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Samael Passage [Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 2008 02 12 Label: Century Media

While Ceremony of Opposites used keyboards only to accentuate the guitar lines, 1996's Passage finds Samael fearlessly integrating the two instruments in equal amounts. Drummer/keyboard player Xy programmed all his drum parts and uses various synthesizer effects (especially simulated chorus vocals) to create a highly original, post-industrial, black metal sound. Opener "Rain" is simply stunning, with all of the aforementioned ingredients underpinned by a relentless double kick-drum. Despite their sweeping keyboard melodies, less frenetic highlights such as "Angel's Decay" and "A Man in Your Head" sound even darker than other tracks -- like hellish symphonies. Lyrically, the album finds Samael in an esoteric, outer space mode, especially on "Born Under Saturn," "Jupiterian Vibe," and the excellent "Moonskin." While sonic comparisons to Sweden's Tiamat are inevitable (due in part to long-time Tiamat producer Waldemar Sorychta's involvement), they hardly detract from Passage's originality, nor from its rightful consideration as one of the most important extreme metal albums of the '90s[Century Media's 2008 reissue included seven bonus tracks.] Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Rain	Vorph, Xy	4:01
2	Shinning Kingdom	Vorph, Xy	3:37
3	Angel's Decay	Vorph, Xy	3:37
4	My Saviour	Vorph, Xy	4:09
5	Jupiterian Vibe	Vorph, Xy	3:23
6	One Who Came Before	Vorph, Xy	3:42
7	Liquid Soul Dimension	Vorph, Xy	3:42
8	Moonskin	Vorph, Xy	3:57
9	Born Under Saturn	Vorph, Xy	4:18
10	Chosen Race	Vorph, Xy	4:08
11	Man in Your Head	Vorph, Xy	3:43
12	Exodus	Vorph, Xy	3:47
13	Tribes of Cain	Vorph, Xy	3:33
14	Son of Earth	Vorph, Xy	4:37
15	Winter Solstice	Vorph, Xy	3:33
16	Ceremony of Opposites	Vorph, Xy	5:03
17	From Malkuth to Kether	Vorph, Xy	4:41
18	[Untitled]	Vorph, Xy	3:35

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