History Music / Benighted

Benighted is a French brutal death metal band. Characterized by their major GenreRoulette and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies as well as the endlessly flexible vocal chords of frontman Julien Truchan, they have built up a dedicated following both in Europe and abroad.

* SpecialGuest: A common part of their albums from ''Identisick'' onwards, with Leif Jensen (Dew-Scented), Christophe Gerardin (Kronos), Karsten Jager (Disbelief), Asphodel (Pin-Up Went Down), [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]], [[Music/{{Devourment}} Mike Majewski]], Niklas Kvarforth (Shining), Michael Kern (Carnal Decay), [[Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder Trevor Strnad]], and Arno (Black Bomb A) 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.

* LeadDrummer: Kevin Paradis is widely known for his incredible technical skill and his fairly popular YouTube channel.

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 Music/{{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. [[Music/{{Necrophagist}} 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 (Svart Crown) are currently serving as alternating fill-ins during their search for a new drummer.

* ConceptAlbum: ''Asylum Cave''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first few albums are heavily influenced by BlackMetal and have much rawer production.
** ''Insane Cephalic Preproduction'' also suffers from this somewhat; while it still is pretty damn close to their current sound, it didn't quite reach the level of subtle diversity that became a staple of their music with ''Identisick''.

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 Music/{{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. [[Music/{{Necrophagist}} Romain Goulon]] has been announced as his replacement. ''Necrobreed'', their first album with Goulon, will drop in February of 2017.

* TechnicalDeathMetal: Has flirted with this, but they've never really outright crossed the line and become this. TheOtherWiki even lists it as one of their genres.

* CoverVersion: They have covered [[Music/{{Aborted}} "Meticulous Invagination"]], [[Music/{{Rammstein}} "Du riechst so gut"]], and [[Music/MachineHead "Old"]] as bonus tracks for the deluxe edition of ''Carnivore Sublime''.

* SpecialGuest: A common part of their albums from ''Identisick'' onwards, with Leif Jensen (Dew-Scented), Christophe Gerardin (Kronos), Karsten Jager (Disbelief), Asphodel (Pin-Up Went Down), [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]], [[Music/{{Devourment}} Mike Majewski]], Niklas Kvarforth (Shining), and Michael Kern (Carnal Decay) 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.

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 Music/{{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. [[Music/{{Necrophagist}} Romain Goulon]] has been announced as his replacement.

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 Music/{{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.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first few albums are heavily influenced by BlackMetal and have much worse production.

* TechnicalDeathMetal: Has flirted with this, but they've never really outright crossed the line and become this.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Has, at various points, mixed elements of brutal death metal, black metal, melodic death metal, grindcore, thrash metal, deathcore, nu metal, and even hip-hop.

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 Music/{{Aborted}}) having taken place. In addition to that, their new album, ''Carnivore Sublime'', will hit on February 14, 2014.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Has, at various points, mixed elements of brutal death metal, black metal, melodic death metal, grindcore, thrash metal, deathcore, and even hip-hop.

* XMeetsY: {{Cryptopsy}} meets DyingFetus meets SuicideSilence meets Fuck the Facts.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Truchan
** TheLancer: Gabriel
** TheBigGuy: Guerin
** TheSmartGuy: Foley
** TheHeart: Lombard

* XMeetsY: {{Cryptopsy}} meets DyingFetus meets SuicideSilence.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: 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''.

* TeenGenius: Kevin Foley was only eighteen when he joined.

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 one several with their buddies in Music/{{Aborted}}) having taken place. In addition to that, their new album, ''Carnivore Sublime'', will hit on February 14, 2014.

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 one several with their buddies in Music/{{Aborted}}) having taken place. They're also writing for a new album, but only time will tell when that gets completed.

* SpecialGuest: A common part of their albums from ''Identisick'' onwards, with Leif Jensen (Dew-Scented), Christophe Gerardin (Kronos), Karsten Jager (Disbelief), Asphodel (Pin-Up Went Down), [[Music/{{Aborted}} Sven de Caluwe]] and [[Music/{{Devourment}} Mike Majewski]] 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.

* FaceOfTheBand: Truchan