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Terrorizer Magazin |
| BELPHEGOR ‘Goatreich-Fleshcult’ There are not certainties in life but thing for sure is that Belphegor will come up with an album dripping in accelerated savagery. Having raised their game with 2003’s ‘Lucifer Incestus’, the Austrian quartet have retained the Mastersound/Alexander Krull combination for album number five. If ‘…Incestus’ was the peak of the band at full pelt, then ‘Goatreich-Fleshcult’ is another step up. Maintaining the poise and delivery that Belphegor have made their name with, 2005 finds a more polished and accomplished band adding increased depth and thought to their aggressive sound and taking that development further. The most varied of their albums to date, ‘Sepulture Of Hypocrisy’ slows down the pace massively and proves that they’re capable of straying from their template without losing their punch. One of the few bands capable of maintaining interest while releasing a catalogue of material similar in sound and scope, Belphegor have reached that stage of maturity where they can comfortably spread their wings with judicious results. 7/10 Terrorizer Magazin England |
