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Austrian black/death metallers go for the goat on Pestapokalypse VI

"It's a concept album based on three topics: pestilence, the devil, and the apocalypse," says Belphegor guitarist Sigurd, describing Pestapokalypse VI, the band's first album for Nuclear Blast (and sixth overall.) "It's all about superstition. In old Europe, there were wars going on, people were starving, and according to the Book of Revelation, pestilence is one of the four signs of the upcoming apocalypse. Some people eventually turned away from Christianity and starting celebrating black masses. We thought it was an interesting subject to write about."With titles like "Belphegor—Hell's Ambassador" and "Chants for the Devil," Pestapokalypse VI, a concatenation of "pestilence" and "apocalypse," is conspicuous in its lyrical approach—in fact, the six-string flagellator himself gleefully ad...

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