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Rating: A jewel. The jewel. How could one describe an album as unknown as unique, promising, and dark as the first Full Length by the Swiss band Samael?
We're talking about one of the masterpieces that have literally left me speechless, as did "Ceremony Of Opposites", "Blood Ritual", "Passage", "Reign Of Light"... In short, Samael's entire discography. Despite the rather poor production, the music penetrates deep into the soul of those who listen to the murky blasphemy shouted by the ill and demonic voice of Vorphalack (now known as Vorph).
Each track is a silent and lethal blade that shows us horror in every minute facet. Starting with "Sleep Of Death", the guitars attack, scratch, and slowly tear, while the terrifying vocal accompaniment reminds us that Death is always lurking. Then we move on to the relentless Title Track, "Worship Him", slower than the previous one, but not less violent; indeed, this six and a half-minute track is the apex of claustrophobic anguish in which the genius of Samael is hidden. Pounding and obsessive drums, slow and fearful guitar riffs, vocals from hell invoking the demon Samael, through an anaphora present at the beginning of each phrase of the lyrics, repeated till the end (He is life. He is death. He is virtue. He is vice...). The next track, "Knowledge Of The Ancient Kingdom", is a chilling mid-tempo, and "Morbid Metal" shakes us with its convulsive unpredictability. Then we have a perfect instrumental interlude, "Rite Of Cthulhu", just two minutes yet sharp and unsettling (Cthulhu is a demon invented by Master H. P. Lovecraft). We tread once again towards the end of the cd, with two more truly excellent tracks, "The Black Face", "Into The Pentagram", which follow the trail of the previous ones, relentless and cruel.
After "Messenger Of The Light", the last track with Vorphalack's vocals, Samael decides to let us conclude their album with two more instrumental pieces, namely "Last Benediction", composed solely with a keyboard that invokes a dense contemplative and dark atmosphere, and finally "The Dark", a suitable title for this occasion: final deep guitar solos, leaving then in absolute silence, inviting us to meditate on what we’ve heard so far.
It is with this album that the band immediately stands out, while remaining incognito, unknown and hidden. Their albums have rarely been discussed, except for the latest, where we see a radical change in style. In any case, this is not just any Black Metal CD, as it adopts different standards from the classic Black scene.
Immortal and undisputed. "Worship Him".
WORSHIP IT.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Sleep of Death (03:45)
Man!
Inexorably you come to me
Each instant you're closer to me
I am death
Do you know where I'll lead you?
Are you sure
That your life will go on endlessly...
Endlessly?
Into misfortune
Into eternal pain
Man!
You're condemned to die
You're condemned to join me
And this certainty haunts you from your birth on
Me, your death, I tell you
Man, you cannot withstand
Man, you're trapped
Man, you must choose
You've chosen
I'll lead you
Close to the lord of the dark powers
No rest
No end
No shelter
No escape
No respite
No sleep
No dreams... eternally...
02 Worship Him (06:30)
He is life, He is death
He is virtue, He is vire
He is the flame of reason
He is the verbe of our thoughts
He is the justice of our trials
He is the gallows of the infidels
He is the fire of vengeance
He is the blade of revenge
He is the executioner's axe
He is the hangman's rope
He is the fall of the kingdom of ignorance
He is the end of the reign of intolerance
03 Knowledge of the Ancient Kingdom (05:05)
The golden age of the sorcery has passed
The necromancers' cloud of darkness
Hangs over the ancient kingdom
Only some cursed book can allow you
To find your lost powers again
And to join with the powerful force of death
So install you inside the magic circle and implore
Belf, son of Belf,
Who's got brass feet, iron heel
Belf, son of Belf,
Give me the power to kill at distance
Accept all orders orders of your superiors
Obey them fool
Raise all their vows and then realize yours
Then you will be invulnerable
Ignorant souls
Realize your morbid wishes
Belf, son of Belf,
Who's got brass feet, iron heel
Belf, son of Belf,
Give me the power to kill at distance
Your brain's on fire
Fulfill a crime you must
Hecat watches over the accomplishment of the crime
Trust him 'cause no law
Can transgress ten thousand years
Of knowledge kept by the sorcerers
Belf, son of Belf,
Who's got brass feet, iron heel
Belf, son of Belf,
Give me the power to kill at distance
04 Morbid Metal (04:55)
Born from the depth of my brain
Born in the night of the times
Born by the nothingness
Born by bloody massacres
Born by massive executions
Born by millions of deaths
Ancestral prediction
Medieval prophecy
Secular institution
In eternal blasphemy
Morbid metal
Born by malefic oaths
Born by secret conspirations
Born by infame rituals
Morbid metal
07 Into the Pentagram (06:47)
Prisoner of my dreams
Slave to my illusions
Paralysed by the anguish of a new day
Tormented by the desire of glory
The thirst for power
I'm refuging into the pentagram
Where I fear nobody
I dominate my enemies
I lead my friends
All belongs to me, body and soul
Prisoner of my dreams
Slave to my illusions
Paralysed by the anguish of a new day
Tormented by the desire of glory
The thirst for power
I'm retreating into the pentagram
Where I become possessor of your lives
Dictator of your thoughts
Master of your acts
The pentagram is my invincible weapon...
08 Messenger of the Light (02:42)
I am the envoy of the son of the dawn
A slave to the star of the morning
I am here to prepare the coming of our lord
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