I completly agree with you about Der Geistertreiber, I just can't believe they made a video for it too, it was terrible, I actually thought it was fake when I first started watching it.

Oh well I wasn't expecting much from this album, very good review.

Yeah...sounds like Belphegor. I wish these guys would just take 3 or 4 years off to figure out how to do something new instead of pumping out the same thing this frequently. I used to be a pretty big fan but it's really hard for me to get into them anymore for this reason.

I disagree with the classification. Belphegor is not Black Metal but blackened Death Metal.

BM and blackened Death can be very close and Belphegor definitely has something in common with BM but it sounds more like Death than Black to me. If we had to decide strictly between Black and Death, I would label it as Death.

By the way Baz, you labeled the band as blackened Death Metal on your "Bondage Goat Zombie" review.
And I agree with you that this band is very hard to see otherwise than as a joke.

I actually found this album easier to listen to than their past efforts and thought that musically they had matured somewhat this time around, though that still doesn't mean it's good. The rating is bang on as far as I'm concerned, though Lord Regnier has a point about the genre.

Another belphegor video!!! i was a big fan of them before i see their videos, I'm not gonna watch this one.
and as far as remember it was blackened kind of death metal not alone bm, i havent listened to this one yet

And to think some consider them more consistant and interesting than Behemoth...I saw part of that video and I couldn't believe it was real.

I don't understand whats up with these guys. They release Goatreich Fleshcult and Pestapokalypse which are A++++ albums, and now this?

This album just feels like I'm listening to bondage goat zombie to be honest.

Sounds like a case of forgive and forget...by which i mean, forget Belphegor, as there is a perfectly awesome God Dethroned album still in the rotations of those wise enough to buy real Blackened Death Metal...take note!

I agree with the review, but the musicianship shown here is definitely better than average. I think if this band keeps releasing albums, they are bound to hit the right spot one day. For now, it's the same as usual from Belphegor. Not a bad listen if you are just looking for something new, but baz is right, it definitely won't stick.

7.5/10

What a boring album. Belphegor sadly lacks of creativity.

I think Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn needs more than one listen. I got it today and I'm listening to it right now for the fourth time... Really grows each time you listen to it : the outro of Veneration Diaboli is one of the best things Belphegor have done in their whole career; some passages are very "black" and obscure. A fan of Belphegor (which I am) could appreciate this new opus, the others should give it a try... But I really hope next album will be something different...

8/10

I also think this is not a bad album. Ok I haven't listened to BM (or Blackened Death Metal, whatever they play) in quite a while, so maybe I'm not too critical. And I actually like the song "Der Geistertreiber", it did stick in my head after the first listen.

Yeah, I actually found this to be more memorable than some of their previous stuff. Some of the riffs were really good.

This album is pretty mediocre and forgettable imo.

I liked it. There. I said it. I actually like the cheesy super-evil thing they've got going. As for the repetetiveness, maybe, but not forgetable. I give it 8/10.

but seriously, "fornicationium et immundus diabolus" is still the greatest blackened death metal song ever

I like this album, and the video for (and the song) Der Geistertreiber. What's wrong with me? There are some intense guitar tones here, like in Hail the New Flesh. Give the brothers a break, they're Austrian