Belphegor unleash ferocious new single ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus’

The unrelenting force of diabolical black death metal, BELPHEGOR, return with a blazing new single: ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus.’ Forged in chaos and crowned in blasphemy, the track marks a savage invocation of what is yet to come.

This release marks BELPHEGOR’s first under their freshly inked deal with Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM), setting the stage for a powerful alliance between one of extreme metal’s most revered entities and one of the scene’s most ambitious new labels.

Helmuth, the band’s co-founder and guiding force, shares: 

“It’s great to be working with Gerardo Martinez once again. He believed in BELPHEGOR early on and was the one who brought us to North America in 2006. I look forward to a powerful new chapter with RPM.”

Gerardo Martinez, co-founder of RPM, echoes the sentiment: 

“Helmuth, BELPHEGOR and I go back to 2006 and I’m extremely thrilled to be able to continue working with one of the best proponents of black death metal art. Welcome to RPM! Here’s to many more years of great music!”

On ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus,’ Helmuth describes: 

“A symbiosis of diabolical black death metal. A glorification of the Devil. A hypnotic anthem of passion, fire and iron discipline. It stands for the absolute freedom to walk your own path, to reign within your own realm.”

More ominous creations are on the horizon, with this single serving as a harbinger of the full-length devastation yet to be revealed.

Watch the video here:

BELPHEGOR live:
05.09.2025 PL Poznan – Klub 2progi
06.09.2025 DE Demmin – Ghost of Dinmin
13.09.2025 ES Monzón – Black Templar Extreme Metal Fest
19.09.2025 FR Vallet -Muscadeath Festival
21.09.2025 TR Istanbul – Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest
04.10.2025 CH Lucerne – Metal Storm over Luzern
07.11.2025 DK Aalborg – Metal Fest
08.11.2025 DE Bindlach – Winter Invasion
29.11.2025 MX Guadalajara – Tattoo Music Fest MX
30.11.2025 MX Mexico City – Chamuco Metal Fest

Since their formation in 1993 in Austria, BELPHEGOR have stood as one of the most brutal and transgressive forces in black death metal. Founded by vocalist and guitarist Helmuth Lehner, the band has spent over three decades refining a sound forged in fire and sacrilege, merging the violent precision of death metal with the ritualistic darkness of black metal.

Their musick is an invocation of infernal power, a sound wall of relentless blasphemy.

From the raw intensity of early releases like “The Last Supper” [1995], “Blutsabbath” [1997], and “Necrodaemon Terrorsathan” [2000], to the increasingly sophisticated compositions found on albums such as “Lucifer Incestus,” “Bondage Goat Zombie,” “Pestapokalypse VI,” and “Totenritual,” BELPHEGOR have continually pushed the boundaries of extreme musick. Each release marks a further descent into forbidden territory.

The band’s thematic focus with ritual magick, religious inversion, and arcane symbolism is matched by their technical mastery, multilingual lyrics, and sonic experimentation.

With their twelfth studio album “The Devils” [2022], BELPHEGOR delivered one of their most punishing and ambitious records to date.

Recorded at Fascination Street Studios with producer Jens Bogren, the album features nine meticulously crafted compositions that shift seamlessly between feral aggression and solemn majesty.

Tracks such as ‘Glorifizierung des Teufels’ and ‘Virtus Asinaria – Prayer’ incorporate choral passages and ritualistic structure, while ‘Damnation – Höllensturz’ unfolds with a dynamic complexity that further amplifies the band’s compositional vision.

Lyrically, the album weaves together German, Latin and English to cast incantations of death, desecration, and rebellion against sacred order. Accompanied by visionary artwork from Seth Siro Anton, “The Devils” stands as a high point in BELPHEGOR’s canon and underscores their continued relevance in the global extreme metal landscape.

Following the success of “The Devils,” BELPHEGOR were honoured with the 2023 Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the ‘Hard & Heavy’ category, a rare moment of formal recognition in Austria for a band that has long walked a path far removed from mainstream acceptance. This accolade acknowledges their artistic legacy and highlights the contrast between their recognition and the transgressive nature of their craft.

Renowned for their intense live rituals, BELPHEGOR have toured relentlessly across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and beyond. They have appeared at Wacken Open Air, Knotfest, Bloodstock Open Air, Hellfest, Tons Of Rock, Sweden Rock Festival and numerous other prestigious metal festivals. Their stage presence is more than a performance, it is a ceremony of magick and infernal theatre, where sound, smoke, blood, and fire converge in a communion with darkness.

Now, as the band approach their thirteenth studio album, a deeper and more arcane force begins to stir. The number thirteen bears ancient meaning: endings, thresholds, and the passage into the unknown. Rooted in primordial doctrine, the thirteenth seal is said to bind the final veil between worlds, the last barrier between order and chaos.

With this upcoming release, BELPHEGOR prepare to break that seal, not to follow, but to lead. To summon what lies beyond even their own previous creations: something more primal, more ritualistic, more devastating.

Early glimpses of new material point to a continuation of the dark artistic path begun with “The Devils,” now delving even deeper. The upcoming album takes shape as a focused ritual: precise, uncompromising, and rooted in the band’s unmistakable vision, the glorification of the Devil.

Prepare. The next chapter is imminent.