Above

Let`s hear what enigmatic frontman Vorph has to say about this upcoming aural assault: “Above” was first meant to be a separate project because we thought it was too unbalanced and it was showing just one side of the band but then so was “Era One”. Those two records are almost perfect opposites. While “Era One” shows the band focusing on all their side influences, “Above” is a metal album through and through.

Musically Above embedded a lot of memorable influences: Bathory, Slayer, Iron Maiden… to name just a few bands that shaped the sound of Samael in the first place. It is like an enhanced version of the band 3 or 4 first albums. Some might say the missing link between “Ceremony Of Opposites” and “Passage”.

The lyrical content is also reminiscent of the band approach until the album Eternal. It’s not a “one song one topic” type of lyrics, but that was never really the case with Samael. Some of the themes tackled throughout the album are: change, personal quest, sex and ambition… something that has been part of entire Samael history.”