Conjuring the Dead
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{{Infobox album
| name = Conjuring the Dead
| type = studio
| artist = Belphegor
| cover = Conjuring the Dead.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|08|5|df=y}}
| recorded = Mana Recording Studios, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States; 29 May 2012 - 15 April 2014
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Blackened death metal
| length = 36:39
| language =
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer = Erik Rutan
| prev_title = Blood Magick Necromance
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Totenritual
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Conjuring the Dead
| type = Studio
| single1 = Gasmask Terror
| single1date = 1 July 2014
}}
}}
Conjuring the Dead is the tenth studio album by the Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor. It was released on 5 August 2014 through Nuclear Blast.[http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/news/details/3470192.belphegor-second-studio-trailer-released.html] {{dead link|date=December 2021}} The album was recorded by Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios in the United States. The album was preceded by the digital download single, "Gasmask Terror", which was released on 1 July 2014.{{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gasmask-terror-single/id890296307 |title=Gasmask Terror - Single by Belphegor on Apple Music |website=iTunes |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-date=27 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127115953/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gasmask-terror-single/id890296307 |url-status=dead }} Earlier, on 25 June, a lyric video for the same song was released.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/news/details/3477620.belphegor-release-lyric-video-for.html |title=BELPHEGOR – release lyric video for ... - Nuclear Blast |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102737/http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/news/details/3477620.belphegor-release-lyric-video-for.html |url-status=dead }}
A music video was shot for the title track, which was directed by Walter Fanninger.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/news/details/3509049.belphegor-conjuring-the-dead-video.html |title=BELPHEGOR – 'Conjuring the Dead' video - Nuclear Blast |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090935/http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/news/details/3509049.belphegor-conjuring-the-dead-video.html |url-status=dead }} The album features cover art by Septicflesh bassist Seth Siro Anton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuclearblast.com/eu/band/news/belphegor-conjuring-the-dead-art-released-3419996|title=BELPHEGOR: "Conjuring the Dead" Art Released|website=Nuclearblast.com|access-date=20 December 2021}}
Track listing
All arrangements by Helmuth Lehner.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 36:39
|title1 = Gasmask Terror
|lyrics1 = Belphegor
|music1 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length1 = 3:41
|title2 = Conjuring the Dead
|lyrics2 = Belphegor
|music2 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length2 =4:33
|title3 = In Death
|lyrics3 = Belphegor
|music3 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length3 =4:12
|title4 = Rex Tremendae Majestatis
|lyrics4 = Belphegor
|music4 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length4 =5:21
|title5 = Black Winged Torment
|lyrics5 = Belphegor
|music5 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length5 =3:27
|title6 = The Eyes
|lyrics6 = Belphegor
|music6 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|note6=instrumental
|length6 =1:19
|title7 = Legions of Destruction
|lyrics7 = Belphegor
|music7 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length7 =4:28
|title8 = Flesh, Bones and Blood
|lyrics8 = Belphegor
|music8 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length8 =3:32
|title9 = Lucifer, Take Her!
|lyrics9 = Belphegor
|music9 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length9 =2:48
|title10 = Pactum in Aeternum
|lyrics10 = Belphegor
|music10 = Helmuth Lehner, Vojtěch R.
|length10 =3:18
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition DVD
| total_length = 1:11:06
|title1 = Rehearsing/Bass/Drum/Guitar Tracking
|note1= Making Of Conjuring the Dead
|length1 = 11:41
|title2 = Vokills Tracking
|note2 = Making Of Conjuring the Dead
|length2 =3:45
|title3 = Angeli Mortis De Profundis
|note3 = Live In Liverpool
|length3 = 3:04
|title4 = Diaboli Virtus In Lumbar Est
|note4 = Live at Meh Suff Open Air
|length4 = 4:13
|title5 = In Blood – Devour This Sanctity
|note5 = Live In Moscow
|length5 = 6:00
|title6 = Feast Upon The Dead
|note6 = Unreleased, Live at Eindhoven Metal Meeting
|length6 = 2:34
|title7 = Bondage Goat Zombie
|note7 = Live at Party San Festival
|length7 = 4:57
|title8 = Justine Soaked In Blood
|note8 = Live at Umea HOM Festival
|length8 = 4:04
|title9 = Backstage
|note9 = Rekwi Festival, Germany
|length9 = 0:51
|title10 = Burg Aggstein (Austria)
|length10 = 9:04
|note10 = Sightseeing Cult Places
|title11 = Bone Church Kutna Hora (Czech Republic)
|length11 = 1:23
|title12 = Diashow
|note12 = Tattoo And Art Section
|length12 = 3:26
|title13 = Inside The Bunker
|note13 = Rehearsal Bunker
|length13 = 6:38
|title14 = Schwarty Swinefever
|note14 = Rehearsal Bunker
|length14 = 1:28
|title15 = Conjuring the Dead (Video Clip)
|note15 = Directed by Walter Fanninger
|length15 = 4:22
|title16 = Making Of Conjuring the Dead Video Clip
|length16 = 3:36
}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = About.com
|rev2 = Revolver
|rev3 = MetalSucks
|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2014/08/05/conjuring-dead-hath-belphegor-wrought/|title=Conjuring the Dead: What Hath Belphegor Wrought??|date=5 August 2014|website=Metalsucks.net|access-date=20 December 2021}}
|rev4 = Blabbermouth
|rev4score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/conjuring-the-dead/|title=Conjuring the Dead - BELPHEGOR|date=18 August 2014|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=20 December 2021}}
|rev5 = Metalholic
}}
After its release, Conjuring the Dead received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Dave Schalek of About.com said "[...] a densely heavy album with a bludgeoning production courtesy of Erik Rutan, and chock full of excellent songwriting and musicianship. Although fast with plenty of blastbeats, Conjuring The Dead is at its best when Belphegor slow things down to a mid-paced tempo with catchy riffs and deliver an epic sweep to the music." Sammy O'hagar of MetalSucks noted that "Everything is in perfect balance, which is both exhilarating and dangerous. Conjuring the Dead is the ideal snapshot of blackened death metal. It weaves the two genres together seamlessly, then pulls them both apart so each can shine then wonderfully segue back into each other. The blackened parts display a relentless near-grindcore ferocity."
Tony Vilgotsky of Russian metal magazine Dark City rated this album with five out of five stars. He recommended the record "to anyone who respects genuine extreme metal and true heaviness."DarkCity № 82'2014
Personnel
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; Belphegor
; Additional musicians
; Production
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"Gasmask Terror"
"Gasmask Terror" is the second single by Belphegor. It was released on 1 July 2014 by Nuclear Blast.
= Track listing =
{{Track listing
| title1 = Gasmask Terror
|lyrics1 = Rachael "Hecate" Kozak, Helmuth, Mina Korzan
|music1 = Helmuth, Serpenth
| length1 = 03:41
}}