British technical death metal/slam band Ingested have christened their eighth studio album “Denigration“. A spring 2026 release date is in the cards, with Metal Blade Records having confirmed it for May 08th. This album will be the group’s first since welcoming Josh Davies as their new vocalist back in December of 2024.
The song “Merciless Reflection” is setting the stage for this guest-filled opus, which was produced by Nico Beninato at The Arch Studios in Southport, UK. Bringing the extra firepower on “Denigration” are PeelingFlesh vocalist Damonteal Harris on today’s lead single. Other guest spots of note include Dying Fetus‘ John Gallagher on “Watch You Fold“, Bodysnatcher‘s Kyle Medina on “Dredge The Dark” and Skyler Conder (Varials/CELL) on “Dragged Apart“.
Elaborating on the record itself, Ingested collectively offered:
“Musically, it’s us pulling every thread we’ve laid down over the years, slam, groove, melody, blackened dissonance, and twisting it into something that feels like a definitive statement rather than a reset. This is the sound of being dragged through the dirt and refusing to stay there.”
As for “Merciless Reflection“, they added:
“‘Merciless Reflection‘ lives inside the worst room in your head. The lyrics are a spiral of intrusive thoughts, religious disillusion, and self-loathing, that feeling of turning over the same ‘barbaric cycles’ until you don’t know if you’re chasing salvation or just feeding the disease. Faith is no comfort here; it’s another blade. The narrator is banished, molded into ‘nothing but a big mistake,’ picking through the wreckage of belief and realizing redemption was never guaranteed in the first place.
Musically, this is a deliberate love letter to the era that formed us: straight-up, no-bullshit slam. It’s primitive in all the right way, knuckle-dragging riffs, caveman groove, sections built for bodies hitting the floor, but framed with the tightness and production we’ve grown into. Bringing in D from PeelingFlesh to deliver those disgusting, gurgling vocals was about honoring the sound we grew up on and planting our flag in it now. 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.”
“Denigration” track listing:
01 – “Dragged Apart” (Feat. Skyler Conder of Varials/CELL)
02 – “Merciless Reflection” (Feat. Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh)
03 – “Watch You Fold” (Feat. John Gallagher of Dying Fetus)
04 – “Stitch By Stitch“
05 – “We Are All Inherently Evil“
06 – “Dredge The Dark” (Feat. Kyle Medina of Bodysnatcher)
07 – “Oaths Betrayed“
08 – “Beaten Beyond The Veil“
09 – “Steel Toe Truth“
10 – “Cold Sun“
For pre-order options, head to ingested.co.uk.
With Bodysnatcher, PSYCHO-FRAME & Big Ass Truck I.E.:
03/04 Southampton, UK – Engine Rooms
03/05 Bristol, UK – The Fleece
03/06 Manchester, UK – Club Academy
03/07 Glasgow, UK – Slay
03/09 Belfast, IRE- Limelight 2
03/10 Dublin, IRE – Whelans
03/11 Leeds, UK – The Key Club
03/12 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
03/13 Birmingham, UK – Asylum
03/14 Plymouth, UK – The Depo
03/15 London, UK – The Garage
03/17 Berlin, GER – Hole44
03/18 Copenhagen, DEN – Pumpehuset
03/19 Hamburg, GER – Logo
03/20 Hannover, GER – Faust
03/21 Prague, CZE – Rock Cafe
03/22 Warsaw, POL – Hydrozagadka
03/24 Vienna, AUT – Szene
03/25 Munich, GER – Backstage
03/26 Aarau, SWI – KiFF
03/27 Eindhoven, NET – Dynamo
03/28 Bochum, GER – Matrix
03/29 Antwerp, BEL – Trix Club
‘Chaos & Carnage Tour‘ with Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, Gates To Hell & Bodybox:
05/02 Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
05/03 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey
05/05 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
05/06 Houston, TX – House of Blues
05/08 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
05/10 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
05/12 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
05/13 Baltimore, MD – Nevermore Hall
05/14 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple
05/15 Reading, PA – Reverb
05/16 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
05/17 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Monarch
05/19 Chicago, IL – Ramova Theatre
05/20 Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
05/22 Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
05/23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Rockwell
05/24 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
05/26 Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
05/27 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
05/29 Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre
05/30 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
05/31 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
