UK technical death metal heavyweights Ingested<\/strong> have officially announced their new full-length album, Denigration<\/em>, set for release on May 8 via Metal Blade Records. The record marks a defining new chapter for the Manchester-born extreme metal institution, balancing the band’s slam-soaked origins with their most refined, dynamic songwriting to date.<\/p>\n For nearly two decades, Ingested<\/strong> have remained one of the UK’s most unyielding forces in extreme metal, evolving from underground slam pioneers into a globally respected powerhouse without ever sacrificing brutality. Denigration<\/em> represents not a reset, but a sharpening of intent \u2014 an album that pulls together every era of the band’s sound and weaponizes it.<\/p>\n At the core of Ingested<\/strong> remains founding members Sean Hynes<\/strong> (guitars, backing vocals) and Lyn Jeffs (<\/strong>drums), whose creative chemistry continues to drive the band forward. They’re joined by Josh Davies<\/strong> (vocals), Andrew Virrueta<\/strong> (guitar\/vocals), and Thomas O’Malley<\/strong> (bass), a lineup that delivers what may be the band’s most commanding and cohesive work yet.<\/p>\n Produced by Nico Beninato<\/strong> at The Arch Studios in Southport, UK, Denigration captures Ingested<\/strong> at their sharpest and most forward-thinking. Visually, the album is brought to life by Giannis Nakos<\/strong> of Remedy Art Design, whose unsettling, intricate artwork mirrors the record’s thematic weight and ferocity.<\/p>\n The album also features an impressive lineup of guest collaborators, including:<\/p>\n Lyrically and sonically, Denigration<\/em> is a reckoning\u2014an exploration of being stripped down to your most fractured self and choosing whether to surrender or strike back harder.<\/p>\n The band explains: “Musically, it’s us pulling every thread we’ve laid down over the years\u2014slam, groove, melody, blackened dissonance\u2014and 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.”<\/p>\n The album’s lead single, “Merciless Reflection,” dives headfirst into themes of intrusive thoughts, religious disillusionment, and self-loathing. Ingested<\/strong> describe it as existing “inside the worst room in your head,” where faith offers no salvation\u2014only sharper blades.<\/p>\n Musically, the track is a deliberate nod to the band’s roots: “This is a straight-up, no-bullshit slam track\u2014primitive, knuckle-dragging riffs, caveman grooves, and sections built for bodies hitting the floor. Bringing in D from PeelingFlesh was about honoring the sound we grew up on and planting our flag in it now. If you ever wanted the old Ingested ugliness back, this is us saying we never lost it\u2014we just learned how to aim it.”<\/p>\n\n