Blood Ritual (album)
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''Blood Ritual'' is the second album by the Swiss heavy metal band
Samael Samael ( he, סַמָּאֵל, ''Sammāʾēl'', "Venom/Poison of God"; ar, سمسمائيل, ''Samsama'il'' or ar, سمائل, label=none, ''Samail''; alternatively Smal, Smil, Samil, or Samiel) is an archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic ...
, released in 1992 on the
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Background and recording

When Samael's one-album-only contract with
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expired the group signed with Century Media which, in the words of
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Vorphalack, offered them a "rather interesting" deal. The long time between ''
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'' and ''Blood Ritual'', explains Vorphalack, was due to negotiations between them and the label. The band chose to record their new record in Germany rather than Switzerland due to the expensive studio time of their native country.Löns (1993), page 7.


Music

Vorphalack argued that the main change between ''Worship Him'' and ''Blood Ritual'' was the
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and not the music. According to him there are songs in their sophomore album that pre-date their debut.Löns (1993), page 7.


Track listing

# "Epilogue" – 0:40 # "Beyond the Nothingness" – 4:31 # "Poison Infiltration" – 3:58 # "After the Sepulture" – 4:35 # "Macabre Operetta" – 6:41 # "Blood Ritual" – 3:25 # "Since the Creation..." – 0:34 # "With the Gleam of the Torches" – 6:25 # "Total Consecration" – 2:40 # "Bestial Devotion" – 4:50 # "...Until the Chaos" – 3:25


Personnel

*Vorphalack - Vocals, Guitars *Masmiseim - Bass *Xytraguptor - Keyboards, Drums, Percussion


References


Bibliography

* Löns, S. (1993). Samael. ''Witchraft, 1'': 7-9. 1992 albums Samael (band) albums Century Media Records albums Albums produced by Waldemar Sorychta {{1990s-black-metal-album-stub