Showing posts with label Death Black Metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death Black Metal. Show all posts

Monday, 22 June 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - BELPHEGOR - Austria - Diabolical Death Black Metal

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are BELPHEGOR (Diabolical Death Black Metal), one of the most extreme and blaspheme bands ever to come from Austrian lands. Belphegor are one of the most respected bands in their musical genre and a reference of excellence in extreme metal itself!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The latest single / videoclip "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" out via
Reigning Phoenix Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84svP3mTJo




BOOKING INFO!
Booking info: www.belphegor.at/booking.htm
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [EU]: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [NORTH AMERICA]: STEPH@CONTINENTAL-CONCERTS.US



SCARLET BEAST - LEVIATHAN DETAILS:

Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have released a new single titled "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" via Reigning Phoenix Music.

With the release of "Scarlet Beast“ Leviathan", BELPHEGOR return at their most menacing and deliberate, delivering a track that moves with the force of an advancing colossus. Built upon lumbering, monolithic riffs and a suffocating sense of inevitability, the single embodies a towering presence, vast, unrelenting, and absolute.

"Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" does not chase speed; it commands submission. Favoring tension, density, and sheer authority over velocity, the song fuses ritualistic black metal atmosphere with the crushing weight of death metal. The result is a sonic behemoth, oppressive, deliberate, and unstoppable, advancing through scorched terrain with death trailing in its wake.

The single arrives as BELPHEGOR kick off their North American "Praise The Beast" tour, carrying this new chapter directly onto the stage. The track's immense weight and deliberate pacing translate into a live experience built on tension and command, setting the tone for a run that promises ritual intensity across the continent.

STREAM, GET IT HERE: https://belphegor.rpm.link/leviathanYT

Accompanying the single is a stark and uncompromising music video that captures the essence of true darkness. Gritty and raw in execution, the visual counterpart strips away artifice and embraces ritualistic imagery, shadow, and decay. It is not spectacle, but invocation.

With "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan", BELPHEGOR once again prove their mastery of controlled devastation. The beast does not rush. It advances. And nothing stands in its path.

Mixed & mastered by Tue Madsen, Antfarm Studio
All guitars, vocals & bass recorded at Studio Mischmaschine Oberalm, Austria with Jake K.
Drums recorded in Michael Zech's Church Of Sound Studio Munich, Ger.

BELPHEGOR recording line-up:
Helmuth: Guitars, heretic grunts, bass
Wolfgang "Wolf" R.: Guitars
James S.: Drums

Music & Lyrics: Helmuth




"THE DEVILS" DETAILS!

Diabolical death metal squadron BELPHEGOR have released their new album "The Devils" out via Nuclear Blast Records.
Once again their trademark sounding "Diabolical Death Metal" will be brought to the world. The outstanding artwork was created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, with exalted design elements influenced by renaissance and middle age paintings.

With "The Devils", long-running diabolical black death metal titans BELPHEGOR unleash their twelfth studio album upon the masses, which proves to be one of the strongest and most elaborate records in the groups career. Mixed & mastered at renowned Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates), "The Devils" sounds absolutely crushing and dynamic, sonically pushing the immense variety of the eight tracks to new heights.

The band comments: "Hail! Today we are finally unleashing our new album "THE DEVILS" in its entirety!
I think the greatest strength of this twelfth BELPHEGOR album are the many new elements incorporated into our unrelenting soundwall, which illuminates the offering shine with an evil ritualistic light. We tried to push the boundaries as musicians and as a band to bring the eight soundcollages to a new level of “Diabolical Black Death Metal” extremity. An intense atmosphere was our goal.
"THE DEVILS" is the perfect demonstration of how we wanted to sound in the year 2022, every aspect expressing what we seek within BELPHEGOR!"
In Musick, Helmuth

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]


ORDER NOW:
BELPHEGOR'S "THE DEVILS": Available on all digital platforms and on physical formats including vinyl, cassette, CD jewel case and CD Digipak with bonus tracks and TS design.
ORDER NOW: https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2022/Belphegor/the-devils.html



BELPHEGOR BIOGRAPHY

DIABOLICAL DEATH/ BLACK METAL ART SINCE 1993

The dark days of autumn and winter are approaching as European troop BELPHEGOR plant another signpost to Hell upon the Earth's surface. One of the most consistently extreme bands on the Death/Black scene crest their throne built of bones once again to uncompromisingly attack humanity, three years after their 2014 demonstration of brutality, »CONJURING THE DEAD«. »TOTENRITUAL« consists of nine compositions which, blow-by-blow, silence any doubts about the supremacy of these icons of the European scene. Merciless riff force, crunchy blasts in a dark setting – 24 years after their foundation, BELPHEGOR’s inventive creativity places them head and shoulders above the rest. Anyone looking for silence, beautiful melodies and a life-affirming aura will suffocate under the power of »TOTENRITUAL.«

Even small interludes takes the listener to a safe place only for a short period, before the next brutal attack follows. The eleventh studio album of the undisputed Death/Black Metal scene conductors follows the sophisticated path of its precursors and will have their followers kneeling down in humility. The commander of death-sounds does not use a blunt corset of henchmen for his attacks on society's conventions, but demonstrates his skills as a high-class songwriter. From determined songs, embossed by an obsessed directness, to majestic ritualistic hymns - followers of darkest sermons will be led directly into the abyss. »TOTENRITUAL« enters mercilessly into the procession of BELPHEGOR's works of art: another thorn in the eye of every upholder of moral standards – the end is heralded.

