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Samael's long-awaited sixth album, 2004's Reign of Light, was a significant chapter in the adventurous Swiss quartet's career in that it was less a heavy metal album infused with electronic elements (like its immediate predecessors) than a trip-hop/industrial album draped in heavy metal ingredients. As such, it was actually far more successful, on its own terms, than 1999's lackluster techno-black metal exercise Eternal, but for most long-term Samael fans who had waited half a decade for this, well, the generalized uproar was, uproarious. But then, most of these fans should have known better than to expect any sort of retreat into extreme metal purity (surprisingly, that would come later), and, as mentioned earlier, Reign of Light's greatest strength lies not in its musical direction per se, but in the consistency of its vision, sustained atmosphere, and quality songwriting. Yes, there are distinct similarities to German industrial fetishists Rammstein to be found in opener "Moongate," the female vocal-enhanced "High Above," and the hard-driving title track (among others), but this has as much to do with frontman Vorph's throat-lacerating croaks (still as inaccessible as it gets!) as the music itself. And as ensuing highlights like the Eastern melody-laced "Inch'Allah," the deep space-trekking "Heliopolis," and the digital death-waltz "On Earth" are paraded before the court, Samael's personal identity quickly and indubitably reasserts itself. Chief composer and former drummer (now all-purpose programmer) Xy never fails to push the electronic envelope with his varied arsenal of beats (taking center stage on "Telepath"), but along with his malevolent choir orchestrations, they almost always mesh seamlessly with Vorph and Makro's brutally scything guitars to generate that dark, demonic vibe that has always been one of Samael's best-loved trademarks. And, although "Oriental Dawn" and the unusually mellow "Further" tend to plod along somewhat, there are no outright blunders capable of toppling this Reign of Light -- an album that reasserted Samael's songwriting credentials above and beyond their ever-questing creativity, and finally delivered a suitable, if belated, follow-up worthy of the sinister, robotically acetic sheen of their breakthrough 1996 opus, Passage. [Reign of Light comes enhanced with the promo video for "Telepath" and a bonus audio track in the form of its remix, simply entitled "Telepathic."]
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
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N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
N/A, Composer - Samael, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
Albumbeschreibung
Samael's long-awaited sixth album, 2004's Reign of Light, was a significant chapter in the adventurous Swiss quartet's career in that it was less a heavy metal album infused with electronic elements (like its immediate predecessors) than a trip-hop/industrial album draped in heavy metal ingredients. As such, it was actually far more successful, on its own terms, than 1999's lackluster techno-black metal exercise Eternal, but for most long-term Samael fans who had waited half a decade for this, well, the generalized uproar was, uproarious. But then, most of these fans should have known better than to expect any sort of retreat into extreme metal purity (surprisingly, that would come later), and, as mentioned earlier, Reign of Light's greatest strength lies not in its musical direction per se, but in the consistency of its vision, sustained atmosphere, and quality songwriting. Yes, there are distinct similarities to German industrial fetishists Rammstein to be found in opener "Moongate," the female vocal-enhanced "High Above," and the hard-driving title track (among others), but this has as much to do with frontman Vorph's throat-lacerating croaks (still as inaccessible as it gets!) as the music itself. And as ensuing highlights like the Eastern melody-laced "Inch'Allah," the deep space-trekking "Heliopolis," and the digital death-waltz "On Earth" are paraded before the court, Samael's personal identity quickly and indubitably reasserts itself. Chief composer and former drummer (now all-purpose programmer) Xy never fails to push the electronic envelope with his varied arsenal of beats (taking center stage on "Telepath"), but along with his malevolent choir orchestrations, they almost always mesh seamlessly with Vorph and Makro's brutally scything guitars to generate that dark, demonic vibe that has always been one of Samael's best-loved trademarks. And, although "Oriental Dawn" and the unusually mellow "Further" tend to plod along somewhat, there are no outright blunders capable of toppling this Reign of Light -- an album that reasserted Samael's songwriting credentials above and beyond their ever-questing creativity, and finally delivered a suitable, if belated, follow-up worthy of the sinister, robotically acetic sheen of their breakthrough 1996 opus, Passage. [Reign of Light comes enhanced with the promo video for "Telepath" and a bonus audio track in the form of its remix, simply entitled "Telepathic."]
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 11 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 00:42:28
- Künstler: Samael
- Komponist: N/A
- Label: Regain Records
- Genre: Metal
(C) 2004 Regain Records (P) 2004 Regain Records
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