Exodus (Samael album)

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Exodus
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EP by
Released20 April 1998 (1998-04-20) [1]
Genre Symphonic black metal, industrial metal
Length28:51
Label Century Media
Producer Waldemar Sorychta
Samael chronology
Passage
(1996)
Exodus
(1998)
Eternal
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [3]

Exodus is an EP by Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released on 20 April 1998 through Century Media. [1] The contents of the release were later included as bonus tracks on the 2007 re-release of Passage .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Exodus"3:48
2."Tribes of Caïn"3:33
3."Son of Earth"4:37
4."Winter Solstice"3:33
5."Ceremony of Opposites"5:03
6."From Malkuth to Kether"4:31
7."Static Journey" (Unlisted instrumental track, exactly the same as second part of hidden track on Rebellion EP.)3:46

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Samael - Exodus Release Details". centurymedia.com. Century Media . Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Samael: Exodus at AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. Mühlmann, Wolf-Rüdiger (1998). "Samael: Exodus". Rock Hard (in German). Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH (132). ISSN   1437-8140 . Retrieved 15 October 2016.