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Belphegor - Lucifer Incestus

Incredible death/black metal - 100%

deathmetal69_, November 19th, 2019

The band whom has created their own unique and diverse style of death and black metal really hit hard with this release. This album is just perfect. It's so good. It's promising before listening, it's promising during listening, and you'll definitely be satisfied with this when you finish the whole thing, no doubt at all.

Their first album was some pure death metal with some black elements, the second album definitely pure black metal, the third album is a mix of the two but still not quite there yet,,, but with Lucifer Incestus, the band has really found their perfect natural sound. The solid style they've been trying to formulate, now they've got it.

I seriously cannot find anything wrong about this album at all. For firsts, the title and album cover. "Lucifer Incestus", that's pretty new and unique - to me at least, one of the coolest album names I've heard. The cover art is a bunch of naked ladies and nuns surrounded by serpents, all sitting near this this devil figure getting up on him and whatnot, that's pretty badass if I do say so myself. Most of the time a cool cover makes for good music, and this album proves it has the balls with a cover and title as so.

There's a interludish intro before the actual music starts, doesn't really need to be there but at the same time it makes for a good preparation for the music. Then comes the first song off the album, "The Goatchrist". Holy crap, they couldn't have picked a better album opener. The Goatchrist is undeniably the best track off this album, for obvious reasons. A cool drum pattern at the very beginning, awesome riff, then blast-beating with some devilish shouting/screaming. SO CATCHY. Remember, this is a death/black metal album, so it's not only a one-sided thing. This is revolutionary.

Every single song on this album is enjoyable. There are no bad or boring parts, nothing repetitive or underwhelming, this will keep you entertained until it's done. All tracks are memorable and different apart from others, you'll be able to remember separate tracks alike from this album. That's one of the best things about it. The riffs are very very good. The guitars are the best part, it has the emotional and atmospheric grind-y appeal and vibe of black metal, and the heaviness and power of death metal. As I've said earlier, this couldn't have been a better album especially considering the sound of the guitars. Great riffs, all the songs are differentiated and good. Most albums similar to this one can tend to be a little monotonous, but the masters Belphegor do it right, with this album and so on. From start to finish this is very entertaining and enjoyable.

The drums have a tight pummeling sound with a slight metallic tone, (if the "metallic" part makes any sense). Drums sound absolutely perfect, goes perfectly with the guitars. The drumming is consistent, relentless, and brutal, which is perfect for an album that mixes death and black metal. The black metal tone of the heavy death metal influenced guitars with the crushing machine gun drums is outstanding. The vocal work is another great mentionable aspect, with vocals ranging from screams, shouts, gutturals, growling, a moderation of screaming/growling, you name it. It goes all over the place with these vocals.

Great riffs, amazing guitar sound, outstanding drum work, expansive vocals, cool album/song titles, and you cant forget the beautiful cover art obviously. Is there anything more to ask of? I don't think so. This album is flawless, seriously. If there are any flaws please do tell me about them because I cannot find any here at all whatsoever.

When I tried out Belphegor for the first time, this album was an instant favorite of mine, I was instantly turned on and attentive to the beauty that this reeks. I don't regret coming across this album; nor the band at all. Lucifer Incestus is self-proven amazing, It's one of those albums that's perfect the whole thing through, 10/10 as it truly deserves.

Satanic perversions - 85%

dismember_marcin, July 12th, 2017

Belphegor is not a band, which I would consider to be one of my favourites, although I do like some of their albums a lot. "Lucifer Incestus" is one of their better works, I think. But there are two things I have to say about "Lucifer..." and Belphegor before we go further in this review. First thing is that they really have their own, unique style of death / black metal and you can recognize this band immediately. Respect for it! And secondly, "Lucifer Incestus" shows some of the best songs of this band and really is a killer album, which I love to listen to, because of its killer sound and sheer fuckin aggression.