For the recordings of »TOTENRITUAL«, the squad retired to Stage One Studios in Germany and Studio Mischmaschine in Austria.

For the diabolic wall of sound, the explosive material was sent across the pond and was refined in the Audiohammer Studios in Florida by Jason Suecof [Mix] and Mark Lewis [Mastering]. The impressive cover artwork was again created by the Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who has also created the striking visual countenance for »PESTAPOCALYPSE VI« [2006] and »CONJURING THE DEAD« [2014].

BELPHEGOR was founded in 1993 and spread like a virus within the underground. Meanwhile, their »BLOODBATH IN PARADISE« demo has become legendary and paved the baleful path into the souls of thousands of listeners. Anti-religious with nihilistic tendencies as well as provocative topics, BELPHEGOR moved on. The debut album »The Last Supper« [1995] let the community of followers and opponents grow. Inexorably, the band pushes their destructive ways forward in the following years. BELPHEGOR become louder, more obsessed and more dynamic, and their albums now have cult status. To think about the scene doesn't work without thinking of BELPHEGOR. In 2008, the band sent their followers to the edge of hell with »Bondage Goat Zombie« and sparked an all-consuming Death Metal fire with blasting black metal influences. This masterpiece, inspired by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most demanding works the genre has offered to this day. BELPHEGOR showed themselves equally brutal and baleful on the successors »WALPURGIS RITES - HEXENWAHN« [2009] and »BLOOD MAGICK NECROMANCE« [2011]. The band received a lot of great feedback for their intense live performances as well, and reached out to a big and loyal fan base. Their obscure rituals full of diabolical magick have haunted the world several times – next to extensive tours through Asia and Europe, BELPHEGOR have also completed ten tours through North America. No matter where BELPHEGOR march forth on this planet, be it on your stereo or live on stage, one thing is for sure: after the crest of their devilish death ceremony, there will only be a heap of ruins remaining!

Monday, 23 February 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - BELPHEGOR - Austria - Diabolical Death Black Metal

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are BELPHEGOR (Diabolical Death Black Metal), one of the most extreme and blaspheme bands ever to come from Austrian lands. Belphegor are one of the most respected bands in their musical genre and a reference of excellence in extreme metal itself!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The new single / videoclip "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" out via
Reigning Phoenix Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84svP3mTJo




BOOKING INFO!
Booking info: www.belphegor.at/booking.htm
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [EU]: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [NORTH AMERICA]: STEPH@CONTINENTAL-CONCERTS.US



SCARLET BEAST - LEVIATHAN DETAILS:

Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have released a new single titled "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" via Reigning Phoenix Music.

With the release of "Scarlet Beast“ Leviathan", BELPHEGOR return at their most menacing and deliberate, delivering a track that moves with the force of an advancing colossus. Built upon lumbering, monolithic riffs and a suffocating sense of inevitability, the single embodies a towering presence, vast, unrelenting, and absolute.

"Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" does not chase speed; it commands submission. Favoring tension, density, and sheer authority over velocity, the song fuses ritualistic black metal atmosphere with the crushing weight of death metal. The result is a sonic behemoth, oppressive, deliberate, and unstoppable, advancing through scorched terrain with death trailing in its wake.

The single arrives as BELPHEGOR kick off their North American "Praise The Beast" tour, carrying this new chapter directly onto the stage. The track's immense weight and deliberate pacing translate into a live experience built on tension and command, setting the tone for a run that promises ritual intensity across the continent.

STREAM, GET IT HERE: https://belphegor.rpm.link/leviathanYT

Accompanying the single is a stark and uncompromising music video that captures the essence of true darkness. Gritty and raw in execution, the visual counterpart strips away artifice and embraces ritualistic imagery, shadow, and decay. It is not spectacle, but invocation.

With "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan", BELPHEGOR once again prove their mastery of controlled devastation. The beast does not rush. It advances. And nothing stands in its path.

Mixed & mastered by Tue Madsen, Antfarm Studio
All guitars, vocals & bass recorded at Studio Mischmaschine Oberalm, Austria with Jake K.
Drums recorded in Michael Zech's Church Of Sound Studio Munich, Ger.

BELPHEGOR recording line-up:
Helmuth: Guitars, heretic grunts, bass
Wolfgang "Wolf" R.: Guitars
James S.: Drums

Music & Lyrics: Helmuth




"THE DEVILS" DETAILS!

Diabolical death metal squadron BELPHEGOR have released their new album "The Devils" out via Nuclear Blast Records.
Once again their trademark sounding "Diabolical Death Metal" will be brought to the world. The outstanding artwork was created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, with exalted design elements influenced by renaissance and middle age paintings.

With "The Devils", long-running diabolical black death metal titans BELPHEGOR unleash their twelfth studio album upon the masses, which proves to be one of the strongest and most elaborate records in the groups career. Mixed & mastered at renowned Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates), "The Devils" sounds absolutely crushing and dynamic, sonically pushing the immense variety of the eight tracks to new heights.

