Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites
| Release date: | 28 February 1994 |
| Style: | Black metal |
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01. Black Trip
02. Celebration Of The Fourth
03. Son Of Earth
04. Til We Meet Again
05. The Mask Of The Red Death
06. Baphomet's Throne
07. Flagellation
08. Crown
09. To Our Martyrs
10. Ceremony Of Opposites
Top 20 albums of 1994: 12
02. Celebration Of The Fourth
03. Son Of Earth
04. Til We Meet Again
05. The Mask Of The Red Death
06. Baphomet's Throne
07. Flagellation
08. Crown
09. To Our Martyrs
10. Ceremony Of Opposites
Top 20 albums of 1994: 12
Review
Lyrics Rodolphe H. - keyboards, samples
Vorph - guitars, vocals
Xytras - drums, keyboards, samples
Masmiseim - bass
Additional info
Label: Century Media
Recorded at Woodhouse Studios, Germany, January 1994.
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Waldemar Sorychta.
Advisor engineer: Siggi Bemm.
Produced by Waldemar Sorychta.
All lyrics by Vorphalack.
All music by Xytras except "To Our Martyrs" by Vorphalack and Xytras.
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Rating: 10 |
In my opinion, Samael's first two albums - Worship Him and Blood Ritual were fairly standard and unremarkable works. Of course, there was an increased level of conviction and delivery from the first to the second, but the haunting, occultic darkness the band were trying to portray ultimately failed to fulfill its intentions, with only a moment here or there hinting that this band were to become something truly special in the underground metal scene. Read more ›› |
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| anathema_1977 Posts: 145 From: Germany |
A classic this. Clearly best Samael. I wonder why it is not to be found in the Top 200 (as of today). Only downside for me is that it suffers from a serious letdown after the first half of the album. Highlights: Son of earth, Til we meet again.
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| MvonSutherland Posts: 91 From: Poland  |
Written by anathema_1977 on 29.03.2017 at 23:16 I do not agree that album is getting worse after first half! Far from it! Take last two tracks: "To Our Martyrs". dark, blasphemous, furious... What about last the song "Ceremony Of Opposites"? Slower but even more evil sound, It goes like Satan's road roller - it crush and smash! And final, ending up synthesisers - wow! Certainly last songs are not a downside of this album! One of the best Black Metal album of all time. Quite underrated and unknown in my opinion. It has perfect dark atmosphere that many so called BM bands are unable to create and even come close to it!
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| terroriser Posts: 11 From: UK  |
Very true. All this bullshit with painted faces and spitting fire and yet one of the best black metal albums comes without such a nonsense. Imo best bm album ever recorded, perfect in every aspect. All this Norwegian burn-the-church-bath-in-a-blood-of-virgin-I-want-satan-to-fuck-my-ass-szatan-siara-wiecej-ognia crap would not happen without Ceremony of opposites
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| MvonSutherland Posts: 91 From: Poland |
Written by terroriser on 04.11.2017 at 21:36 Very true, indeed! I would say it is very elegant and sharp album which perfectly mix dark atmosphere, blasphemous approach, significant lyrics, super massive sound and many more into BM monolith. Milestone!
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| DeathMetal Posts: 178 From: Canada  |
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