This aggression and intensity are trademarks of Belphegor. Their music often erupts with great, powerful energy and is like a pure, relentless massacre. It's a cannonade of fantastic riffs, which hit you hard and create a beautiful, but painful effect. I love its ferociousness, how intense and violent "Lucifer Incestus" sounds and how strong it all is. And at the same time Belphegor always manages to perform songs that are kind of catchy and memorable. You will remember many of these riffs, breaks, vocal patterns immediately and will love them from the first listen. The band remembers also to balance the tempos, so "Lucifer Incestus" is not a constant blasting shit, but there are some slow or mid paced tempos as well. The songs are often built on the verse / chorus traditional formula what only makes them more memorable. Finally with all its obscure and violent nature, there's always some room for harmonies, even short symphonic parts which nicely diverse the music and give more interesting results. Yes, this way such albums like "Lucifer Incestus" must be a winners. And surely this one is and really Belphegor sounds insanely good here.

I do admit that sometimes you can feel like the band was repeating some of their trademark ideas, breaks, riffs' similarity or other patterns too much. But that's nothing wrong, I suppose, since this band has their own, unique style and these arrangements must be coming naturally to them and to their songwriting. I personally don't care about it and through its 35 minutes "Lucifer Incestus" doesn't even let me think about such stupid things like clichés, simply because I'm focused on this extreme and utterly evil slab of death / black metal, with its blasts, killer riffs and insane vocals of Helmuth. Such tracks like "The Goatchrist", "Lucifer Incestus", "Diaboli Virtus In Lumbar Est" are pure fuckin jewels of this band and I love them. Again I have to underline the fantastic intensity and aggression of this music, combined with its catchiness. And if you like when your metal is about Satanic and blasphemous stuff, strongly spiced with erotica and perversion then Belphegor is a must for you. The only thing I don't like about "Lucifer Incestus" is the front artwork, but that's not something what would have any impact on how I receive this album.

Standout tracks: "The Goatchrist", "Lucifer Incestus", "Diaboli Virtus In Lumbar Est
Final rate: 85/100

Intelligent Stupidity - 99%

lord_ghengis, December 2nd, 2013

Extreme metal's smarter exploits are generally pretty up front about their artistic and creative worth. Bands which strive for musical excellence beyond the more simple minded, barbaric standards of the genre tend to make it damn well known how clever and genius they think they are. They'll discuss spirituality, philosophy or science, they'll work with abstract time signatures and sounds, they'll use complex metaphors, use cover art loaded with symbolism with allusions to classical artists, and discuss their music as if it some kind ritualistic connection to the soul. Belphegor do not do this. They tastelessly hide the level of compositional genius they possess under mountains of metallic excess, perverted to the point of hilarity vulgarity and dozens of nun tits, and it's pretty much the best thing ever.

Stupidity is something that can really work for an extreme metal band, particularly once you start looking for this sort of hyper speed death/black metal. Blasphemophagher appeal due to their riff salad over the top approach, Pseudogod appeal through an excessively devastating sound; stupidity is a good thing, and it's this visceral excessiveness which really drives the extreme branches of the genre to be as enjoyable as they are moreso than technicality or artistic vision. Dumb violence is a perfectly valid goal of death and black metal, and Belphegor have a lot of dumb violence to work with.

Lucifer Incestus on the surface reads like a check list for all things gloriously simple minded and idiotic about violent music. Musically it's a follow on and extremification of what they attempted on their previous outing, the wonderfully named Necrodaemon Terrorsathan. It's about 70 percent blast beats, they run the gamut of extreme metal techniques from death metal thundering to sinister and desperate black metal tremolos, manipulative and morbid melodies and menacing chugging grooves. Then they top off the maelstrom of chaos with some of the best double tracked growls, screams, shrieks and roars in the business. The album functions perfectly as a shallow black/death album, whether it's the brutal yet catchy vocal hook of "Demonic Staccato Erection", the dramatic and magnificent lead guitar melody of "Diaboli Virtus in Lumbar Est" or just the plain old fashioned blackened extremity of "The Goatchrist", Lucifer Incestus excels at being an inherently listenable extreme metal album on an aesthetic level. Have it on in the background? It rules. Paying attention? It rules. Doing complex astrophysics to save the lives of your family at the behest of a crazed Austrian madman? It rules. The album is just dripping with catchy, violent ideas that satisfy all the primal urges which extreme metal seeks to leave abused and beaten.

