Sorry Mom; church was canceled, we chose demonic chaos instead! Here’s the much anticipated battle report from the front lines of blasphemy last night at Lee’s Palace!
Sunday night at Lee's wasn't a "show." It was a damn summoning! If you've been around long enough, you can feel when a lineup isn't just stacked, it's intentional. This tour wasn't nostalgia bait. It wasn't watered down for casuals or posers. It was diabolical drums, burning riffs, blasphemy, and zero compromise from the first note to the absolute last encore.
NARCOTIC WASTELAND
Narcotic Wasteland walked out and immediately made it clear this wasn't going to be a warm-up set. No easing in. No filler. Just tight, aggressive, riff-driven chaos.
Inspired by addiction and fuelled by metal, the pit cracked open early and stayed that way. They came in sharp and left nothing sloppy.
Exactly what an opener should do: set the tone and leave the room a little bruised.
SETLIST:
- Morality and the Wasp
- Faces of Meth
- Barbarian
- Delerium Tremens
- Keeping Up With the Jones
- We Agnostics
- Introspective Nightmares
HATE
Hate doesn't perform. They impose.
There's something ritualistic about watching them live, disciplined, controlled, almost militant in execution. The lighting hit right, the atmosphere thickened, and suddenly Lee's felt darker than it should have.
No gimmicks. Just precision and weight. You could feel the years behind every riff. When they stepped on stage, the temperature in the room dropped and not in a trendy way. In a we’ve been doing this for decades and we still mean it kind of way.
SETLIST:
- Intro
- Rugia
- Sovereign Sanctity
- Erebos
- The Wolf Queen
- Bellum Regis
- Iphigenia
INCANTATION
And then the legends stepped up. Incantation doesn't need hype. They are the blueprint.
Watching John McEntee on stage is watching death metal history in motion. He's not just a frontman, he's a fucking icon in this community. The kind of presence that doesn't beg attention but commands it. Decades deep in the genre and still delivering with zero dilution.
The sound was cavernous. Suffocating. Exactly how Incantation should feel. No polish. No modern gloss. Just that raw, oppressive wall of death that reminds you why this band still matters.
SETLIST:
- Golgotha
- Carrion Prophecy
- Emaciated Holy Figure
- Iconoclasm of Catholicism
- Concordat
- Blissful Bloodshower
- Profanation
- Vanquish in Vengeance
- Ibex Moon
- Impending Diabolical Conquest
BELPHEGOR
And then the ritual really started.
Belphegor didn't just walk on stage, they condemned it.Smoke rolled in heavy. The lights went blood-red.
Helmuth stood center like a conductor of controlled chaos. If you've seen them before, you know the energy. If you haven't, it's hard to explain, it's part sermon, part demonic summoning.
The new material? Absolutely vicious live. There's always that moment when a band plays new songs and you wait to see if they hit. THESE DID!! They didn't feel like placeholders between classics. They felt evolved. Sharper. More layered. Darker.
The crowd stayed locked in. When they leaned into tracks like "Baphomet" and "Lucifer Incestus” the entire room felt like it was ready to completely erupt.
And the encore? That was the exclamation point. No filler. No encore games. Just straight domination.
Belphegor doesn't just headline.
THEY DOMINATE!!
SETLIST:
- The Procession
- Baphomet
- The Devil's Son
- Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus
- The Devils
- Stigma Diabolicum
- Pactum in Aeternum
- Lucifer Incestus
- Virtus Asinaria - Prayer
- Scarlet Beast - Leviathan
- Totentanz - Dance Macabre
Encore:
12. Belphegor - Hell's Ambassador
FINAL WORD
This wasn't a casual Sunday night. This was why we still show up. Why we still shoot. Why we still stand in the pit and let the volume swallow us.
Major shoutout to Inertia Entertainment and C Squared Music for the opportunity to shoot this ritual on behalf of Belphegor. Being trusted to document a night like this from the front lines is never taken lightly.
Praise the Beast 2026 ruled! And that's exactly the point.