The band comments: "Hail! Today we are finally unleashing our new album "THE DEVILS" in its entirety!
I think the greatest strength of this twelfth BELPHEGOR album are the many new elements incorporated into our unrelenting soundwall, which illuminates the offering shine with an evil ritualistic light. We tried to push the boundaries as musicians and as a band to bring the eight soundcollages to a new level of “Diabolical Black Death Metal” extremity. An intense atmosphere was our goal.
"THE DEVILS" is the perfect demonstration of how we wanted to sound in the year 2022, every aspect expressing what we seek within BELPHEGOR!"
In Musick, Helmuth

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]


ORDER NOW:
BELPHEGOR'S "THE DEVILS": Available on all digital platforms and on physical formats including vinyl, cassette, CD jewel case and CD Digipak with bonus tracks and TS design.
ORDER NOW: https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2022/Belphegor/the-devils.html



BELPHEGOR BIOGRAPHY

DIABOLICAL DEATH/ BLACK METAL ART SINCE 1993

The dark days of autumn and winter are approaching as European troop BELPHEGOR plant another signpost to Hell upon the Earth's surface. One of the most consistently extreme bands on the Death/Black scene crest their throne built of bones once again to uncompromisingly attack humanity, three years after their 2014 demonstration of brutality, »CONJURING THE DEAD«. »TOTENRITUAL« consists of nine compositions which, blow-by-blow, silence any doubts about the supremacy of these icons of the European scene. Merciless riff force, crunchy blasts in a dark setting – 24 years after their foundation, BELPHEGOR’s inventive creativity places them head and shoulders above the rest. Anyone looking for silence, beautiful melodies and a life-affirming aura will suffocate under the power of »TOTENRITUAL.«

Even small interludes takes the listener to a safe place only for a short period, before the next brutal attack follows. The eleventh studio album of the undisputed Death/Black Metal scene conductors follows the sophisticated path of its precursors and will have their followers kneeling down in humility. The commander of death-sounds does not use a blunt corset of henchmen for his attacks on society's conventions, but demonstrates his skills as a high-class songwriter. From determined songs, embossed by an obsessed directness, to majestic ritualistic hymns - followers of darkest sermons will be led directly into the abyss. »TOTENRITUAL« enters mercilessly into the procession of BELPHEGOR's works of art: another thorn in the eye of every upholder of moral standards – the end is heralded.

For the recordings of »TOTENRITUAL«, the squad retired to Stage One Studios in Germany and Studio Mischmaschine in Austria.

For the diabolic wall of sound, the explosive material was sent across the pond and was refined in the Audiohammer Studios in Florida by Jason Suecof [Mix] and Mark Lewis [Mastering]. The impressive cover artwork was again created by the Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who has also created the striking visual countenance for »PESTAPOCALYPSE VI« [2006] and »CONJURING THE DEAD« [2014].

BELPHEGOR was founded in 1993 and spread like a virus within the underground. Meanwhile, their »BLOODBATH IN PARADISE« demo has become legendary and paved the baleful path into the souls of thousands of listeners. Anti-religious with nihilistic tendencies as well as provocative topics, BELPHEGOR moved on. The debut album »The Last Supper« [1995] let the community of followers and opponents grow. Inexorably, the band pushes their destructive ways forward in the following years. BELPHEGOR become louder, more obsessed and more dynamic, and their albums now have cult status. To think about the scene doesn't work without thinking of BELPHEGOR. In 2008, the band sent their followers to the edge of hell with »Bondage Goat Zombie« and sparked an all-consuming Death Metal fire with blasting black metal influences. This masterpiece, inspired by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most demanding works the genre has offered to this day. BELPHEGOR showed themselves equally brutal and baleful on the successors »WALPURGIS RITES - HEXENWAHN« [2009] and »BLOOD MAGICK NECROMANCE« [2011]. The band received a lot of great feedback for their intense live performances as well, and reached out to a big and loyal fan base. Their obscure rituals full of diabolical magick have haunted the world several times – next to extensive tours through Asia and Europe, BELPHEGOR have also completed ten tours through North America. No matter where BELPHEGOR march forth on this planet, be it on your stereo or live on stage, one thing is for sure: after the crest of their devilish death ceremony, there will only be a heap of ruins remaining!

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

BELPHEGOR - "Scarlet Beast – Leviathan" new single and music video!

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH METAL


[ Cover Artwork By: Dhomth ]

BELPHEGOR - "SCARLET BEAST - LEVIATHAN" NEW SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO!
[2026.02.18]

Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have released a new single titled "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" via Reigning Phoenix Music.

With the release of "Scarlet Beast – Leviathan", BELPHEGOR return at their most menacing and deliberate, delivering a track that moves with the force of an advancing colossus. Built upon lumbering, monolithic riffs and a suffocating sense of inevitability, the single embodies a towering presence, vast, unrelenting, and absolute.

"Scarlet Beast – Leviathan" does not chase speed; it commands submission. Favoring tension, density, and sheer authority over velocity, the song fuses ritualistic black metal atmosphere with the crushing weight of death metal. The result is a sonic behemoth, oppressive, deliberate, and unstoppable, advancing through scorched terrain with death trailing in its wake.