Outside of the directly musical elements, the band present themselves as some kind of ridiculous combination of devil worship, misogyny, goats, sexual perversion, blasphemy, violence and mysticism, handled with all the tact of the crazy guy who sleeps under the local railway underpass. It's all a wonderfully fun, exciting setup for them to base their sound off, and damned it isn't the most absurd, cartoonish and completely fucking awesome thing ever. Really, on the surface there's not a whole lot to think the band has a whole lot going on upstairs outside of the relatively wide range of riffing styles they attempt over the course of the album.

That's why it's so surprising to see how well composed it is; it isn't a riff salad, yet it isn't a formulaic verse-chorus exercise. The band manages to work their way through dozens of riff and tempo changes within each song, changing things up often enough to be exciting and unpredictable, but with enough care and fluidity to feel natural and smooth. It manages to make this multitude of changing, ever shifting musical ideas concise and biting, with no songs bloating beyond what an good vitriolic death/black song asks for. This sort of thing is what I personally consider supreme song writing in extreme metal, not stitching totally different pieces of music together for 10 minutes, not adding in mountains of technicality, but efficiently creating volatile, exciting songs which manage to touch in a big riff count yet still feel like singular pieces of music. On Lucifer Incestus at least, Belphegor have nailed this concept pretty much perfectly, to the point which the only album I can reasonably say beats it in this regard is None so Vile.

Cryptopsy's classic second album is actually a pretty good place to start pointing out exactly how subtly clever this is. Everyone loves the end of "Benedictine Convulsions" right? Not the obvious twenty second growl, which is awesome and all, but the real highlight of the song's last 80 seconds is the clever way it combines three different little riffs or riff segments together in such interesting and addictive ways. The band changes riffs after constantly shifting and unpredictable numbers of repetitions which still manage to flow naturally and lose absolutely no momentum, and it's about the most addictive thing ever. Awesome riffs, delivered in a way you can rock out to and fully get into without thinking, and still be shocked and refreshed by each little change when you take a second to absorb it. Belphegor love to do this.

Most notably the intro to "The Sin-Hellfucked" mimics this exact concept, mixing a hyper speed tremolo riff, a fast, slightly middle eastern tinged melody and a chunky, three note chug together for about a minute by rapidly shifting from the blasting chaos to a slow crunch at unpredictable but still fitting intervals. Not only is the general concept thrilling and a great ride to be dragged along on, the band is ridiculously tight when doing these little riff mash up sections. The drums launch into blasts and revert to thunderous pounding grooves at just the right times, making every riff change as devastating as possible, and still find time to add in a few little fairs and fills to add yet another level of subtle detail to admire. This song is the most overt of the times the band goes for the this idea, but really all the songs are built around a similar idea where instead of just a single verse riff, it's a number of riffs which can all slot together comfortably yet serve different purposes being worked over in ever changing ways. Sure it still manages to contain things noticeable as a choruses or as a verse hook and the songs rarely adventure outside into progressive, sprawling places, but the music is never entirely predictable as riffs routinely slip in a few chug notes or a quick melody or a changing drum beat, even within a more formulaic setting.

It really is the little bit of extra depth to the writing which sets the album above the two which followed it, making up the band's most popular trilogy. The pair of follow up records if anything manage to actually up the ante in regards to extremity and relentlessness, and sacrifice very little in the way of catchy accessibly, but fail to recapture the little layers of intricacy that this album possesses. Whether it's the the straight up violence which never matches the cleverness of the opener, or the melodies which never manage to live up to the glorious conclusion to "Fukk the Blood of Christ", which takes one melody and applies about 10 different variations to it over the course of 70 magnificent seconds; the band was never able to balance the blasty and violent dumb fun side with the clever and well planned one as well as they did here. The album's one blemish is actually the single track that really feels as comparatively shallow as those later albums, "Paradise Regained". It runs through a nice enough riff set with a lot of vigor and energy, but lacks this extra dimension, likely due to the quite straightforward drumming which sticks to blast or a regular fast beat without the same level of in depth linking to the guitars.

