Passage [Bonus Tracks]

Artist	Samael
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Century Media
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta
Release Date	2008 02 12
Song List	1: Rain (4:01) 2: Shinning Kingdom (3:37) 3: Angel's Decay (3:37) 4: My Saviour (4:09) 5: Jupiterian Vibe (3:23) 6: The One Who Came Before (3:42) 7: Liquid Soul Dimension (3:42) 8: Moonskin (3:57) 9: Born Under Saturn (4:18) 10: Chosen Race (4:08) 11: A Man in Your Head (3:43) 12: Exodus (3:47) 13: Tribes of Cain (3:33) 14: Son of Earth (4:37) 15: Winter Solstice (3:33) 16: Ceremony of Opposites (5:03) 17: From Malkuth to Kether (4:41) 18: [Untitled] (3:35)
Style.Categories	Symphonic Black Metal, Goth Metal, Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal

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While Ceremony of Opposites used keyboards only to accentuate the guitar lines, 1996's Passage finds Samael fearlessly integrating the two instruments in equal amounts. Drummer/keyboard player Xy programmed all his drum parts and uses various synthesizer effects (especially simulated chorus vocals) to create a highly original, post-industrial, black metal sound. Opener "Rain" is simply stunning, with all of the aforementioned ingredients underpinned by a relentless double kick-drum. Despite their sweeping keyboard melodies, less frenetic highlights such as "Angel's Decay" and "A Man in Your Head" sound even darker than other tracks -- like hellish symphonies. Lyrically, the album finds Samael in an esoteric, outer space mode, especially on "Born Under Saturn," "Jupiterian Vibe," and the excellent "Moonskin." While sonic comparisons to Sweden's Tiamat are inevitable (due in part to long-time Tiamat producer Waldemar Sorychta's involvement), they hardly detract from Passage's originality, nor from its rightful consideration as one of the most important extreme metal albums of the '90s[Century Media's 2008 reissue included seven bonus tracks.] ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide