Belphegor (band)

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Belphegor

Background information
Origin	Austria
Genre(s)	Blackened death metal
Years active	1993–present
Label(s)	Lethal Records Last Episode Napalm Records Nuclear Blast
Website	www.belphegor.at
Members
Helmuth Sigurd Serpenth

Belphegor is an Austrian blackened death metal band named after the demon Belphegor (originally Baal-Peor) and formed in 1993.

1 Biography
2 Members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Videos
4 External links
- 4.1 Videos

Biography

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1993: The demo on Maxi CD format, Bloodbath in Paradise, is circulated within the underground. 1995: The first studio album, The Last Supper, is released on Lethal Records. Following their own path of sin and befitting their ever-evolving anti-religious, anti-life attitude, Belphegor's logo gets revamped to incorporate two inverted crosses completely surrounded by blood representing the slaughter of Christians and martyrs. 1997: Last Episode Records releases Blutsabbath. 2000: The band releases the album Necrodaemon Terrorsathan. 2002: Belphegor celebrates their 10th anniversary by capturing a live set with songs played even faster than their original studio recordings on Infernal Live Orgasm (released on their own label, Phallelujah Productions). 2003: Produced by Alex Krull at Mastersound Studios, Belphegor cram their high-speed music into the 8-track release of [[Lucifer Incestus, and then tour throughout Europe. 2005: The band opts to once again to work with Krull at Mastersound to record Goatreich - Fleshcult for Napalm Records, and later touring Europe with the X-Mass Festival. "We don’t give a fuck about anything and don’t let anyone talk us into doing anything. Only the music counts!" 2006: The band switches over to the Nuclear Blast label and releases the highly-anticipated "Pestapokalypse VI album on the new label. Belphegor begins Part. I of "Pestapokalypse VI World Wide Campaign 2006–2008" in North America with Danzig for the "The Blackest of the Black Tour" in November. Band than prepares for the rest of the global tour which was to continue throught the next couple years. 2007–Present: In February to March, the band has toured North America with Unleashed, Krisiun and Hatesphere, and has played at the Wacken Open Air festival in August. Belphegor begins writing new material for the next album and gears up for the third North American segment of the tour for early 2008.