Baphomet

The Profile

American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, noted for the 1992 album The Dead Shall Inherit; also known as Banished.

American death metal group from Buffalo; released The Dead Shall Inherit (1992). The band later operated under the name Banished.

One review celebrates Baphomet’s 1992 album The Dead Shall Inherit as a defining slab of American death metal. The write-up praises varied drumming, thick riffs, no-solo compactness, and strong production, noting thrash influences without loss of heaviness. A couple of tracks are deemed weaker, but overall the album is held above many contemporaries. The band is framed as unjustly overlooked.