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

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/belphegor/fl/Belphegor-Conjuring-The-Dead-Review.htm |title=Belphegor - Conjuring the Dead Review |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909233811/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/belphegor/fl/Belphegor-Conjuring-The-Dead-Review.htm |archive-date=9 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}

|rev2 = Revolver

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/review-belphegor-conjuring-the-dead.html |title=Review: Belphegor — Conjuring the Dead - Hard Rock & Heavy Metal News | Music Videos |Golden Gods Awards | revolvermag.com |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217102208/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/review-belphegor-conjuring-the-dead.html |archive-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}

|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

|rev5score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://metalholic.com/cd-review-belphegor-conjuring-dead/ |title=CD Review: BELPHEGOR - Conjuring the Dead - Metalholic |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-date=9 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909234318/http://metalholic.com/cd-review-belphegor-conjuring-dead/ |url-status=dead }}

}}

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

  • Helmuth Lehner - vocals, guitars, lyrics
  • Serpenth - bass guitar, vocals

; Additional musicians

  • Ms. Alexandra "Dollface" Van Weitus - vocals
  • Glen Benton - vocals on "Legions of Destruction"
  • Attila Csihar - vocals "Legions of Destruction"
  • Martin "Marthyn" Jovanović - drums
  • Sebastian Lanser - sampler, effects
  • Norwin Palme - sampler, effects

; Production

  • Seth Siro Anton - artwork
  • Rachael "Hecate" Kozak - lyrics
  • Mina Korzan - lyrics
  • Mr. Blood Seraph - lyrics
  • Sigurd Hagenauer - lyrics
  • Pagan Megan Leo - lyrics
  • Erik Rutan - tracking, mixing, producer
  • Alan Douches - mastering
  • Jakob Klingsbigl, Matthias Reindl, Norwin Palme - recording
  • Robert Caldwell - engineer assistant
  • Gwenn Negative Art, Sunvemetal, Thomas Adorff, - photography

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; Note

  • Recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
  • Four recording sessions between 29 May 2012 and 15 April 2014.
  • Guitar pre-recordings done at Mischmaschine Studio, February 2012 - May 2012.
  • Additional vocals recorded at Parkdeck studios, and Stretch-audio.
  • Video "Angeli Mortis De Profundis" filmed live during the show at The Masque in Liverpool, UK, on 27 June 2011.
  • Video "Diaboli Virtus In Lumbar Est" filmed live at the Meh Suff Open Air festival from Switzerland on 9 August 2013.
  • Video "In Blood – Devour This Sanctity" filmed live during the show at Moskva Hall from Moscow, Russia, on 6 October 2013.
  • Video "Feast Upon The Dead" filmed live during the Eindhoven Metal Meeting festival from the Netherlands on 13 December 2013.
  • Video "Bondage Goat Zombie" filmed live at the Party San Open Air festival from Germany in 2011.
  • Video "Justine Soaked In Blood" filmed live at the House Of Metal festival from Umeå, Sweden, on 1 March 2014.
  • Backstage video filmed at the Rekwi Festival from Germany on 20 October 2013.

"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

}}

Charts

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Chart (2014)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search%3DBelphegor%26cat%3Da |title=Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal |access-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610140909/http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Belphegor&cat=a |archive-date=10 June 2016 }}

|33

scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=belphegor&cat=a|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|website=Ultratop.be|access-date=20 December 2021}}

|187

scope="row"|German Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=belphegor&x=0&y=0&country=de|title= Suche nach "belphegor" in der Musikdatenbank fortsetzen|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083553/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=belphegor&x=0&y=0&country=de|access-date=20 December 2021|archive-date= 19 August 2014}}

|60

scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/415875/rank/album/|title=ベルフェゴールのアルバム売上ランキング|website=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=20 December 2021}}

|245

scope="row"|US Top Heatseekers (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/|title=Heatseekers Albums|website=Billboard.com|date=2 January 2013|access-date=20 December 2021}}

|13

Release history

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scope="col"| Formats

! scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Label

rowspan=5| CD, CD+DVD, LP, digital download

| North America

| 5 August 2014

| Nuclear Blast

Japan

| 6 August 2014{{Cite web|url=https://wardrecords.com/products/detail541.html|title=ワードレコーズ・ダイレクト / コンジュアリング・ザ・デッド~屍者召喚(ししゃしょうかん)【通常盤CD】|website=Wardrecords.com|access-date=20 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%80%9C%E5%B1%8D%E8%80%85%E5%8F%AC%E5%96%9A-%E3%81%97%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%8B%E3%82%93-%E3%80%90%E9%80%9A%E5%B8%B8%E7%9B%A4CD%E3%80%91-%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB/dp/B00KUSMNBQ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1|title=コンジュアリング・ザ・デッド〜屍者召喚(ししゃしょうかん)【通常盤CD】|access-date=20 December 2021|website=Amazon.co.jp}}

| Ward Records

Europe, Brazil

| 8 August 2014{{Cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/belphegor-conjuring-the-dead-album-streaming-in-full|title=BELPHEGOR - Conjuring The Dead Album Streaming In Full|website=Bravewords.com|access-date=20 December 2021}}

| rowspan=2|Nuclear Blast

UK, France

| rowspan=2|11 August 2014{{Cite web|url=http://popmarket.ru/?page=view/flypage&st=1&product_id=213387&category_id=&|title=Belphegor / Conjuring The Dead / Купить на POPmarket.ru. Заказать диск с доставкой.|website=Popmarket.ru|access-date=20 December 2021}}

Russia

| Soyuz Music

References