SAMAEL: Watch 360-Degree Animated Video For 'Hegemony' Title Track

A 360-degee animated video for “Hegemony”, the title track of the tenth album from Swiss industrial black metal pioneers SAMAEL, can be seen bellow. The disc will be issued on October 13 via Napalm Records.

The band comments: “This is our grand overture… We choose to open the album with this song because we thought it sets the tone; square rhythm, martial beat, massive guitar riffs, intricate keyboards arrangements, powerful orchestration all that meshed with aggressive and relentless vocal lines… This is our ‘Hegemony’… enjoy!”

“Hegemony” track listing:

01. Hegemony
02. Samael
03. Angel Of Wrath
04. Rite Of Renewal
05. Red Planet
06. Black Supremacy
07. Murder Or Suicide
08. This World
09. Against All Enemies
10. Land Of The Living
11. Dictate Of Transparency
12. Helter Skelter
13. Storm Of Fire (bonus track)

The band states: “The creative process that led to the completion of ‘Hegemony’ took over four years. Throughout that time, we lived with and saw each song growing into what they finally became.

“‘Hegemony’ is an album that acknowledges the world we’re living in, and emphasized on the effort to take control of that world. It’s all about change and evolution. It’s a strong statement, a testament of our time and a call for revolution.”

SAMAEL frontman Vorph (real name: Michael Locher) told Invicta Magazine about “Hegemony”: “It is quintessential b>SAMAEL as it has all the elements that make our sound what it is. It was not something we planned; it came naturally. Our producer, Waldemar Sorychta, came back to Switzerland and coach me during the recording of the vocals. The last time he did that was for the recording of ‘Passage’ twenty years ago.”

Regarding the overall musical direction of “Hegemony”, Vorph said: “I think it’s kind of wide [sounding]. There’s faster songs… probably ‘Angel Of Wrath’ is one of the heaviest. We have more mid-tempo songs. We try to have variation. I hope it is a varied album.”

Founded in 1987 as an old-school black metal act that was influenced by the likes of BATHORY, fellow countrymen CELTIC FROST and VENOM, the brothers Vorph and Xy later developed the band’s style further towards a more industrial dark metal sound that found its previous high peak in those legendary albums such as “Passage” and “Eternal”.

SAMAEL is:

Vorph: Guitar, Vocals
Xy: Keyboards and Programming
Makro: Bass