This is an album which has clearly been given a lot of thought and care, but still manages to exude the infectious attitude of something thrown together with no purpose beyond getting some drunken deathheads to mosh until everyone is bleeding. It can be enjoyed on a casual listen or under more detailed scrutiny and as such stands as one of my favourite, most frequently listened albums of all time. Lucifer Incestus really has something for anyone into death/black metal, there are great riffs, catchy vocal hooks delivered as intensely as possible, moments of sinister beauty and melodicism, and it's all produced massively and getting through its points in a short, concise time frame. This gets dumb the smart way.

Pure Luciferian madness. - 84%

linguist2011, March 5th, 2013

If I had a pound for every time I came across the subject of Lucifer in any band's lyrics, song titles or album titles, I could probably be rich enough to pay off my tuition fees. Of course, it's unsurprising just how much Lucifer is referred to in Metal, and more specifically, within blackened death metal (or if you prefer, black metal and death metal). The front cover of Belphegor's fourth album displays six naked women, kneeling down (aptly to Groin level!) in front of what is probably a depiction of Lucifer himself, who seems to be having a lot of fun. So, no prizes to anyone who wildly guess what 'Lucifer Incestus' is all about.

If your wild guess is unholy sodomy, blasphemous torture and the most wicked and vile of sins, you are correct. Anyone who so much as reads the lyrics of any song on 'Lucifer...' will automatically know that Belphegor love to write songs about rape and sexual torture. Helmuth pulls no punches in speaking of “Brute Impalement-by rotten cocks” ('Diaboli Virtus in Lumbar est'), “perform Fellatio-Religious fucked up Bitch” ('Demonic Staccato Erection') and “Cock of Flame-buttfuck me-rip me in half” ('The Sin-Hellfucked'). Need I say more?

Naturally, there will be those who don't even read the lyrics and merely focus on the music itself, and with 'Lucifer Incestus', everything has been improved upon since the band's last album, 'Necrodaemon Terrorsathan'. The production is much cleaner, giving way to the extremely fast and brutal guitar work of Helmuth and Sigurd, the automatic machine gun fire of Torturer's drums, and the throat-ripping vocals of Helmuth himself. In fact, Helmuth now seems to have a much wider vocal ranger than on the band's first few albums, showing that he can scream, hurl or growl his way through each of 'Lucifer...'s songs. Sure, the bass is rarely audible, and the blastbeats are nothing new at all, but with uncompromising brutality and terrifically eye-opening intensity, Belphegor have made this album to the best of their abilities.

What is particularly noticeable about the music however, is that both Helmuth and Sigurd's guitars sync so well with each other, that they never actually leave each other's side. They are like the Batman and Robin of blackened death metal (not the best of my comparisons, but I feel it fits). Every song, most notably on the scything 'The Goatchrist' and ultimately melancholic closer 'Fleshrequiem 69/Outro' (notice the significance of '69' in the title...), is fully supported by the most violent and mischievous of riffs, not to mention the number of solos that could pop up anywhere uninvited and not seem unwanted. There is also variation regarding the tempo of the guitars too. Even though the majority of 'Lucifer...' is driven by razor sharp riffs and and ultra fast guitar work, the almost slow moving, hellish harmony of closer 'Fleshrequiem 69/Outro' and extremely tense 'Fukk the Blood of Christ' (Oh those Austrians, spelling 'Fuck' wrong on purpose...) makes for an interesting albeit sinister listen, even if it puts some off altogether.

