Benighted

Benighted is a French band from Balbigny in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The quintet plays deathgrind, a combination of death metal and grindcore. Benighted was formed in May 1998 by members of the bands Dishumanized, Darkness Fire and Osgiliath.

In 2000, their debut album Benighted was released, followed by Psychose (2002) , Insane Cephalic Production (2004), Identisick (2006), Icon (2007), Asylum Cave (2011 ), Carnivore Sublime (2014), Necrobreed (2017), Obscene Repressed (2002), and in 2024, Ekbom.