Pestapokalypse VI

by

Belphegor

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I must admit I bought this album for the cover alone. I must also confess that I had never heard of Belphegor. I was browsing a mom and pop record store looking for hard to find cds and in their new release section I came across "Pestapokalyspse VI". Being a fan of death metal I decided to give it a try. I'm always looking for new bands to get into. I am very glad I gave these guys a whirl. The best way I can describe the sound of this album is that is seems to be a strong combination of Norwegian black metal and death metal.

The heaviest aspect to this record in my opinion is the drums, there are ton of pummeling blast beats that are just relentless from these Austrian dark lords. As heavy as Belphegor are they also have a strong sense of melody. After the first two tracks of pummeling death metal the band then slows down a bit with the track "Angel of Retribution". There is some pretty impressive guitar work on this song. There is also some really dark demonic like chanting on this record which to me Belphegor could write the soundtrack for an Omen film. In my ignorance I thought this was new band but I believe they have 2 to 3 releases before this one. After hearing "PestapokalyseVI" I would definitely pick up some of there other records. My suggestion to anyone who is into death and black metal to pick this one up, Belphegor are a great combination of the two styles of extreme metal. Some of the highlight tracks in my opinion are "Hell's Amassador", "Pest teufel apocalypse" and "Seyn todt in Schwartz". This is must for any extreme metal head. A brutal hidden treasure of 2006.