Strangely enough however, listeners may or may not find fault with 'Lucifer...' for the same reasons that occurred on 'Necrodaemon Terrorsathan'. The guitar work, as mentioned before, keeps this album from being a complete disaster (of which it is almost the opposite!), although the same old structure always seems to crop up on every song. Belphegor aren't an experimental band in any case, so you may or may not even listen to 'Lucifer Incestus', depending on what your views of blackened death metal are. If I could find any particular fault with 'Lucifer...', it is most definitely the annoyingly long intros found within the ode to religious war that is 'Paradise regained' , and sadistically sexual 'The Sin-Hellfucked' made me personally want to hover my finger over the 'skip' button. This is a common flaw found within most of the band's longest songs if I'm honest, but some may put that down to the excessive black metal influences recurring within the band's material.

All in all, 'Lucifer Incestus' shows a vast improvement of the croaky vocals and sometimes muddy production of its predecessor, but at the same time retaining that important aspect of their music, which stops 'Lucifer...' from becoming a total bore: Their unwillingness to slow their sound down and let up on their offensively written lyrical content.

Supreme black art - 95%

Grimulfr, November 14th, 2008

I discovered this band accidently back in 1997 when the cover of Blutsabbath caught my attention in a record store. I had never heard of them and picked it up solely because of the cover. Shortly thereafter I found The Last Supper at the same store. Ever since I’ve been telling people about them and generally got the response of they suck, it is the other Belfegor that’s great. I have not heard that for awhile now. With the release of Lucifer Incestus the response now will be what other Belfegor?

This is of course supreme death/ black art from Austria. From the screaming nuns to the chanted vocals they deliver violence and fury at full velocity. Once again excellent drumming, intricate guitar leads, and screams and growls to perfection. They have cranked it up in speed to Panzer level and added utter brutality. The production is clearer so each instrument stands out. The drum especially sounds great. Belphegor has also moved closer to mostly death metal from Swedish black, just don’t lose the dual vocals. The songs demonstrate long hours of practice and are the most memorable to date, and despite the speed they are always under control. “The Goatchrist” has dominating guitars with hyperspeed melodies and about equal time to each vocal style. “Demonic Staccato Erection” is more sedate with brutal drumming that is not quite so frantic with heavy cymbal work. The rhythm guitar is slow and Helmuth employs an inbetween style of vocals at the end. “Paradise Regained” has a very brief atmospheric intro then pulverizing intensity, the uberpanzer. The bass stands out more as well. “Fukk the Blood of Christ” starts off slow and ominous, the drums kick in slow, chugging rhythm guitar then blastbeats and minimalist guitar leads- high pitched squeals and lengthy slower sections without words to end one of my favorite songs pre Lucifer.

Having one song that surpasses most previous efforts but gets blown away by most everything else on this album demonstrates how far they have climbed. The title track is next and it’s back to pulverizing nuns. “The Sin Hellfucked” has clearly heard bass, heavy cymbol use, chaotic swirling lead guitars, and a Voivodesque ending. “Fleischrequiem” is a highlight of the album with acoustic folkish guitars and chanted vocals in addition to the black and death styles and some anguished screams along with fast drumming. Easily one of the best of 2003.

Originally written for http://teethofthedivine.com

"Supreme death\black metal art"! - 95%

REICHREAPER, August 22nd, 2007

Austrian extreme metallers Belphegor waste no time in getting started on this classic blackened death metal masterpiece!
From the intro, aptly entitled "Inflamate Christianos", it's apparent that these guys don't fuck around! The listener is greeted by what brings to mind a church burning with a demonic orgy of truly epic proportions happening in its midst... only to be bashed over the head with the pure aural brutality that is "The Goatchrist", easily one of the strongest tracks on the album, a furiously paced example of how extreme “extreme metal” can truly be! Accompanying the relentless riffs and blasphemous blastbeats are vocals that range from indecipherable grunts to shiver inducing screams. Mixed in with this brutality are hints of melody that give the chorus and closing a epic, goose bump inducing feel.


