From crude black metal to finessed industrial electronics, Samael's long and not always smooth career path has left many fans upset and stranded by the roadside -- especially due to the erratic qualities of 1999's electro-metal hangover Eternal (a rude awakening after the euphoric genius of 1996's Passage) and the radical trip-hop departures of 2004's otherwise impressive Reign of Light. With their seventh long-player, 2007's Solar Soul, the Swiss quartet appeared to be striving to achieve some kind of historical balance between all of these disparate styles.
01 Solar Soul 02 Promised Land 03 Slavocracy 04 Western Ground 05 On The Rise 06 Alliance 07 Suspended Time 08 Walkyries New Ride 09 Ave 10 Quasar Wave 11 Olympus