British death metal legends BENEDICTION have released the first single from their upcoming studio album Ravage Of Empires, which will be released on April 4th, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The new song is titled “Engines Of War” and follows on seamlessly from BENEDICTION‘s monumental comeback album Scriptures (2020) as well as their classic 1993 album Transcend The Rubicon. It features titanic growls from Dave Ingram towering over a storm of riffs and relentless grooves. Ravage Of Empires is available for pre-order today on CD, LP and digital album.
Together with the single, BENEDICTION released a music video today, directed by Martin Goltermann.
Ravage Of Empires track listing:
01 A Carrion Harvest
02 Beyond the Veil (of the Gray Mare)
03 Genesis Chamber
04 Deviant Spine
05 Engines of War
06 The Finality of Perpetuation
07 Crawling over Corpses
08 In the Dread of the Night
09 Drought of Mercy
10 Psychosister
11 Ravage Of Empires
With their brilliant new record Ravage Of Empires in tow, founding members and guitarists Darren Brookes and Peter Rew, longtime vocalist Dave Ingram, drummer Giovanni Durst and Nik Sampson (bass) will travel far and wide once more. Already confirmed are the “Tales Of The Triple Death” tour with JUNGLE ROT and MASTER kicking off on album release date as well as confirmed appearances at Wacken Open Air and Maryland Deathfest.
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