Next up, is “Diaboli Virtus In Lumbar Est”, while sacrificing none of the blatant brutality or blasphemy from the previous track, melody is at the forefront here, as sweeping harmonic passages greet the listener amidst unrelenting blastbeats. Helmuth’s vocals are in top form here, as each scream and heretic grunt delivered is more frenzied and more powerful than the last (if that’s even possible!).


And as the song fades into obscurity, a new sound invades the listener’s senses… that of a nun being fucked and whipped! This quickly changes to “Demonic Staccato Erection” which is aptly named given its intro! Very little melody is present here, as this track is seemingly more “death” than “black” metal, as everything about it is dirtier and with no holds barred, you are presented with a nasty ass piece of blackened death metal! While the vocals on this cd always carry a demonic air about them, it is more apparent on this track than any other.


Now, in order to not be redundant, I won’t go through the rest of the tracks in such detail, but the remainder of the songs on the album do bear resemblances to those first three. “Paradise Regained” meshes the ugliness of the previous track with the sheer brutality of “The Goatchrist”. While “Fukk The Blood Of Christ” follows a similar pattern, but with a mid-paced tempo accompanied by Christ-crushing riffs and a truly blasphemous chorus! “Lucifer Incestus”, the title track, is the shortest on the album, yet is arguably the most frantic, as with Terrorizer’s brutal fuckin’ blastbeats and double kicks, Helmuth’s heretic grunts and sweeping, frenzied leads along with those of Sigurd’s, and Barth’s “4-string terrorism” the song packs more of a punch in just under three minutes than many bands could hope to achieve over the course of an entire album! “The Sin: Hellfucked” is much the same way, but despite several changes in tempo throughout the track it still manages to be the most repetitive song on the album. This still isn’t to say that it’s bad by any stretch of the imagination, as much like the rest of the album, it still adheres to the strict standard of sheer brutality that only a band of Belphegor’s caliber can deliver!


And with that, we come to the album’s closer “Fleishrequiem 69” which is an entity all its own. This song brings both brutal and beautiful to mind… it truly is a volatile combination! Shortly after bashing the listener in the skull with its opening, which is classic Belphegor, an acoustic passage interweaves itself into the song, giving the listener a chance to catch their breath, right before they are exposed to a truly awe-inspiring progression which perfectly blends the brutality found on the rest of the album, with the melody present in the pre-accompanying acoustic passage. It must be heard for one to fully comprehend it. Haunting demonic chants give way to more acoustics before the aforementioned progression is repeated, which is just as brutal, black, and beautiful the second time around!


This album is a true “blasterpiece” in every sense of the word… and at the risk of sounding redundant, this album is truly brutal. I know I’ve thrown that word around a hell of lot during this review, but I’m simply trying to get a point across: this album is fucking BRUTAL. “Lucifer Incestus” comes with my highest recommendation for those who like their metal black, brutal, and at times, beautiful!


Furthermore, I’d like to send my eternal hails to Helmuth, Sigurd, Barth, and Terrorizer for crafting such a motherfuckin’ perfect piece of supreme blackened death metal!

Scorching Blackened Death Mania - 80%

corviderrant, October 30th, 2006

Funny how Napalm Records is the home of this band, as they stick out like a sore thumb amongst all the power metal & melodic bands on there! On second thought, better make that a bloody and mutilated thumb, as Belphegor really, REALLY shred on this album.

After the usual ambient intro, the band wastes no time in hammering you into pulp with the diabolically themed "The Goatchrist", with Torturer's furious blasting drums and some nice riffing over the top of it. They alternate blast beats with slower parts to deadly effect and the solo section even features some well-executed sweep picking alternating with crazed Slayer-like madness that comes off as more imaginative, chaotic, and fiendish as anything Messrs. Hannemann & King have played in years.

