SAMAEL – PASSAGE [VINYL 12″]

Passage is the fourth album by Swiss industrial metal band Samael, released on 19 August 1996 through Century Media.[1]

On this album, the band opted for more intensive use of keyboards and industrial sounds, drifting from their black metal roots and progressing in a different direction. Lyrically the band abandoned satanic themes and veered more towards the occult and the cosmic.

While it differs from its predecessors, Passage can be credited for thrusting Samael from the underground scene and giving the band a much larger international audience.