Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn

Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn

Studio album by Belphegor

Released

October 9, 2009
(See Release history)

Recorded

Stage One Studios, Berlin, Germany & Stage One Studios, Kassel, Germany

Genre

Blackened death metal

Length

39:23

Language

English, German

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Andy Classen & Belphegor

Belphegor chronology

Bondage Goat Zombie
(2008)

Walpurgis Rites- Hexenwahn
(2009)

Blood Magick Necromance
(2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
Blabbermouth	^[3]

Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn is the eighth studio album by the Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor. It was released in 2009 on Nuclear Blast Records (their third for the label).

Like its predecessors, Pestapokalypse VI and Bondage Goat Zombie, the album was recorded and produced with German producer Andy Classen. On August 25 the band made the song "Walpurgis Rites" available for streaming on their Myspace page along with the lyrics on their website.^[4] As of October 1 the video for 'Der Geisterstreiber' is now available.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Walpurgis Rites"	Helmuth	Helmuth	3:09
2.	"Veneratio Diaboli - I Am Sin"	Hecate, Helmuth	Helmuth, Serpenth	7:02
3.	"Hail the New Flesh"	Aegathis, Helmuth	Helmuth	5:32
4.	"Reichswehr in Blood"	Pagan Meggido, Helmuth	Helmuth	4:36
5.	"The Crosses Made of Bone"	Pagan Meggido	Helmuth, Serpenth	4:26
6.	"Der Geistertreiber"	Barth, Helmuth	Helmuth	3:41
7.	"Destroyer Hekate"	Hecate	Helmuth, Serpenth	3:37
8.	"Enthralled Toxic Sabbat"	Hecate	Helmuth	4:33
9.	"Hexenwahn - Totenkult"	Helmuth	Helmuth	2:44
Total length:				39:23

Personnel

Belphegor

Helmuth Lehner - vocals, guitars, samples, lyrics
Serpenth - bass guitar, samples
Morluch - guitars

Additional musicians

Rachael Hecate - vocals, lyrics
Andy Classen - samples
Tomasz "Nefastus" Janiszewski - drums

Production

Anthony "Aegathis" Paulini - lyrics
Rachael "Hecate" Kozak - lyrics
Bartholomäus "Barth" Resch - lyrics
Pagan Meggido - lyrics
Marcelo Henrique "Marcelo HVC" Vasco - artwork
Gerd Andraschko - photography
Andy Classen - producer, mixing, mastering

Note

Recorded at Stage One Studio in Berlin, Germany, between January and July 2009.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart^[5]	60
German Albums Chart^[6]	99

Release history

Formats	Region	Date	Label
CD, LP, digital download	Europe	October 9, 2009	Nuclear Blast
	Russia	October 9, 2009	Irond Records^[7]
	North America	October 20, 2009	Nuclear Blast

References

↑ Marsicano, Dan. "Belphegor - 'Walpurgis Rites: Hexenwahn'". About.com. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Alisoglu, Scott. "Belphegor - Walpurgis Rites-Hexenwahn (Nuclear Blast)". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
↑ BELPHEGOR - die erste 'Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn'
↑ http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Belphegor&cat=a
↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=belphegor&x=0&y=0&country=de
↑ http://popmarket.ru/?page=view/flypage&st=1&product_id=113574&category_id=&

Belphegor

Helmuth Serpenth Maxx Chris Sigurd Hagenauer Mario "Marius" Klausner Bartholomäus "Barth" Resch Tomasz "Nefastus" Janiszewski Morluch

Studio albums	The Last Supper Blutsabbath Necrodaemon Terrorsathan Lucifer Incestus Goatreich – Fleshcult Pestapokalypse VI Bondage Goat Zombie Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn Blood Magick Necromance Conjuring the Dead

EPs	Bloodbath in Paradise Perverted Taste

Singles	"Bondage Goat Zombie" "Gasmask Terror"

Live albums	Infernal Live Orgasm

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