Released April 28, 2009 Length 40:54 Release date 28 April 2009 Genre Death metal | Recorded 2009 Artist Birds of Prey Label Relapse Records | |
Producer Birds Of Prey, Vince Burke People also search for Weight of the Wound, Sulfur & Semen, Birds Of Prey | ||
The Hellpreacher is the third full-length album from death metal supergroup Birds of Prey. It was released April 28, 2009 through Relapse Records.
Contents
Overview
The Hellpreacher is a concept album that gives the listener a first person perspective into the life a prison inmate turned priest. The album begins when the protagonist is only a child and follows him through a childhood full of rape and abuse which eventually finds the protagonist incarcerated, undergoing more physical abuse and rape. While in prison, the protagonist has a religious conversion and slowly starts to build a militaristic cult, that becomes the downfall for not only the protagonist but everyone else who is a part of this unholy lifestyle.
Track listing
- "Momma" - 3:49
- "Juvie" - 5:52
- "As the Field Mice Play" - 1:16
- "Alive Inside!" - 3:19
- "Tempt the Disciples" - 3:51
- "Taking on our Winter Blood" - 2:13
- "The Excavation" - 3:19
- "Blind Faith" - 3:18
- "False Prophet" - 3:48
- "The Owl Closes In" - 1:58
- "Warriors of Mud...The Hellfighters" - 3:59
- "Giving up the Ghost" - 4:32
Personnel
Songs
1Momma3:49
2Juvie5:32
3As the Field Mice Play1:16