The single arrives as BELPHEGOR kick off their North American “Praise The Beast” tour, carrying this new chapter directly onto the stage. The track’s immense weight and deliberate pacing translate into a live experience built on tension and command, setting the tone for a run that promises ritual intensity across the continent.

STREAM, GET IT HERE: https://belphegor.rpm.link/leviathanYT

Accompanying the single is a stark and uncompromising music video that captures the essence of true darkness. Gritty and raw in execution, the visual counterpart strips away artifice and embraces ritualistic imagery, shadow, and decay. It is not spectacle, but invocation.

With "Scarlet Beast – Leviathan", BELPHEGOR once again prove their mastery of controlled devastation. The beast does not rush. It advances. And nothing stands in its path.

Watch the videoclip on Youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84svP3mTJo



Video by:
Thomas Keplinger

Mixed & mastered by Tue Madsen, Antfarm Studio
All guitars, vocals & bass recorded at Studio Mischmaschine Oberalm, Austria with Jake K.
Drums recorded in Michael Zech's Church Of Sound Studio Munich, Ger.



PRAISE THE BEAST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2026
BELPHEGOR (AT) + INCANTATION (USA) + HATE  (POL) + NARCOTIC WASTELAND (USA)

02/19 - Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Monarch
www.facebook.com/thebrooklynmonarch 
02/20 - Lowell, MA, Taffeta Music Hall
www.facebook.com/taffetamusic
02/21 - Montreal, QC, Le Studio TD
www.facebook.com/LeStudioTD
02/22 - Toronto, ON, Lee's Palace
www.facebook.com/leespalaceTO
02/23 - Lakewood, OH, Mercury Music Hall
www.facebook.com/mercurymusiclakewood
02/24 - Joliet, IL, The Forge
www.facebook.com/theforgelive
02/26 - Denver, CO, HQ 
www.facebook.com/HQDenver
02/27 - Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad
www.facebook.com/launchpadrocks
02/28 - Haltom City, TX, Haltom Theater
www.facebook.com/haltomtheater
03/01 - Houston, TX, Scout Bar
www.facebook.com/scoutbar
03/02 - San Antonio, TX, Paper Tiger
www.facebook.com/papertigersa
03/05 - Mesa, AZ, The Rosetta Room
www.instagram.com/therosettaroom
03/06 - San Diego, CA, Brick by Brick
www.facebook.com/BrickByBrickSD
03/07 - San Francisco, CA, DNA Lounge
www.facebook.com/dnalounge
03/08 - Roseville, CA, Goldfield Trading Post
www.facebook.com/GoldfieldTradingPost
03/09 - Los Angeles, CA, 1720
www.facebook.com/1720.LA
03/10 - Santa Ana, CA, The Observatory
www.facebook.com/observatoryoc



BELPHEGOR
recording line-up:
Helmuth: Guitars, heretic grunts, bass
Wolfgang “Wolf” R.: Guitars
James S.: Drums

Music & Lyrics: Helmuth


BOOKING INFO!
Booking info:
www.belphegor.at/contact.htm


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
OFFICIAL MERCH:
 HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT/MERCHANDISESHOP.HTM
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/BELPHEGOR_OFFICIAL
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 

NeKroNews

Monday, 9 February 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - CONQUEST ICON - Poland - Blackened Death Metal

CONQUEST ICON
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek CONQUEST ICON (Polish Blackened Death Metal), they are another impressive band for adepts of an old fashioned death black metal combo. Demolishing and powerful their sound is causing already impact in local metal scene!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The lyric Video for "Empire of the Worm" song from the same titled latest album out via Godz ov War Productions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCTU548CeM




MORE ABOUT THE BAND @ THIS LINKS:
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CONQUESTICON
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/CONQUESTICON 

BOOKING / CONTACT: BAND@CONQUESTICON.ORG 




NEW
ALBUM TITLE: EMPIRE OF THE WORM
RELEASE YEAR : 2020 | LABEL: GODZ OV WAR PRODUCTIONS 


"Empire of the Worm" Tracklist:
1. Vermin
2.
Sacrifical Circle
3.
Deathlike Shadows Rising
4.
Unholy Death Metal
5.
Empire of the Worm
6.
Toward Darkness
7.
Behold the Flames of Hell
8.
Pilgrim of Doom
9.
Crown the Beast
10.
Here and Beyond

ORDER NOW:
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/empire-of-the-worm

CONQUEST ICON BIOGRAPHY

Conquest Icon was found in late 2009 by Andy Blakk (ex-Pyorrhoea, Suicide Circle) and Empherion (Empheris, Hellish).

Band, supported by Imp from Saltus, started to work on debut album in November 2009 and in April 2010 “Hellspire” was finished. Album was mixed and produced by Andy Blakk (drums and vocals were recorded in KPD Studio; guitars and bass were recorded in ABH Studio).

