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Drummer NICK BARKER To Join BENEDICTION For South American Tour

October 9, 2009

Long-running Birmingham, U.K.-based extreme metallers BENEDICTION will tour South America for the first time ever in December. The trek is being organized by Open The Road and will include dates in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Colombia. Sitting behind the kit for the tour will be acclaimed British drummer Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, BRUJERIA).

BENEDICTION's latest album, "Killing Music", was released in North America in September 2008 via Locomotive Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Organized Chaos" was produced by ANAAL NATHRAKH mastermind Mick Kenney and features several guest musicians, including Karl Willets (BOLT THROWER),Kelly Shaefer (ATHEIST),Billy Gould (ex-FAITH NO MORE),The Fog (FROST),Markus Staiger (Nuclear Blast Records owner) and Thorsten Zahn from Metal Hammer Germany. A limited-edition version of the album includes two bonus tracks and a DVD.

Video footage of BENEDICTION performing the song "Unfound Mortality" live at UK Deathfest on May 3, 2009 at Leeds University Union in Leeds, U.K. can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon").

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