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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's twenty years since Samael first got together, something that is going to make a generation of metal fans feel very old indeed. Which means we've also had fifteen years of black metal fans decrying them as traitors since their early on-two knockout blow of "Worship Him" and "Black Ritual".
Since saying goodbye to black metal, Smael have steered a course through more conventional metal waters until "Passage" when they made a sideways shift into a more experimental direction. And now, with "Solar Soul", Matthew, tonight, Samael are going to be Rammstein.
Yup, it's pretty much full on industrial metal in Samael land these days. For sure, it's kind of a concept album, as it's presented as a soundtrack to a non-existant film about an abandoned universe (no, not Glasgow), but shear away the still BM influenced vocals, and it's pretty bog standard IM. It's very good, mind, there are some storming tracks here with 'Slavecrazy' and 'Valkyries' New Ride', the highlights round my way. Generally, it's the middle eastern influenced material that works best, on an album that will delight fans of their chosen genre.
Assuming they ever hear
Since saying goodbye to black metal, Smael have steered a course through more conventional metal waters until "Passage" when they made a sideways shift into a more experimental direction. And now, with "Solar Soul", Matthew, tonight, Samael are going to be Rammstein.
Yup, it's pretty much full on industrial metal in Samael land these days. For sure, it's kind of a concept album, as it's presented as a soundtrack to a non-existant film about an abandoned universe (no, not Glasgow), but shear away the still BM influenced vocals, and it's pretty bog standard IM. It's very good, mind, there are some storming tracks here with 'Slavecrazy' and 'Valkyries' New Ride', the highlights round my way. Generally, it's the middle eastern influenced material that works best, on an album that will delight fans of their chosen genre.
Assuming they ever hear
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
uplifting sonic onslaught that makes you listen again and again
9 May 2008
Format:Audio CD
damn you, Samael! a number of tracks are so catchy that i can't get them out of my head, and i just *have* to listen to them again and again! i know this is not typical for metal, but this is not exactly metal... sort of like Die Krupps meets Electric Hellfire Club with nods to KMFDM and Rammstein?
if i had to place it in a genre, i'd say Neue Deutsche Harte, the same general space as Rammstein and Tanzwut. thematically, it appears very influenced by singularity/extropian/transhumanist thinking, sort of Ray Kurzweil/Roger Penrose with a distinct magical/mystical bent. very positive energy, love the lyrics, a bit cheesy but still very very clever and definitely a breath of fresh air after the "satan is great, blah blah blah" of traditional black metal. "trust in providence, it will favour your undertakings", how's that ;)
favorites: Quasar Waves, no question the top track for me because of the original sound and *awesome* lyrics. also standout are Solar Soul, the title track, and Alliance.
now for the bad: it could be more musical, in particular we could do with some singing instead of chanting? and a few more laid back/instrumental passages to break up the sonic onslaught? a lot of songs are very similar, eg Ave=Olympus (but, on the other hand: they all *rock out* in a similar way, not sure if that's a bad thing?)
... and the really bad: as soon as I finish this review, I'm going to buy every single other Samael album on amazon... damn you Samael again.
if i had to place it in a genre, i'd say Neue Deutsche Harte, the same general space as Rammstein and Tanzwut. thematically, it appears very influenced by singularity/extropian/transhumanist thinking, sort of Ray Kurzweil/Roger Penrose with a distinct magical/mystical bent. very positive energy, love the lyrics, a bit cheesy but still very very clever and definitely a breath of fresh air after the "satan is great, blah blah blah" of traditional black metal. "trust in providence, it will favour your undertakings", how's that ;)
favorites: Quasar Waves, no question the top track for me because of the original sound and *awesome* lyrics. also standout are Solar Soul, the title track, and Alliance.
now for the bad: it could be more musical, in particular we could do with some singing instead of chanting? and a few more laid back/instrumental passages to break up the sonic onslaught? a lot of songs are very similar, eg Ave=Olympus (but, on the other hand: they all *rock out* in a similar way, not sure if that's a bad thing?)
... and the really bad: as soon as I finish this review, I'm going to buy every single other Samael album on amazon... damn you Samael again.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Monumental album
24 July 2007
Format:Audio CD
Samael have released a true masterpiece.For me,this is their best album since Eternal.It really reminds me alot of that album-it has the same vibe and flow.It also has the drive of their earlier material but with a much more mature performance.They've hit on truly one of the better lps to come out this year.I give it an A+!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
AWESOME!
19 Feb 2010
Format:Audio CD
I ALREADY HAD CEREMONIES OF OPPOSITES AND THAT IS A KICK ASS ALBUM. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING THAT SAMAEL COULD PRODUCE WOULD TOP THAT. BUT I WAS WRONG. THIS CD IS A METAL OPUS. DARK MELODIC RIFFS, KILLER DRUMMING VOCALS FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD. THIS CD IS GREAT. WESTERN GROUND AND SUSPENDED TIME ARE GOOD TRACKS, BUT THIS WHOLE ALBUM IS GOOD NO FILLER. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY BLACK METAL COLLECTION. THE STYLE TO THIS IS SIMILAR TO SIGH'S IMAGINARY SONICSCAPE.
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