Music on “Hellspire” is an old school blackened death metal.
Album was released by 16th of July 2010. CDs are available through band's site http://conquesticon.org/

After releasing debut album "Hellspire", band takes no rest. In August 2010 the lineup was completed and band started to work on the material for the split "We Are The Ancients" (split is shared with Empheris, Wraith, Necroist and Purifier). Split is soon to be released.

In May 2012 co-founder and band's vocalist, Empherion, decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. He was replaced by Ronve. Current lineup is following.

Andy Blakk - guitar, vocals
Blast! - bass
Ronve - vocals
Major - guitar
Imp - drums

Monday, 26 January 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - BELPHEGOR - Austria - Diabolical Death Black Metal

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are BELPHEGOR (Diabolical Death Black Metal), one of the most extreme and blaspheme bands ever to come from Austrian lands. Belphegor are one of the most respected bands in their musical genre and a reference of excellence in extreme metal itself!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The new single / videoclip "Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus" out via
Reigning Phoenix Music:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCORFvKY6J0




BOOKING INFO!
Booking info: www.belphegor.at/booking.htm
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [EU]: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [NORTH AMERICA]: STEPH@CONTINENTAL-CONCERTS.US



"SANCTUS DIABOLI CONFIDIMUS" DETAILS:


Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have released a new single titled "Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus", marking their first release under a newly inked deal with Reigning Phoenix Music. Accompanying the release is an official music video, directed by Thomas Keplinger, which debuted alongside the single.

Vocalist, guitarist and only founding member Helmuth Lehner describes the song: "A symbiosis of diabolical black death metal. A glorification of the Devil. A hypnotic anthem of passion, fire and iron discipline. It stands for the absolute freedom to walk your own path, to reign within your own realm."

Watch the video and stream the new single at the link below:
https://belphegor.rpm.link/sdc


Mixed and Mastered by Tue Madsen, Antfarm Studio
All guitars, vocals, bass recorded at Studio Mischmaschine Oberalm, Austria with Jake K.
Drums recorded in Michael Zech s Church Of Sound Studio Munich, Ger.

BELPHEGOR recording line-up:
Helmuth: Guitars, heretic grunts, bass
Wolfgang Wolf R.: Guitars
James S.: Drums

Music & Lyrics: Helmuth

Female spells: Madame Gabriela J.
Cover Artwork By: Dhomth
Video by: Thomas Keplinger




"THE DEVILS" DETAILS!

Diabolical death metal squadron BELPHEGOR have released their new album "The Devils" out via Nuclear Blast Records.
Once again their trademark sounding "Diabolical Death Metal" will be brought to the world. The outstanding artwork was created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, with exalted design elements influenced by renaissance and middle age paintings.

With "The Devils", long-running diabolical black death metal titans BELPHEGOR unleash their twelfth studio album upon the masses, which proves to be one of the strongest and most elaborate records in the groups career. Mixed & mastered at renowned Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates), "The Devils" sounds absolutely crushing and dynamic, sonically pushing the immense variety of the eight tracks to new heights.

The band comments: "Hail! Today we are finally unleashing our new album "THE DEVILS" in its entirety!
I think the greatest strength of this twelfth BELPHEGOR album are the many new elements incorporated into our unrelenting soundwall, which illuminates the offering shine with an evil ritualistic light. We tried to push the boundaries as musicians and as a band to bring the eight soundcollages to a new level of “Diabolical Black Death Metal” extremity. An intense atmosphere was our goal.
"THE DEVILS" is the perfect demonstration of how we wanted to sound in the year 2022, every aspect expressing what we seek within BELPHEGOR!"
In Musick, Helmuth

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]


ORDER NOW:
BELPHEGOR'S "THE DEVILS": Available on all digital platforms and on physical formats including vinyl, cassette, CD jewel case and CD Digipak with bonus tracks and TS design.
ORDER NOW: https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2022/Belphegor/the-devils.html



BELPHEGOR BIOGRAPHY

DIABOLICAL DEATH/ BLACK METAL ART SINCE 1993

The dark days of autumn and winter are approaching as European troop BELPHEGOR plant another signpost to Hell upon the Earth's surface. One of the most consistently extreme bands on the Death/Black scene crest their throne built of bones once again to uncompromisingly attack humanity, three years after their 2014 demonstration of brutality, »CONJURING THE DEAD«. »TOTENRITUAL« consists of nine compositions which, blow-by-blow, silence any doubts about the supremacy of these icons of the European scene. Merciless riff force, crunchy blasts in a dark setting – 24 years after their foundation, BELPHEGOR’s inventive creativity places them head and shoulders above the rest. Anyone looking for silence, beautiful melodies and a life-affirming aura will suffocate under the power of »TOTENRITUAL.«

Even small interludes takes the listener to a safe place only for a short period, before the next brutal attack follows. The eleventh studio album of the undisputed Death/Black Metal scene conductors follows the sophisticated path of its precursors and will have their followers kneeling down in humility. The commander of death-sounds does not use a blunt corset of henchmen for his attacks on society's conventions, but demonstrates his skills as a high-class songwriter. From determined songs, embossed by an obsessed directness, to majestic ritualistic hymns - followers of darkest sermons will be led directly into the abyss. »TOTENRITUAL« enters mercilessly into the procession of BELPHEGOR's works of art: another thorn in the eye of every upholder of moral standards – the end is heralded.

