Ingested Drop 'Watch You Fold' Feat. John Gallagher — New Album 'Denigration' Due May 8
Manchester death metal outfit Ingested have unleashed their latest single, "Watch You Fold," featuring a guest turn from John Gallagher of Dying Fetus. The track is the third preview of Denigration, Ingested's eighth studio album, which drops May 8, 2026 through Metal Blade Records.
Assassination, Slow Motion
The band describes "Watch You Fold" as a "character assassination in slow motion" — a track aimed squarely at those who "hide behind legacy and respectability" while exploiting others. That framing makes Gallagher's involvement feel deliberate rather than decorative. Dying Fetus has never been a band that softens its message, and Gallagher's presence here is a co-signing of intent as much as anything else.
The result is one of Ingested's most purposeful collabs to date. This isn't two big names sharing a stage because the booking made sense — this is a track that earns its guest spot. The subject matter and the delivery are aligned in a way that separates it from the usual "we're fans of each other" feature. You hear it in the way the track moves — the tempo shifts, the low-end anchor, the way Gallagher's distinctive vocal approach locks into the track's rhythm without telegraphing it.
Gallagher has been a constant in death metal since the early '90s. Dying Fetus are a band that has never compromised their sound to chase trends, never drifted toward accessibility for its own sake, and never softened a stance. That makes his guest spot here carry real weight. Not every collab does.
New Lineup, New Album
Denigration marks the first full-length from Ingested's revamped lineup, built around founding members Sean Hynes (guitars, co-vocals) and Lyn Jeffs (drums). They're now joined by vocalist Josh Davies, guitarist/co-vocalist Andrew Virrueta, and bassist Thomas O'Malley — the same crew who debuted on the "Altar of Flesh" single in early 2025.
The personnel change could have gone sideways. Lineup transitions often lose something — the chemistry, the institutional memory, the sense that a band is built around specific people. What the early singles have demonstrated is that Ingested treated the rebuild as a reset with purpose, not a scramble to stay afloat. The "Altar of Flesh" single was a statement of intent; Denigration appears to be the full argument.
The album was produced by Nico Beninato at The Arch Studios in Southport, UK. Nico has worked extensively in the UK extreme metal underground and has a reputation for capturing live energy without over-polishing it — the right call for a record that needs to sound like it means it. Cover artwork comes from Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design, whose visual work has appeared on some of the most striking extreme metal releases of the last decade.
If the singles so far are any indication, Ingested aren't easing back in — they're pressing harder.
"Watch You Fold" is track three on the record, sandwiched between collab appearances from Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh ("Merciless Reflection") and Kyle Medina of Bodysnatcher ("Dredge The Dark"). Skyler Conder of Cell appears on the opener, "Dragged Apart." That's a lot of trusted voices surrounding this album — and it signals a band that knows exactly where it stands in the current extreme metal landscape.
The fact that Ingested secured these collaborators without leaning on a single household-name band is worth noticing. PeelingFlesh, Cell, Bodysnatcher — these are respected names in the death metal and deathcore worlds, not crossover bookings designed to widen appeal. The guestbook reads like a lineup Ingested built because they wanted to, not because a label pressed them to.
Ingested formed in Manchester in 2006. They came up through the slam death metal underground in an era when that scene was largely invisible to mainstream metal media. Over eight albums and significant lineup changes, they've evolved into something harder to categorize — brutal death metal at the core, with dynamic songwriting that has expanded their audience without softening their approach.
Denigration represents the band's most deliberate creative statement. The guest appearances are part of that — the record sounds like a band calling in the people they respect most and asking them to come fully armed.
