History Music / Benighted

* 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''. Surprisingly, clean vocals are one of the few styles he ''hasn't'' done.

* FreudWasRight: "Mom, I Love You the Wrong Way" in ''spades''

* [[DeathMetal Brutal Death Metal]]: They play this mixed with grindcore and tech-death

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

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

Benighted is a French brutal death metal/deathgrind band. Characterized by their major GenreRoulette and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly 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.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Identisick'' was where their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies really started to take hold, while ''Insane Cephalic Production'' before it saw them move away from the black metal style they originally played.

* MetalScream: Rather unusually for a brutal death metal band, Julien Truchan mainly employs grindcore-influenced Type 3 high shrieks while using Type 2 gutturals and Type 1 mids to back up the highs.

Benighted is a French brutal death metal band. Characterized by their major GenreRoulette and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly 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.

* {{Fanservice}}[=/=]FanDisservice: The music video for "Leatherface" first features a beautiful and attractive woman in BlackBraAndPanties... before switching her out for a balding and unattractive man who has ''no'' business wearing said lingerie.

* {{Fanservice}} / FanDisservice: The music video for "Leatherface" first features a beautiful and attractive woman in BlackBraAndPanties... before switching her out for a balding and unattractive man who has ''no'' business wearing said lingerie.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Julien frequently sounds completely unhinged, which is a fitting description for the band's music when you consider that he also works in a psychiatric hospital whenever he's not making music.

* {{Fanservice}} / FanDisservice: The music video for "Leatherface" first features a beautiful and attractive woman in BlackBraAndPanties... before switching her out for a balding, less attractive man who has ''no'' business wearing said lingerie

* {{Fanservice}} / FanDisservice: The music video for "Leatherface" first features a beautiful woman in BlackBraAndPanties... before switching her out for a balding man who has ''no'' business wearing said lingerie

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

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Julien frequently sounds completely unhinged, and it is certainly fitting that he works in a psychiatric hospital.

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

* 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]], Arno (Black Bomb A), Nikita Kamprad (Der Weg einer Freiheit), [[Music/{{Hatebreed}} Jamey Jasta]], Karsten Jager (Disbelief), and [[Music/{{Cytotoxin}} Sebastian Grihm]] 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.

* [[DeathMetal Brutal Death Metal]]

This band contains examples of the following tropes:

* WidgetSeries: With their GenreBusting tendencies and often odd and quirky song structures, Julien Truchan's theatrical and wide-ranged vocal style and phrasing, and their love of concept albums about damaged individuals descending into disturbing depths of madness, they are most certainly a Weird French Thing in death metal.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Solid 10 for the most part, occasionally a hard 10 on their heavier songs.

* 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]], Arno (Black Bomb A), Nikita Kamprad (Der Weg einer Freiheit), [[Music/{{Hatebreed}} Jamey Jasta]], Karsten Jager (Disbelief), and Sebastian Grihm (Cytotoxin) 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.

* BlackMetal: Their first two albums, surprisingly.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Identisick'' was where their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies really started to take hold, while ''Insane Cephalic Production'' before saw them move away from the black metal style they originally played.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Identisick'' was where their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies really started to take hold.

* 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''. For the deluxe edition of ''Necrobreed'', they covered [[Music/{{Sepultura}} "Biotech Is Godzilla"]] and [[Music/{{Marduk}} "Christraping Black Metal"]], while the deluxe version of ''Obscene Repressed'' features a guest cover of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} "Get This"]].

* 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''. For the deluxe edition of ''Necrobreed'', they covered [[Music/{{Sepultura}} "Biotech Is Godzilla"]] and [[Music/{{Marduk}} "Christraping Black Metal"]].

* 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]], Arno (Black Bomb A), and Nikita Kamprad (Der Weg einer Freiheit) 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.