Belphegor Announce 2026 Tour with Incantation, Hate, and Narcotic Wasteland
Black death metal force, Belphegor, will unleash their magickal procession across North America this February and March with the Praise the Beast Tour 2026. These diabolical gatherings mark the band’s return to North America after recently inking a pact with one of the fastest-rising forces in metal – Reigning Phoenix Music. The tour’s carnage will begin on February 19th in Brooklyn, NY, and proceed to devastate the United States and Canada before finally ending in Anaheim, CA, on March 10th.
Helmuth states: “Always a great experience and a pleasure to celebrate extreme Musick in North America. Which procession will you attend?”
Special guests on this trek are death metallers Incantation, plus Hate, and Narcotic Wasteland. Get your tickets here.
Belphagor Praise The Beast North American Tour 2026 w/ Incantation, Hate, and Narcotic Wasteland:
2/19/26: Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Monarch
2/20/26: Lowell, MA, Taffeta Music Hall
2/21/26: Montreal, QC, Le Studio TD
2/22/26: Toronto, ON, Lee’s Palace
2/23/26: Lakewood, OH, Mercury Music Hall
2/24/26: Joliet, IL, The Forge
2/26/26: Denver, CO, HQ
2/27/26: Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad
2/28/26: Haltom City, TX, Haltom Theater
3/1/26: Houston, TX, Scout Bar
3/2/26: San Antonio, TX, Paper Tiger
3/5/26: Mesa, AZ, The Rosetta Room
3/6/26: San Diego, CA, Brick by Brick
3/7/26: San Francisco, CA, DNA Lounge
3/8/26: Roseville, CA, Goldfield Trading Post
3/9/26: Los Angeles, CA, 1720
3/10/26: Anaheim, CA, The Observatory
Listen to the band’s latest single “Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus” here.
Watch the video here.
About Belphagor:
Since their formation in 1993 in Austria, Belphagor 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 soundwall 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, Belphagor 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), Belphagor 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, Belphagor were honored with the 2023 Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Hard and 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, Belphagor have toured relentlessly across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and beyond. They have appeared at Wacken Open Air, Knotfest, Bloodstock, Hellfest, Tons Of Rock, Sweden Rock, 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 approaches its 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, Belphagor prepares 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.
