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		Irond Records[7]
	North America	October 20, 2009	Nuclear Blast

References

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