There are multiple artists with the name Benighted:

1) Benighted are… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists with the name Benighted:

1) Benighted are a French brutal death metal band that formed in 1998 in Balbigny, France. Benighted have released seven full-length albums: 2000's Benighted, 2002's Psychose, 2003's Insane Cephalic Production, 2005's Identisick, 2007's icon, 2011's Asylum Cave, and 2014's Carnivore Sublime. They are currently active and signed to Season of Mist.

2) Benighted is a symphonic US black metal band which was formed in 1999. Members included: Joseph Demoniaque - Vocals (Cernunnos (USA), Dreamscapes of the Perverse, Omniscient, A Vision Grotesque)
Dagon - Guitar
TotenGeist - Guitar
Methyric - Bass
Zacathus - Drums, Keyboards
Adina Blase - Keyboards (Acheron (USA), Lilitu, Cernunnos (USA), Blood Stained Dusk)

The band has split-up.

Discography:
Harbringers of the Victorium Aeternus (2000)

3) Benighted: is a Swedish black metal band. They formed around 2001 by Aho, as he had just left Immemoreal and wanted to start something of his own, and be able to have full control of the productivity. Salle was the obvious choice of a drummer, since they had been playing together before in several death and black metal bands, and had also been friends since years back.

So far this Benighted has released two demos entitled "Heljarför" and "Avgrundshjärta".

4)Benighted: Old School Death Metal band from Sweden.

One demo-
Recorded in 26-28 February 1993.

The Master of Darkness

1. Dreamweaver
2. Crushing the Light
3. Master of Darkness
4. I Am God
5. Altar of Sacrifice

Claustrophobia
Benighted Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Sensation indéfinie qui fait qu'au fond l'angoisse grandit
Que faire quand c'est le corps la prison de l'être
Fermé dans les murs de l'être, il se débat de toutes ses forces
Situation insupportable de vide
Anxiété naissante, haine dirigée contre soi, envahisssante, sournoise

Les idées noires s'installent, multiples
Claustrophobia

Délire, suffocation, asphyxie,
Claustrophobia
La chair cancérise tout l'être
Claustrophobia

Prisonnier volontaire, obsession spirituelle
Les défenses tombent une à une
Bercé dans son enfer, il espère le clivage entre l'enveloppe humaine et l'âme

Il ressent la peur
Peur de soi
Il perçit le froid
Froide du chaos
Il nourrit la haine
Contre lui

Torturé, l'esprit se veut désincarné
Dépasser les limites du corps, enceinte périssable

Dégout, souffrance, mal être
Dans la solitude absolue il s'enferme pour vaincre sa nature

Par l'éviscération, il évacue l'essence même du mal
Par les lacérations, il libère son âme
Malgré la mare de sang dans laquelle il baigne, sans vie
Son visage est serein, empreint d'une quiétude dont il n'attendait rien
Sinon la fin du supplice
Niant le coût du repos, sa solitude continue.

Bercé dans son enfer toutes ses angoisses persistent rongeant son être
Atteignant le paroxysme de sa sublime douleur.

Torturé, l'esprit sera anéanti.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Benighted's song Claustrophobia describe a state of mind where the anxiety is constantly growing, trapped inside the walls of one's own being. The sensation is undefined, yet it is suffocating and all-consuming. The body becomes a prison, and the person feels like they are fighting for their life to escape it. The emptiness of the situation becomes unbearable, and the anxiety and self-directed hatred grows like a creeping vine. The person feels powerless to stop it as the dark thoughts settle in, and the claustrophobia takes over their mind and body.

The person in the song becomes a willing prisoner, obsessed with the idea of separation between body and spirit. The defenses against the onslaught of negativity crumble one by one, leaving the person alone in their personal hell. The fear of oneself and the coldness of chaos consume the person, and they become consumed by their own hatred. The person longs to be disembodied, to surpass the physical limitations of their mortal body, and exist outside of it.

In the final verse, the person reaches a breaking point, where they must either face the pain or continue to suffer alone. They choose to release the essence of their pain through self-harm, and, despite the bloodshed and death, they find peace in the release of their pain. The final line implies that the person's suffering will continue, even though they have found temporary relief.

Line by Line Meaning

Sensation indéfinie qui fait qu'au fond l'angoisse grandit
A vague feeling that grows anxiety deep down

Que faire quand c'est le corps la prison de l'être
What to do when the body is the prison of the being

Fermé dans les murs de l'être, il se débat de toutes ses forces
Trapped within the walls of the being, struggling with all its might

Situation insupportable de vide
Unbearable situation of emptiness

Anxiété naissante, haine dirigée contre soi, envahisssante, sournoise
Emerging anxiety, self-directed hatred, invasive, insidious

Les idées noires s'installent, multiples
Multiple dark thoughts settling in

Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia

Délire, suffocation, asphyxie,
Delirium, suffocation, asphyxia

Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia

La chair cancérise tout l'être
The flesh cancerizes the whole being

Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia

Prisonnier volontaire, obsession spirituelle
Voluntary prisoner, spiritual obsession

Les défenses tombent une à une
The defenses fall one by one

Bercé dans son enfer, il espère le clivage entre l'enveloppe humaine et l'âme
Cradled in his hell, he hopes for the split between the human envelope and the soul

Il ressent la peur
He feels the fear

Peur de soi
Fear of oneself

Il perçit le froid
He perceives the cold

Froide du chaos
Coldness of chaos

Il nourrit la haine
He feeds on hatred

Contre lui
Against himself

Torturé, l'esprit se veut désincarné
Tortured, the spirit wants to be disembodied

Dépasser les limites du corps, enceinte périssable
Surpassing the limits of the body, perishable womb

Dégout, souffrance, mal être
Disgust, suffering, malaise

Dans la solitude absolue il s'enferme pour vaincre sa nature
In absolute solitude he locks himself to overcome his nature

Par l'éviscération, il évacue l'essence même du mal
Through evisceration, he evacuates the very essence of evil

Par les lacérations, il libère son âme
Through lacerations, he frees his soul