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BELPHEGOR

(AUSTRIA)

NECRODAEMON TERRORSATHAN

(2020)
LABEL:

NUCLEAR BLAST

GENRE:

BLACK METAL

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"The reissue of "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan" reminds us that Belphegor was already making a lot of noise twenty years ago, leader of an indestructible black death metal, as vicious as it is destructive."
CHILDERIC THOR (05.01.2021)  
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Black metal fans in the back row would be tempted to confuse "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan" with another Belphegor misdeed. In fact, this is obviously not the case, since the object that Nuclear Blast released at the end of 2020 is only the re-release of the Austrians' third album, a way of celebrating the twenty years of this evil host.

Why this one rather than "The Last Supper" or "Blutsabbath" that preceded it? Belphegor's last offering to be born on behalf of a modest label before it was hosted by Napalm Records and then Nuclear Blast, "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan" is undoubtedly one of the most representative albums of the style by Helmuth and his friends. If it hardly distinguishes itself from its two predecessors, the opus unveils an even aggressive band, setting the canons of this black death metal without concession. Finesse has never been the primary quality of the Austrians, who have always preferred frontal aggression to both aesthetic and conceptual ornaments.

In this respect, the delicious cover of this third record says more about the contents. A naked girl, lying with her legs spread apart, that sums up Belphegor's point, for whom Satanism and the most bestial sexuality have always served as fuel. It goes without saying that the music is to the point. Dusted off, the work has lost none of its blasphemous brutality. Dressing up a diabolical turgidity, the band invites us to an uninterrupted torment with supersonic blasts and fiendish and barbaric spits that the musicians' dexterity makes even more intense and infamous. Shy melodies ('Cremation Of Holiness') and some atmospheres more obvious than on 'The Last Supper' and 'Blutsabbath' ('Vomit Upon The Cross') break somewhat the weariness that it is however allowed to feel at the listening of this diabolical butchery.

If "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan" is a good record, one will prefer a "Lucifer Incestus" (2003) which unloads the same recipe with tenfold efficiency or a "Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn" (2009) which will see the Austrians display a more sinuous face, perforated with craters and heavy atmospheres. In any case, this re-edition serves as a reminder that Belphegor was already making a lot of noise twenty years ago, leader of an indestructible black death, as vicious as it is destructive.
- Official website

TRACK LISTING:
01. Necrodaemon Terrorsathan - 4:48
02. Vomit Upon The Cross - 4:11
03. Diabolical Possession - 4:49
04. Lust Perishes In A Thirst For Blood - 3:53
05. S.B.S.R. - 4:00
06. Sadism Unbound - 3:34
07. Tanzwut Totengesänge - 3:18
08. Cremation Of Holiness - 3:40
09. Necrodaemon Terrorsathan Pt. II / Outro: Analjesus - 3:16

LINEUP:
Helmuth: Chant / Guitares
Serpenth: Basse
   
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