Album: Blood Ritual by Samael (1992)
Genre: Black Metal | Style: Metal
Format: Album

Description: Blood Ritual is the second album by the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released in 1992 on the Century Media Records label.
When Samael's one-album-only contract with Osmose Productions expired the group signed with Century Media which, in the words of vocalist/guitarist Vorphalack, offered them a "rather interesting" deal. The long time between Worship Him and Blood Ritual, explains Vorphalack, was due to negotiations between them and the label. The band to chose to record their new record in Germany rather than their Switzerland due to the expensive studio time of their native country.
Vorphalack argued that the main change between Worship Him and Blood Ritual was the record production and not the music. According to him there are songs in their sophomore album that pre-date their debut.

Artist Background: Samael released their first album Worship Him in 1991 on French record label Osmose Productions; the following year they signed a multi-records deal with Century Media Records and released their second album Blood Ritual. Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for post-black metal styles. Part of the Sion, Schweiz music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Industrial Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Music Scene: Part of the Sion, Schweiz music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Industrial Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Black Metal, Metal, 1990s, Album

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Blood Ritual is the second album by the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released in 1992 on the Century Media Records label.
When Samael's one-album-only contract with Osmose Productions expired the group signed with Century Media which, in the words of vocalist/guitarist Vorphalack, offered them a "rather interesting" deal. The long time between Worship Him and Blood Ritual, explains Vorphalack, was due to negotiations between them and the label. The band to chose to record their new record in Germany rather than their Switzerland due to the expensive studio time of their native country.
Vorphalack argued that the main change between Worship Him and Blood Ritual was the record production and not the music. According to him there are songs in their sophomore album that pre-date their debut.

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