Samael release new single “Black Matter Manifesto”

Swiss band Samael is back with a new song, titled “Black Matter Manifesto“. You can listen to the song right now, and also watch the lyric video.

SAMAEL returns with a brand new song “Black Matter Manifesto”

Listen “Black Matter Manifesto” now, links in the comments.

Produced by SAMAEL and Waldemar Sorychta

Vocals produced by Daniel Bergstrand

Mixed by Sky Van Hoff

Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios

Artwork by Patrick Pidoux

S A M A E L awoke in an Atomic bunker in the Alpes of Switzerland on the 14th of July 1988…

…when brother Vorphalack (Guitar & Vocal) and Xytraguptor (drums) moved their musical gear underground and start rehearsing every day throughout the summer. That same year, they recorded their self financed EP « Medieval Prophecy ».

Two years later, the duet went to Geneva to record what would become S A M A E L’s first album. Facing refusal from the established recordindustry, the brothers finally inked a deal with the freshly started label Osmose Production, which released  «Worship Him»  in April 1991. With the addition of Masmiseîm on bass, the band played shows in France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Russia and Switzerland before heading back to studio to record  «Blood Ritual» . Their second album became the first collaboration with Waldemar Sorychta and their first release on the German ever-growing inprint Century Media.

«Ceremony Of Opposites»  was released in February 1994. That album saw S A M A E L taking a turn in their approach of composition and sharing of duties. Xy got in charge of all the music while Vorph focused on the lyrical content. In order to perfom that new material on stage, the band recruited local goth legend Rodolph H to play the keyboards and be part of the line up for two consecutive years. Three European tours and a first US tour later, the band got back in the studio to record the mini-album «Rebellion» (1995) before getting back on the road to finish a tour that ended in Mexico City. This was also the last concert with Rudolph as part of the band.

A new sound was slowly taking shape, and the band’s line-up saw the addition of a second guitar player. Kaos joined the band and S A M A E L played eight shows in Europe where they performed for the first time live with a drummachine. Two new songs, «Shining Kingdom» and «My Saviour» introduced their upcoming album to the audience. «Passage» was released in August 1996.