For the recordings of »TOTENRITUAL«, the squad retired to Stage One Studios in Germany and Studio Mischmaschine in Austria.

For the diabolic wall of sound, the explosive material was sent across the pond and was refined in the Audiohammer Studios in Florida by Jason Suecof [Mix] and Mark Lewis [Mastering]. The impressive cover artwork was again created by the Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who has also created the striking visual countenance for »PESTAPOCALYPSE VI« [2006] and »CONJURING THE DEAD« [2014].

BELPHEGOR was founded in 1993 and spread like a virus within the underground. Meanwhile, their »BLOODBATH IN PARADISE« demo has become legendary and paved the baleful path into the souls of thousands of listeners. Anti-religious with nihilistic tendencies as well as provocative topics, BELPHEGOR moved on. The debut album »The Last Supper« [1995] let the community of followers and opponents grow. Inexorably, the band pushes their destructive ways forward in the following years. BELPHEGOR become louder, more obsessed and more dynamic, and their albums now have cult status. To think about the scene doesn't work without thinking of BELPHEGOR. In 2008, the band sent their followers to the edge of hell with »Bondage Goat Zombie« and sparked an all-consuming Death Metal fire with blasting black metal influences. This masterpiece, inspired by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most demanding works the genre has offered to this day. BELPHEGOR showed themselves equally brutal and baleful on the successors »WALPURGIS RITES - HEXENWAHN« [2009] and »BLOOD MAGICK NECROMANCE« [2011]. The band received a lot of great feedback for their intense live performances as well, and reached out to a big and loyal fan base. Their obscure rituals full of diabolical magick have haunted the world several times – next to extensive tours through Asia and Europe, BELPHEGOR have also completed ten tours through North America. No matter where BELPHEGOR march forth on this planet, be it on your stereo or live on stage, one thing is for sure: after the crest of their devilish death ceremony, there will only be a heap of ruins remaining!

Saturday, 6 December 2025

BELPHEGOR - On "Praise the Beast North American Tour 2026"!

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL



BELPHEGOR - ON "PRAISE THE BEAST" NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2026!
[2025.11.17]

Black death metal force, BELPHEGOR, will unleash their magickal procession across North America this February and March with the “Praise the Beast” Tour 2026.
These diabolical gatherings mark the band’s return to North America after recently inking a pact with one of the fastest-rising forces in metal - Reigning Phoenix Music.
The tour’s carnage will begin on February 19th in Brooklyn, NY, and proceed to devastate the United States and Canada before finally ending in Santa Ana, CA, on March 10th.

Helmuth states:
“Always a great experience and a pleasure to celebrate extreme Musick in North America. Which procession will you attend?”

Special guests on this trek are death metallers Incantation, plus HATE and Narcotic Wasteland

PRAISE THE BEAST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2026
BELPHEGOR (AT) + INCANTATION (USA) + HATE  (POL) + NARCOTIC WASTELAND (USA)

02/19 - Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Monarch
www.facebook.com/thebrooklynmonarch 
02/20 - Lowell, MA, Taffeta Music Hall
www.facebook.com/taffetamusic
02/21 - Montreal, QC, Le Studio TD
www.facebook.com/LeStudioTD
02/22 - Toronto, ON, Lee's Palace
www.facebook.com/leespalaceTO
02/23 - Lakewood, OH, Mercury Music Hall
www.facebook.com/mercurymusiclakewood
02/24 - Joliet, IL, The Forge
www.facebook.com/theforgelive
02/26 - Denver, CO, HQ 
www.facebook.com/HQDenver
02/27 - Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad
www.facebook.com/launchpadrocks
02/28 - Haltom City, TX, Haltom Theater
www.facebook.com/haltomtheater
03/01 - Houston, TX, Scout Bar
www.facebook.com/scoutbar
03/02 - San Antonio, TX, Paper Tiger
www.facebook.com/papertigersa
03/05 - Mesa, AZ, The Rosetta Room
www.instagram.com/therosettaroom
03/06 - San Diego, CA, Brick by Brick
www.facebook.com/BrickByBrickSD
03/07 - San Francisco, CA, DNA Lounge
www.facebook.com/dnalounge
03/08 - Roseville, CA, Goldfield Trading Post
www.facebook.com/GoldfieldTradingPost
03/09 - Los Angeles, CA, 1720
www.facebook.com/1720.LA
03/10 - Santa Ana, CA, The Observatory
www.facebook.com/observatoryoc


LATEST ALBUM:



The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

ORDER "THE DEVILS" NOW:
BELPHEGOR's "THE DEVILS":https://youtu.be/fWrmIqRNFQw

STREAM:

https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils



VIDEO:

"Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus" : Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCORFvKY6J0



BOOKING INFO!
Booking info:
www.belphegor.at/contact.htm


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
OFFICIAL MERCH:
 HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT/MERCHANDISESHOP.HTM
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/BELPHEGOR_OFFICIAL
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT

NeKroNews

BELPHEGOR - On "Mexican Diabolical Processions" 2025!

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL



BELPHEGOR - ON "MEXICAN DIABOLICAL PROCESSIONS" 2025!
[2025.11.26]

Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have announced the dates and cities for their "Mexican Diabolical Processions" Tour 2025".

