Artist: Baphomet’s Blood
Country: Italy
Label: Dying Victims Productions
Format: LP / CD
Year: 2026
Despite being ten years old now, ‘In Satan We Trust’ remains the latest release from the Italian band Baphomet’s Blood. A few years after its initial release via Iron Bonehead Productions, the band split up in 2019, but as is often the case: blood is thicker than water. Last year, the band made a comeback, not quite in their original line-up, but that certainly doesn’t spoil the fun, and many are eagerly awaiting new material. But before that happens, Dying Victims Productions is rounding off its series of reissues with the new edition of ‘In Satan We Trust’, which once again puts the band in the spotlight it deserves.
Packed with Satanic film samples, ‘In Satan We Trust’ is undoubtedly the heaviest album in the band’s discography to date. In that respect, it is a clear continuation of ‘Metal Damnation’, which saw the light of day seven years earlier, in 2009. That album was already a significant step forward in terms of production, allowing the riffs in particular to take on a more prominent role. In other words, the band has now shaken off the somewhat messy character of their first two albums for good.
When ‘In Satan We Trust’ was released back in 2016, there were certainly a number of people who felt that Baphomet’s Blood had sacrificed too much of its identity by putting out an album that was far better produced and played. And there’s certainly something to be said for that. The charm of the first two albums, which seem to have been recorded during a drinking session with little regard for detail or perfection, has indeed largely disappeared on this fourth album. But, as far as I’m concerned, it’s still unmistakably Baphomet’s Blood. The Motörhead-inspired, Rock “n” Roll-style Speed Metal, often reminiscent of the many German bands from around 1986, hasn’t changed much in essence. It’s more the sonic packaging that makes it feel slightly different.
The more riff-oriented sound on this latest album makes it ideal for those who, for example, are fans of bands such as Metalucifer, Bulldozer, Tank, Iron Angel, Risk, early Running Wild or late 1980s Sodom. Personally, I’ll probably always go back to ‘Second Strike’ the most, and this latest album feels like their less strong offering, but I’m still eagerly looking forward to new material from the band and have no objection if it simply builds on ‘In Satan We Trust’.
