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Samael


Line-up

1987-  Vorph - guitars, vocals
1987-  Xytras - drums, keyboards, samples
2015-2018  Drop - bass
› 2018-  -//- guitars
2020-  Ales - bass
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1987-1988  Pat Charvet - drums
1987-2015  Masmiseim - bass
1994-1995  Rodolphe H. - keyboards, samples
1996-1999  Kaos - guitars
1999-2018  Makro - guitars
2018-2020  Zorrac - bass
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2004  Sami Yli-Sirniö - sitar
2014  Drop - bass
2007  Sami Yli-Sirniö - sitar
2007  Vibeke Stene - vocals

Discography

1988 Medieval Prophecy [EP] 6.3
1995 Rebellion [EP] 8.1
1998 Exodus [EP] 8
2004 Telepath [EP] 7.4
2005 On Earth [EP] 8
2010 Antigod [EP] 7.2
1987 Into The Infernal Storm Of Evil [Demo] 6.2
1988 Macabre Operetta [Demo] 6.2
1989 Slaughter Terror 1 [VA]
1989 Recordings '88-'89 [Compilation]
1989 From Dark To Black [Demo] 7
1992 Triumph Of Death [Split] 6
1993 After The Sepulture [Single] 7.3
1994 1987 - 1992 [Compilation] 8.3
1997 Out Of The Dark - Live Compilation [Split] 7.3
2000 Ceremony Of Opposites / Passage [Boxset]
2001 Ceremony Of Opposites / Rebellion [Compilation] 9
2001 Blood Ritual / Worship Him [Boxset] 9
2003 Black Trip [DVD] 8.2
2003 Since The Creation [Boxset] 9
2004 Fenriz Presents: The Best Of Old School Black Metal [VA] 8.8
2005 Reign Of Light / On Earth [Compilation]
2007 Aeonics - An Anthology [Compilation] 8.4
2007 Valkyries' New Ride [Single]
2009 Illumination [Single] 8
2010 A Decade In Hell [Boxset] 9.4
2015 Original Album Collection [Boxset] 8
2015 Worship Him / Blood Ritual / Ceremony Of Opposites [Boxset]
2017 Angel Of Wrath [Single]
2017 Red Planet [Single]
2017 Black Supremacy [Single]
2019 In The Deep [Single] 8
2019 Ave! (Remastered 2019) [Single]
2020 Transcendence [Single] 8
2022 Dictate Of Transparency [Single] 6
2024 Passage - Live [Live] 8.5

Latest reviews

I don't mind waiting forever for a new album by a band I like. I'd rather wait 10 years than get an album that disappoints. More frequent output may mean decline in quality. Samael certainly did take their time after Lux Mundi. 6 years is the...
Review by Daniell ››
It takes an enormous amount of talent to be able to churn out album after album containing a similar number of songs of similar length, arrangements and structure and to keep the listener interested, especially since the last album of this somewhat unified...
Review by Daniell ››
Vorph and Xy are not to be trusted. Samael's latest album Above is one with a history of disinformation, misdirection and outright lies. It all started off as a bloated concept of Gorillaz proportions with a virtual band called "Above"...
Review by jupitreas ››
Switzerland's Samael surprised a lot of people in 1996 when they deviated from their original Black Metal sound to embrace an EBM/Electro Indus sound. Ten years later, Samael is still going strong and Solar Soul is here to prove them right.

As far...
Review by Dream Taster ››

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