Band: Belphegor (The Official Belphegor Website | MySpace | Last.fm) Country: Austria Style: Black Metal | Death Metal Additional notes: Formerly known as Betrayer (Aut). Belphegor
comes from the biblical name Baal-Peor, he is the God of the Moabites.
The story is that when Israel owned the northeast corner of the plains
of Moab, the Israelites would have illicit relations with the Moabite
women and would sacrifice them to their god. Moses punished by death
the Israelites who had sacrificed to Baal-Peor. The slaughter amounted
to 24,000 deaths. About The Group:
Belphegor is an Austrian blackened death metal band from Salzburg,
originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their
name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.
About The Group:
Belphegor is an Austrian blackened death metal band from Salzburg,
originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their
name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.