Passage (Samael album)

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Passage
Passage cover
Studio album by Samael
Released September 1996
Genre Melodic black metal, industrial metal
Length 42:17
Label Century Media
Producer Waldemar Sorychta
Professional reviews
Samael chronology
Ceremony of Opposites
(1994)		 Passage
(1996)		 Exodus
(1998)

Passage is the highly acclaimed 1996 album by Swiss black metal band Samael. On this album, the band opted for more intensive use of keyboards and industrial sounds, drifting from their thrash/black metal roots and progressing in a different direction. Lyrically, the band also abandoned darker themes and veered more towards the occult and the mystical.

While it differs from its predecessors, Passage can be credited for thrusting Samael from the underground scene and giving the band a much larger international audience.

The album was originally recorded with a 17 song track list but was later cut down to 11. The remaining songs can be found on the album Exodus. A second edition was later offered containing 10 classical piano compositions from the album on a second disk.

In 2007, a remasterd, re-packaged, special edition was released containing the album's original 17 song track list.

Almost twelve years after its original release, Passage is still considered by many to be a pillar in the black/industrial metal genre.

A video for "Jupiterian Vibe" received regular airplay on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.

All lyrics are credited to Vorph and the music is credited to Xy.

The album was produced by Waldemar Sorychta.

[edit] Original Release Track listing

  1. Rain
  2. Shining Kingdom
  3. Angel's Decay
  4. My Saviour
  5. Jupiterian Vibe
  6. The Ones Who Came Before
  7. Liquid Soul Dimension
  8. Moonskin
  9. Born under Saturn
  10. Chosen Race
  11. A Man in Your Head


[edit] Second edition Track listing

  (CD 1)
  1. Rain
  2. Shining Kingdom
  3. Angel's Decay
  4. My Saviour
  5. Jupiterian Vibe
  6. The Ones Who Came Before
  7. Liquid Soul Dimension
  8. Moonskin
  9. Born under Saturn
  10. Chosen Race
  11. A Man in Your Head
  Xytras (CD 2)
  1. Regen
  2. Glänzendes Königreich
  3. Des Engels Untergang
  4. Jupiterianische Schwingungen
  5. Die Vorher Kamen
  6. Der Stamm Kains
  7. Mondhaut
  8. Mein Retter
  9. Wintersonnenwende
  10. Ein Mensch im Kopf

[edit] Remastered Special Edition Track listing (2007)

  1. Rain
  2. Shining Kingdom
  3. Angel’s Decay
  4. My Saviour
  5. Jupiterian Vibe
  6. The Ones Who Came Before
  7. Liquid Soul Dimension
  8. Moonskin
  9. Born Under Saturn
  10. Chosen Race
  11. A Man In Your Head
  12. Exodus
  13. Tribes Of Cain
  14. Son Of Earth
  15. Winter Solstice
  16. Ceremony Of Opposites
  17. From Malkuth To Kether
  18. (Hidden)
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