A single look at Belphegor's second album, 1997's Blutsabbath, is all you'll really need to decide whether this band is for you.
These boys take their satanic allegiances very seriously.
And so does one of their girlfriends, apparently, since she agreed to accompany them into an Austrian forest carrying a couple of ram's skulls in order to pose semi-naked and covered in blood for the delightful image captured on the album's cover.
But shocking artwork is hardly news in the black metal world, and it certainly can't make up for Belphegor's rather average songwriting skills.
Still, Blutsabbath offers a modest step forward from the group's uninspired debut, boasting a slight refinement in creative terms while somehow sounding even more raw than its predecessor.
Attitude, as they say, is key.
And attitude, unfortunately, is pretty much all that Belphegor has going in its favor, as there is little here to distinguish the band from the black metal masses.
Simply put, this is an eardrum bludgeoning experience, more exhausting than satisfying.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abschwörung | Belphegor | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Blackest Ecstasy | Belphegor | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Purity Through Fire | Belphegor | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Behind the Black Moon | Belphegor | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | Blutsabbath | Belphegor | Play | 05:57 | 13 MB | 44 MB |
| 6 | No Resurrection | Belphegor | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | The Requiem of Hell | Belphegor | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | Untergang Der Gekreuzigten | Belphegor | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | Path of Sin | Belphegor | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 35 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 268 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Battle | Executive Producer |
| 2 | Belphegor | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 3 | Marius | Background Noise, Bass |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |