Austria’s black metal premiers Belphegor have unfortunately had to cancel their upcoming North American tour.

The tour labelled the ‘Voices From The Dark’ tour with Rotting Christ, Beheaded, and Svart Crown due to start at the end of this month has been cancelled due to family matters of frontman Helmuth Lehner. He released a statement below:

“After fighting many months now (the last 4 months have been terrible), my mother is at the end. Her body is decaying more and more and will not survive the next weeks (maybe days) or will fall in coma soon. I will not risk being away at this time.”

A big shame but understandable, and we wish Helmuth all the best in this difficult time.