The Hellpreacher


The Hellpreacher is the third full-length album from death metal supergroup Birds of Prey. It was released April 28, 2009 through Relapse Records.

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

  1. "Momma" - 3:49
  2. "Juvie" - 5:52
  3. "As the Field Mice Play" - 1:16
  4. "Alive Inside!" - 3:19
  5. "Tempt the Disciples" - 3:51
  6. "Taking on our Winter Blood" - 2:13
  7. "The Excavation" - 3:19
  8. "Blind Faith" - 3:18
  9. "False Prophet" - 3:48
  10. "The Owl Closes In" - 1:58
  11. "Warriors of Mud...The Hellfighters" - 3:59
  12. "Giving up the Ghost" - 4:32

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