Ingested’s new album to be released in May – first single available now
Author Benedetta Baldin - 13.2.2026
“Denigration” is the title of Ingested‘s eighth studio album, as per theprp. Metal Blade Records has confirmed the release date for May 8th, 2026. The group’s first album since Josh Davies joined them as their new vocalist in December 2024 will be this one. Nico Beninato created this guest-filled epic at The Arch Studios in Southport, UK, with the song “Merciless Reflection” serving as the prelude. PeelingFlesh singer Damonteal Harris contributes further firepower to this lead track. Other noteworthy guest appearances include Skyler Conder (Varials/CELL) on “Dragged Apart,” Kyle Medina of Bodysnatcher on “Dredge The Dark,” and John Gallagher of Dying Fetus on “Watch You Fold.“
‘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.
About the album, this is the band’s statement:
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.
Tracklist:
Dragged Apart (Feat. Skyler Conder of Varials/CELL)
Merciless Reflection (Feat. Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh)
Watch You Fold (Feat. John Gallagher of Dying Fetus)
Stitch By Stitch
We Are All Inherently Evil
Dredge The Dark (Feat. Kyle Medina of Bodysnatcher)
