Benediction

Benediction is a death metal band formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1989. The group emerged during the early 1990s death metal scene, releasing their debut album, Subconscious Terror, in 1990. Throughout their career, the band has maintained a consistent death metal style, characterized by heavy riffing and guttural vocals. Their discography includes full-length albums such as The Grand Leveller (1991), Transcend the Rubicon (1993), The Dreams You Dread (1995), Grind Bastard (1998), Organised Chaos (2001), Killing Music (2008), Scriptures (2020), and Ravage of Empires (2025), alongside EPs like Dark Is the Season (1992) and The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (1994). The band remains active, continuing to record and perform within the extreme metal genre.