Due to a critical and immediate family emergency, Austrian diabolical death / black metal giants, Belphegor, have been forced to cancel their planned headlining North American tour with Rotting Christ, Beheaded, and Svart Crown, which was scheduled to launch September 24th in New York City.

Belphegor frontman and guitarist Helmuth Lehner has issued the following statement: "After fighting many months now (the last 4 months have been terrible), my mother is at the end. Her body is decaying more and more and will not survive the next weeks (maybe days) or will fall in coma soon. I will not risk being away at this time."

Belphegor's new album, Conjuring The Dead, is out now via Nuclear Blast. Conjuring The Dead artwork was created by Greek artist, Seth Siro Anton who also painted the cover of Pestapokalypse IV in 2006.

Helmuth comments: “The spectacular cover, the offensive lyrical content, the Death Musick. Belphegor´s nine new sound collages are a new dimension of intensity and dynamics.” Seth adds: ”Once you can customize the basic principles of Renaissance painting and deriving energy/data from chaotic reservoir of unconscious... you get Belphegor's Conjuring The Dead cover art.”

Tracklisting:

"Gasmask Terror"
"Conjuring The Dead"
"In Death"
"Rex Tremendae Majestatis"
"Black Winged Torment"
"The Eyes"
"Legions Of Destruction"
"Flesh, Bones And Blood"
"Lucifer, Take Her!"
"Pactum In Aeternum"

"Conjuring The Dead" video:

"Gasmask Terror" lyric video:

Conjuring The Dead is available on Standard CD, Digipak (CD+DVD), Limited Mailorder Edition: Slime Pack (CD, Booklet + DVD) incl. exclusive Belphegor guitar pick, and on Vinyl.

Conjuring The Dead was recorded at Mana Studios in Florida under the direction of Eric Rutan. Three and a half years have past since the highly praised album Blood Magick Necromance was released. Belphegor are back to conquer - possessed, on fire and stronger than ever.

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