SAMAEL — Above

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3.25 | 11 ratings | 1 review
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Album · 2009

Filed under Black Metal
By SAMAEL

Tracklist

1. Under One Flag (3:41)
2. Virtual War (4:04)
3. Polygames (3:55)
4. Earth Country (3:55)
5. Illumination (3:30)
6. Black Hole (3:36)
7. In There (4:01)
8. Dark Side (2:56)
9. God's Snake (4:07)
10. On the Top of It All (4:42)
11. Black Hole (Verso mix) (3:34)

Total Time: 42:06

Line-up/Musicians

- Vorph / Guitars, Vocals
- Makro / Guitars
- Mas / Bass
- Xytras / Keyboards, Drums, Drum programming

About this release

Released by Nuclear Blast on March 6th, 2009.

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Warthur
If completely changing your band's sound - like Samael did when they went from being pioneers of the 1990s black metal boom to a slick, occult-tinged industrial metal outfit - is a brave, risky move, then reversing that shift is an even riskier proposal. This is what Samael attempt on Above, a sudden and surprising gear change back to black metal (with occasional bits of more traditional metal and industrial influences here and there to add a little spice). It certainly succeeds at temporarily refreshing their sound, though it feels rather bland and generic compared to the startlingly original doomy black metal of their early albums; the use of programmed drums in particular has aged poorly.

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