“The black death processions marches on. Always a real pleasure to perform for the loyal Metal community in Mexico. Attend this concerts with NAPALM DEATH and CRYPTA.“ In Musick, Helmuth

BELPHEGOR "MEXICAN DIABOLICAL PROCESSIONS" 2025
28.11.2025 - MEX - Monterrey, Chamuco Metal Fest
Tickets: https://arema.mx/evento/15554
29.11.2025 - MEX - Guadalajara, Tattoo Music Fest MX
Tickets: https://www.ticketnowmexico.com/buscar?filtrar=tattoo+music
30.11.2025 - MEX - Mexico City, Chamuco Metal Fest
Tickets: https://arema.mx/e/15222/Chamuco-Metal-Fest-2025

LATEST ALBUM:



The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

ORDER "THE DEVILS" NOW:
BELPHEGOR's "THE DEVILS":https://youtu.be/fWrmIqRNFQw

STREAM:

https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils



VIDEO:

"The Devils" : Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWrmIqRNFQw




BOOKING INFO!
Booking info:
www.belphegor.at/contact.htm
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
OFFICIAL MERCH:
 HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT/MERCHANDISESHOP.HTM
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/BELPHEGOR_OFFICIAL
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 

NeKroNews

Monday, 3 November 2025

Band of the NeKroWEEK - CONQUEST ICON - Poland - Blackened Death Metal

CONQUEST ICON
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek CONQUEST ICON (Polish Blackened Death Metal), they are another impressive band for adepts of an old fashioned death black metal combo. Demolishing and powerful their sound is causing already impact in local metal scene!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The lyric Video for "Empire of the Worm" song from the same titled latest album out via Godz ov War Productions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCTU548CeM




MORE ABOUT THE BAND @ THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.CONQUESTICON.ORG 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CONQUESTICON
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/CONQUESTICON 

BOOKING / CONTACT: BAND@CONQUESTICON.ORG 




NEW
ALBUM TITLE: EMPIRE OF THE WORM
RELEASE YEAR : 2020 | LABEL: GODZ OV WAR PRODUCTIONS 


"Empire of the Worm" Tracklist:
1. Vermin
2.
Sacrifical Circle
3.
Deathlike Shadows Rising
4.
Unholy Death Metal
5.
Empire of the Worm
6.
Toward Darkness
7.
Behold the Flames of Hell
8.
Pilgrim of Doom
9.
Crown the Beast
10.
Here and Beyond

ORDER NOW:
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/empire-of-the-worm

CONQUEST ICON BIOGRAPHY

Conquest Icon was found in late 2009 by Andy Blakk (ex-Pyorrhoea, Suicide Circle) and Empherion (Empheris, Hellish).

Band, supported by Imp from Saltus, started to work on debut album in November 2009 and in April 2010 “Hellspire” was finished. Album was mixed and produced by Andy Blakk (drums and vocals were recorded in KPD Studio; guitars and bass were recorded in ABH Studio).

Music on “Hellspire” is an old school blackened death metal.
Album was released by 16th of July 2010. CDs are available through band's site http://conquesticon.org/

After releasing debut album "Hellspire", band takes no rest. In August 2010 the lineup was completed and band started to work on the material for the split "We Are The Ancients" (split is shared with Empheris, Wraith, Necroist and Purifier). Split is soon to be released.

In May 2012 co-founder and band's vocalist, Empherion, decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. He was replaced by Ronve. Current lineup is following.

Andy Blakk - guitar, vocals
Blast! - bass
Ronve - vocals
Major - guitar
Imp - drums

Monday, 20 October 2025

Band of the NeKroWEEK - BELPHEGOR - Austria - Diabolical Death Black Metal

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are BELPHEGOR (Diabolical Death Black Metal), one of the most extreme and blaspheme bands ever to come from Austrian lands. Belphegor are one of the most respected bands in their musical genre and a reference of excellence in extreme metal itself!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The new single / videoclip "Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus" out via
Reigning Phoenix Music:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCORFvKY6J0




BOOKING INFO!
Booking info: www.belphegor.at/booking.htm
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [EU]: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [NORTH AMERICA]: STEPH@CONTINENTAL-CONCERTS.US



"SANCTUS DIABOLI CONFIDIMUS" DETAILS:


Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have released a new single titled "Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus", marking their first release under a newly inked deal with Reigning Phoenix Music. Accompanying the release is an official music video, directed by Thomas Keplinger, which debuted alongside the single.

Vocalist, guitarist and only founding member Helmuth Lehner describes the song: "A symbiosis of diabolical black death metal. A glorification of the Devil. A hypnotic anthem of passion, fire and iron discipline. It stands for the absolute freedom to walk your own path, to reign within your own realm."

Watch the video and stream the new single at the link below:
https://belphegor.rpm.link/sdc


Mixed and Mastered by Tue Madsen, Antfarm Studio
All guitars, vocals, bass recorded at Studio Mischmaschine Oberalm, Austria with Jake K.
Drums recorded in Michael Zech s Church Of Sound Studio Munich, Ger.

