SAMAEL

Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: SWI
Style: dark mystic atmospheric black metal

this is the very first significantly brave step of Swiss luminaries out from the classic raw, gloomy and dirty black metal standard [1994] - still very dark and mysterious in composition, yet much more expressive in execution, cleaning up the sound and adding a peculiar electrified, floating in the air feel to the music; much like they were massively influential in the beginnings, with a new model of catchy riffing, pounding drumming and industrialized atmosphere within this third full-length release, it marks a significant change that also accelerated the evolution of the entire genre, gaining Samael a forward-thinking label for the years to come; recent German edition comes with authentic design