by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 26, 2018 | News
After sixteen years, longtime Samael guitarist Marco “Mak” Rivao has decided to leave the group to do something different. The leave seems more heartfelt and definitely amicable as the band have accepted his decision. The group decided to recruit bassist Drop to play...
by Matt Brown | Nov 1, 2017 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive the chart information necessary to complete MBN last week, so I’m a week behind over here. Hope you all had a happy and...
by Zach Fehl | Oct 13, 2017 | Columns, New & Noteworthy
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week we have releases from Fozzy, Samael, Enslaved, and more! If you would like to check out last week’s New & Noteworthy, you can...
by Zenae Zukowski | Oct 6, 2017 | New Music, News, Releases, Video
Swiss industrial black metal giants Samael’s new album Hegemony will be released next Friday (13th) via Napalm Records. Our expectations are high for this one, especially after their six-year absence from creating new tunes. It is a follow-up to 2011’s Lux Mundi and...
by Zenae Zukowski | Sep 18, 2017 | New Music, News, Releases, Video
Samael has painted it black in their new video for the song “Black Supremacy,” taken from their upcoming album Hegemony, which will be released on October 13th via Napalm Records. It has been six years since these industrial black metallers released 2011’s Lux Mundi,...