Conjuring the Dead

Well put together album with hard hitting deep death metal riffs, a good bit of melody, and a great amount of variety in structure and sound. It definitely has that element of traditional Florida death metal sound to it, which complements the strong blackened elements. Taken alone, it sounds to me more like a death metal band moving in a blackened direction than the converse which gives it that crushing hard hitting sound although at times their black metal roots come out strongly, especially at the end of the album. Being a punk rock guy who dabbles heavily in grind and metal its great to see these "traditional" bands put out very high quality and well produced albums without loosing the energy and excitement that often gets lost when bands work too hard perfecting sounds. Make no mistake there is no "core" element in this album whatsoever, but its energy level is on par with those great hardcore punk and grindcore albums without sacrificing the musicianship and complexity that metal fans expect. I think this album would easily appeal to anyone into extreme music and the overt satanism should not put you off as this is in no way a crap two riff black metal album for kids to scare their parents with, but a complex, dare I say, masterpiece.

Listening to Belphegor for the past 2-3 years, I own several of their CD's and love all of them. But Blood Magick Necromance, with production done by Hypocrisy frontman Peter Tägtgren was the one album I felt had more of the blackened death metal that I had expected mixed with the actual black metal sounding production that Peter always brings to albums he produces. When I found out that they were recording the next album at Mana Recording with Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore, Tombs) in Florida, my simple response was "HOLY S***!" Thoughts about death metal bands like Cannibal Corpse, Decide, Suffocation, Morbid Angel and other bands that have recorded in Florida easily came to mind. Mix that with blackened death metal = pure metal heaven. Originally the album was supposed to be out last year, but they apparently took their time in making sure that nothing was rushed and everything came out perfect as this was recorded over several recording sessions. Was the long delay justified? Yes. This is everything you would hope to hear and then some when you want blackened death metal. I give this a big recommendation.

Great Belphegor album. Ranks up there with some of there better releases. If your into bands like Deicide, Behemoth, or bands with a Black/Death metal sound, Belphegor is right up your alley.

Sounds a lot like some of their earlier albums, so if you're already a fan of Belphegor you'll probably love this one too.Same drumming and riffs that you're used to with awesome vocals as usual.

This is one of my top listens. This album is so dark and heavy brutal. I like my death metal blackened, extra dark. Great f-ing album.

This 1 is a beast!

It delivers, buy it

HAIL

Hi this is great black metal album just wat I like and the dvd in it is wall cool thay are great metal band love it 666

Good packaging with this two disc version and the album and DVD are superb.

Mega Album, darf in einer Metalsammlung echt nicht fehlen! Coole Band, geiler Sound! Perfekt!Stay Metal!

ce nouvel effort d'helmut et de sa clique navigue peu ou prou dans les mêmes eaux que les disques précédents de belphegor, à savoir un death metal qui lorgne souvent vers le black metal. d'ailleurs, certains passages m'évoquent cradle of filth, tant au niveau vocal, qu'en termes d'ambiances. et comme il s'agit du grand cradle dans ces moments là, je dis oui! conjuring the dead n'est pas une repompe du cradle des grands jours, loin s'en faut. simplement le death metal des autrichiens s'enrichit car se diversifie et ne se contente pas seulement de bouriner, et ce, grâce à des passages (un peu) plus calme où l'on entend même quelques arpèges de guitares! bref, tout cela ne révolutionne pas non plus la musique de belphegor, mais permet de maintenir l'intérêt tout au long de l'album qui reste tout de même dans la droite lignée des efforts précédents. les amateurs ne seront donc pas dépaysés mais ils trouveront quelques innovations sympa. au final, conjuring the dead avoine sévère, comme toujours avec belphegor, mais évite d'être trop linéaire, et ce n'est oas plus mal puisque les morceaux sont homogènes sans quaucun ne ressorte vraiment du lot.à consommer cul-sec!

Otro pelotazo, siguen haciendo lo mismo que es lo que nos gusta a los fans de verdad.El DVD no vale la pena. Son vídeos grabados por aficionados y de bastante baja calidad....