Artist Profiles

Samael

// Vorph, guitarist and vocalist

SAMAEL are a black-metal and industrial-metal band from Sion, Switzerland. “Worship Him” (1991) is available from Osmose Productions, “Blood Ritual” (1992), “Ceremony Of Opposites” (1994), “Passage” (1996), and “Eternal” (1999) are all available from Century Media Records, “Reign Of Light” (2004) is available from Galactical Records, “Era One & Lesson In Magic #1” (2006), and “Solar Soul” (2007) are both available from Nuclear Blast Records.

Website: www.samael.info
Photo: Samael / Nuclear Blast Records

Interview:

Music and mathematics are perhaps the only universal languages that can be understood by everyone. While mathematics needs to be learned, music does not need special qualifications to be comprehended, or at least to be appreciated. Words can be misleading and create confusion, but the sound of music always reaches those who are receptive. We can even connect to different styles of music depending on our mood. That connection bypasses all our preconceptions, and goes straight to the core of ourselves. So much can be said through music, with it’s deep and immediate ways of reaching us, it can strip down a message to the simplest form. Music is a transcendent method of communication, and in that sense, music is probably the closest thing to a spiritual manifestation.

“Music is a transcendent method of communication, and in that sense, music is probably the closest thing to a spiritual manifestation.”
– Vorph, guitarist and vocalist in Samael

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