Bondage Goat Zombie

Belphegor's latest album saw the light of day on 11 April in Europe and on 15 April on this side of the pond. The Austrian Black/Death Metal outfit has given the title of Bondage Goat Zombie to their latest effort, which has been the subject mixed reviews. Judging by the title track, which is available for listening on the band's myspace, Helmuth and Serpenth seem to be dishing out more of the same blazing and brutal Blackened Death Metal that has been their staple (innovation is a word not likely to be found in Belphegor's vocabulary). I have yet to hear the album in it's entirety, but Belphegor's last three albums have been satisfying (if not particularly diverse), so I am hoping that Bondage Goat Zombie will continue that trend.

I just wish that Belphegor had given the album a more respectable title--they seem to have taken a page out of Dimmu Borgir's playbook, throwing three random evil-sounding words together and calling it good. But what, goes the saying, is in a name? After all, Kid Boots was a pretty good movie, despite it's goofy title.