BELPHEGOR recording line-up:
Helmuth: Guitars, heretic grunts, bass
Wolfgang Wolf R.: Guitars
James S.: Drums

Music & Lyrics: Helmuth

Female spells: Madame Gabriela J.
Cover Artwork By: Dhomth
Video by: Thomas Keplinger




"THE DEVILS" DETAILS!

Diabolical death metal squadron BELPHEGOR have released their new album "The Devils" out via Nuclear Blast Records.
Once again their trademark sounding "Diabolical Death Metal" will be brought to the world. The outstanding artwork was created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, with exalted design elements influenced by renaissance and middle age paintings.

With "The Devils", long-running diabolical black death metal titans BELPHEGOR unleash their twelfth studio album upon the masses, which proves to be one of the strongest and most elaborate records in the groups career. Mixed & mastered at renowned Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates), "The Devils" sounds absolutely crushing and dynamic, sonically pushing the immense variety of the eight tracks to new heights.

The band comments: "Hail! Today we are finally unleashing our new album "THE DEVILS" in its entirety!
I think the greatest strength of this twelfth BELPHEGOR album are the many new elements incorporated into our unrelenting soundwall, which illuminates the offering shine with an evil ritualistic light. We tried to push the boundaries as musicians and as a band to bring the eight soundcollages to a new level of “Diabolical Black Death Metal” extremity. An intense atmosphere was our goal.
"THE DEVILS" is the perfect demonstration of how we wanted to sound in the year 2022, every aspect expressing what we seek within BELPHEGOR!"
In Musick, Helmuth

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]


ORDER NOW:
BELPHEGOR'S "THE DEVILS": Available on all digital platforms and on physical formats including vinyl, cassette, CD jewel case and CD Digipak with bonus tracks and TS design.
ORDER NOW: https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2022/Belphegor/the-devils.html



BELPHEGOR BIOGRAPHY

DIABOLICAL DEATH/ BLACK METAL ART SINCE 1993

The dark days of autumn and winter are approaching as European troop BELPHEGOR plant another signpost to Hell upon the Earth's surface. One of the most consistently extreme bands on the Death/Black scene crest their throne built of bones once again to uncompromisingly attack humanity, three years after their 2014 demonstration of brutality, »CONJURING THE DEAD«. »TOTENRITUAL« consists of nine compositions which, blow-by-blow, silence any doubts about the supremacy of these icons of the European scene. Merciless riff force, crunchy blasts in a dark setting – 24 years after their foundation, BELPHEGOR’s inventive creativity places them head and shoulders above the rest. Anyone looking for silence, beautiful melodies and a life-affirming aura will suffocate under the power of »TOTENRITUAL.«

Even small interludes takes the listener to a safe place only for a short period, before the next brutal attack follows. The eleventh studio album of the undisputed Death/Black Metal scene conductors follows the sophisticated path of its precursors and will have their followers kneeling down in humility. The commander of death-sounds does not use a blunt corset of henchmen for his attacks on society's conventions, but demonstrates his skills as a high-class songwriter. From determined songs, embossed by an obsessed directness, to majestic ritualistic hymns - followers of darkest sermons will be led directly into the abyss. »TOTENRITUAL« enters mercilessly into the procession of BELPHEGOR's works of art: another thorn in the eye of every upholder of moral standards – the end is heralded.

For the recordings of »TOTENRITUAL«, the squad retired to Stage One Studios in Germany and Studio Mischmaschine in Austria.

For the diabolic wall of sound, the explosive material was sent across the pond and was refined in the Audiohammer Studios in Florida by Jason Suecof [Mix] and Mark Lewis [Mastering]. The impressive cover artwork was again created by the Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who has also created the striking visual countenance for »PESTAPOCALYPSE VI« [2006] and »CONJURING THE DEAD« [2014].

BELPHEGOR was founded in 1993 and spread like a virus within the underground. Meanwhile, their »BLOODBATH IN PARADISE« demo has become legendary and paved the baleful path into the souls of thousands of listeners. Anti-religious with nihilistic tendencies as well as provocative topics, BELPHEGOR moved on. The debut album »The Last Supper« [1995] let the community of followers and opponents grow. Inexorably, the band pushes their destructive ways forward in the following years. BELPHEGOR become louder, more obsessed and more dynamic, and their albums now have cult status. To think about the scene doesn't work without thinking of BELPHEGOR. In 2008, the band sent their followers to the edge of hell with »Bondage Goat Zombie« and sparked an all-consuming Death Metal fire with blasting black metal influences. This masterpiece, inspired by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most demanding works the genre has offered to this day. BELPHEGOR showed themselves equally brutal and baleful on the successors »WALPURGIS RITES - HEXENWAHN« [2009] and »BLOOD MAGICK NECROMANCE« [2011]. The band received a lot of great feedback for their intense live performances as well, and reached out to a big and loyal fan base. Their obscure rituals full of diabolical magick have haunted the world several times – next to extensive tours through Asia and Europe, BELPHEGOR have also completed ten tours through North America. No matter where BELPHEGOR march forth on this planet, be it on your stereo or live on stage, one thing is for sure: after the crest of their devilish death ceremony, there will only be a heap of ruins remaining!