Samael – Ceremony Of Opposites (1994)

July 20, 2024

A glorious composition of darkness and wonder. Samael’s black metal by this point was taking on anything but a typical form, with coherent and excellent production (but not too squeaky clean, no no!) and an excellent balance with the band’s influences from outside of the genre. You can feel the industrial / goth influence on this thing, especially in the drums and some of the keyboard arrangements. Don’t go in expecting this to sound like The Kovenant, or something like that. Samael would walk a similar path a little later on in their career, but Ceremony Of Opposites is a fantastic record and well worth your time, even if you are the more ardent black metal purist.