UK technical death metal band Ingested are back with their eighth full-length album, Denigration, landing May 8 through Metal Blade Records, and they’ve just unleashed the brutal first single “Merciless Reflection.”
The track arrives with an official video and sets the tone for what promises to be the band’s most ferocious and forward-thinking release yet.
After nearly two decades as one of Britain’s most uncompromising extreme metal exports, Ingested enter a new era with sharpened focus and renewed intensity. Anchored by founding members Sean Hynes (guitar) and Lyn Jeffs (drums), the current lineup, featuring vocalist Josh Davies, guitarist/vocalist Andrew Virrueta, and bassist Thomas O’Malley, delivers a record that balances old-school slam brutality with modern dynamics and precision.
Produced by Nico Beninato at The Arch Studios (Southport, UK), Denigration captures the band at their most aggressive and evolved, with striking artwork by Giannis Nakos (Remedy Art Design).
The lead single features guest vocals from PeelingFlesh and is a deliberate throwback to Ingested’s slam roots:
“Musically, this is a straight-up, no-bullshit slam track — primitive in all the right ways, caveman grooves, knuckle-dragging riffs, and sections built for bodies hitting the floor. If you’ve ever wanted that old INGESTED ugliness back, this is us saying we never lost it — we just learned how to aim it.”
Lyrically, the song dives into intrusive thoughts, religious disillusion, and self-loathing, a spiral that mirrors the album’s core theme: being reduced to your worst self and deciding whether to surrender… or weaponize it.
The album also includes collaborations with Dying Fetus, Cell, and Bodysnatcher, adding even more weight to an already stacked release.
Denigration Tracklist
- Dragged Apart (feat. Skyler Conder – Cell)
- Merciless Reflection (feat. Damonteal Harris – PeelingFlesh)
- Watch You Fold (feat. John Gallagher – Dying Fetus)
- Stitch By Stitch
- We Are All Inherently Evil
- Dredge The Dark (feat. Kyle Medina – Bodysnatcher)
- Oaths Betrayed
- Beaten Beyond the Veil
- Steel Toe Truth
- Cold Sun
Denigration will be available digitally, on CD (with bonus tracks), and across multiple limited vinyl variants.
Preorders are live now via Metal Blade and the band’s official site.