording of ''

Those Once Loyal ''Those Once Loyal'' is the eighth and final album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was released on 11 November 2005 in Germany, 14 November 2005 in the rest of Europe and 15 November 2005 in the United States by Metal Blade Record ...

''. He later performed vocals on an album by Warlord UK and sang in his own band Downlord until the band disbanded in 2008. Later that same year, he began Metal Breakfast Radio, an online metal show that reviews new music from underground bands in a unique and somewhat humorous manner. Ingram's own website can be found at www.darksentinel.dk In a departure from his metal roots, Ingram launched a

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and swing themed online streaming radio program called ''Lambert's Basement''. The title of the show is a tribute to his father Lawrence Albert Lambert Ingram. The post-Downlord period saw Ingram involved in a number of other bands and projects. His collaboration with Rogga Johansson lead to the bands Down Among The Dead Men and Echelon. In late 2015, Ingram was announced as the new vocalist for Dutch death metal band

Hail of Bullets Hail of Bullets was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "resident ...

in anticipation of their appearance at

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in May 2016. At the conclusion of the band's set, Hail of Bullets guitarist Stephan Gebédi announced Ingram had joined the band on a permanent basis. (In an odd coincidence, Ingram was again replacing van Drunen). The band announced their disbandment in March 2017. In July 2019,

announced Ingram had rejoined the band, following Dave Hunt's departure. The first album with Ingram, ''Scriptures'', was released 16 October 2020.

Discography

With Benediction

* ''The Grand Leveller'' (1991) * ''Transcend the Rubicon'' (1993) * ''The Dreams You Dread'' (1995) * ''Grind Bastard'' (1998) * ''Scriptures'' (2020)

With Bolt Thrower

* ''

Honour – Valour – Pride ''Honour – Valour – Pride'' is the seventh album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded and mixed at Sable Rose Studios in Coventry, England, June to September 2001. It was produced by the band and Andy Faulkner, an ...

'' (2001)

With Downlord

* ''Grind Trials EP'' * ''Random Dictionary of the Damned''

With Down Among the Dead Men

* ''Down Among the Dead Men''

With Echelon

* ''Indulgence Over Abstinence Behind the Obsidian Veil''

With Warlord UK

* ''Maximum Carnage''

References

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