Passage (Samael album)

Album infobox |
Name = Passage
Type = Studio album
Artist = Samael


Released = September 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Melodic black metal, industrial metal
Length = 42:17
Label = Century Media
Producer = Waldemar Sorychta
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfwxqlhld6e~T1 link]
Last album = Ceremony of Opposites
(1994)
This album = Passage
(1996)
Next album = 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.

Original Release Track listing

# Rain
# Shining Kingdom
# Angel's Decay
# My Saviour
# Jupiterian Vibe
# The Ones Who Came Before
# Liquid Soul Dimension
# Moonskin
# Born under Saturn
# Chosen Race
# A Man in Your Head

econd edition Track listing

(CD 1)
# Rain
# Shining Kingdom
# Angel's Decay
# My Saviour
# Jupiterian Vibe
# The Ones Who Came Before
# Liquid Soul Dimension
# Moonskin
# Born under Saturn
# Chosen Race
# A Man in Your Head

Xytras (CD 2)
# Regen
# Glänzendes Königreich
# Des Engels Untergang
# Jupiterianische Schwingungen
# Die Vorher Kamen
# Der Stamm Kains
# Mondhaut
# Mein Retter
# Wintersonnenwende
# Ein Mensch im Kopf

Remastered Special Edition Track listing (2007)

# Rain
# Shining Kingdom
# Angel’s Decay
# My Saviour
# Jupiterian Vibe
# The Ones Who Came Before
# Liquid Soul Dimension
# Moonskin
# Born Under Saturn
# Chosen Race
# A Man In Your Head
# Exodus
# Tribes Of Cain
# Son Of Earth
# Winter Solstice
# Ceremony Of Opposites
# From Malkuth To Kether
# Static Journey (Hidden Bonus Track)