| The Hellpreacher | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Birds of Prey |
| Cover: | The Hellpreacher.jpg |
| Released: | April 28, 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2009 |
| Genre: | Death 'n' roll, sludge metal |
| Length: | 40:54 |
| Label: | Relapse Records |
| Producer: | Birds Of Prey, Vince Burke |
The Hellpreacher is the third full-length album from death metal supergroup Birds of Prey. It was released April 28, 2009 through Relapse Records.
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.