The rest of the album basically follows this template of frenzied blasting alternating with slower parts musically, and with (surprisingly) much better soloing than is to be expected by bands of this ilk. And damned if they don't work it hard and well, with a good sense of structure and dynamics. I could do without the obnoxiously triggered drums sound, of course--the snare in particular has that annoying tinny ring to it that bespeaks triggers. The rest of the album production-wise is pretty good, however, with thick guitars and a bottomy bass that is just audible enough.

Sigurd and Helmuth trade off some pretty sick vokills all throughout, with hoarse, gurgling death metal growls and scalding black metal shrieks making this sound like the soundtrack to a party in Hell. Then again, for all I know, Old Scratch may well listen to Hank III and the Damned Band (the country incarnation of his band). But I suspect that this would go over well nonetheless.

The lyrics, well, I' ll leave it to your imagination what titles like "Demonic Staccato Erection" (my fave song title on this album!) and "The Goatchrist" reveal. You can tell English is not their first language by the amusing grammatical errors that pop up left and right! There are lyrics in German and Latin as well on this album, adding a little extra flavor.

Overall, I recommend this album highly for a good dose of the concept of "blackened death" overall. This is what I think of when I think of that ideal, and you could do worse than these mad Austrians.

One of their greatest albums - 82%

lord_weballergy, August 12th, 2006

82?
-The songs may sound repetitive after a while. They are not very similar, but the blasts may confuse and remember other songs.
-Sometimes the drums sound like a drum machine in the highest settings.

This is a pretty solid album, the songs have a good structure and they are in a nice order. The production is top notch and it's not usual to listen to albums well produced like this one among black metal bands.

The vocals are amazing, their screamer changes from low growling to high pitched screaming and it's beautiful. For me, this is already a trademark of Belphegor and I help they keep it. I don't think the songs have a "evil sounding", for me, it's more brutal than "evil". Specially on this album, the songs are very agressive and if you are not ready to listen to them you may feel unconfortable. The only exception is the last track "Fleischrequiem 69". This one, for me, is evil and grim. The difference? It has clean vocals and it seems that there is a priest singing along with the screams. The drums are always the same, blast!! Not that this is bad, I mean, it's great.

Now, I wanted to comment on that. The names of the songs are funny sometimes, as in Fleischrequiem 69 they get some names of usual black metal songs and put them togheter. Take a look in the new album "Pestapokalypse VI". Then you'll see what I mean, hehehe.

In an overall this album is a great effort from Belphegor and it deserves a lot of attention. If you are into brutal death metal and black metal I tottaly recomend it, but do not expect to find a Darkthrone or Mayhem clone. Belphegor has built their own style over these years, reaching a point of being a "unique band".
For those who already know Belphegor: do not expect something very different. As you might know, they improve their sound in every album, but they don't change it.

This is the sound of hell - 92%

CannibalCorpse, April 12th, 2005

Yes. This comes definately out of hell. I'm sure!

This was more or less Belphegor's breakthrough into the internation scene. This album's predecessor "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan" was already a great punch in the face, but this one takes the cake easily.

Lucifer Incestus(what a great album title, too!) has even more death metal influences then it's predecessor and takes the aggression to an even higher level. Especially the songs "Lucifer Incestus" and "The Goatchrist" crush everything on their way.

The vocals are unbelievably evil and strong, both the shrieks and the growls are totally flawless. Well, Helmuth was always a great vokillist, no doubt about that.

Lucifer Incestus is also a very technical album, especially in the guitar department, there are not many slow moments to find here and even at this incredible speed, the riffs and solos that Barth and Helmuth spit out are still astounding.
My favourite Belphegor drummer "Torturer" also appears on this album. His speed and his technical abilites are even beyond awesome, he's a maniac behind the kit!

So, this is Belphegor's best moment. I have only heard two songs of "Goatreich - Fleshcult" yet and they sound very promising, but right now, Lucifer Incestus takes the cake. Technical, fast, evil, harsh = The sound of hell.

My favourite songs: Lucifer Incestus, Demonic Staccato Errection, Fukk the Blood of Christ and Paradise Regained.

Raw Sewage? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

A must for all fans of Death/Black Metal.