Band: Ingested
Song: “Oaths Betrayed”
Video by: Andrea Mantelli
Album: Denigration
Release Date: May 8th, 2026
Label: Metal Blade Records
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The band comments:
“‘Oaths Betrayed’ takes the language of faith, war, and destiny and turns it against the systems that abuse those ideas. The lyrics are about promises written in blood and enforced with steel; oaths that were supposed to protect but ended up binding people to suffering. It’s a world where idols are pissed on, scriptures are burned, and yet people still march ‘through ruins to claim what’s mine’ because truth is the only thing left worth carrying. It’s the sound of realizing that the divine has abandoned you, and deciding you’ll carve your own laws into bone.
This song almost didn’t make the cut, and now it’s one of the tracks we reach for first. Musically, it hits that high-tempo, groove-driven, 2010s-era death metal energy, spiked with breakdowns that feel like the floor cracking open. It’s urgent, almost martial at times, with riffs that march more than they sprint. Lyn’s lyrical contribution here adds a different edge, more confrontational, more fixated on personal agency in the middle of collapse. ‘Oaths Betrayed’ feels like a rallying cry in the second half of the record.”
Denigration track listing:
- “Dragged Apart” feat. Skyler Conder (Cell)
- “Merciless Reflection” feat. Damonteal Harris (PeelingFlesh)
- “Watch You Fold” feat. John Gallagher (Dying Fetus)
- “Stitch By Stitch”
- “We Are All Inherently Evil”
- “Dredge The Dark” feat. Kyle Medina (Bodysnatcher)
- “Oaths Betrayed”
- “Beaten Beyond the Veil”
- “Steel Toe Truth”
- “Cold Sun”
