Lux Mundi (album)

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Lux Mundi
Samael Lux Mundi album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) [1]
Studio
  • The Cube
  • Roystone
  • Albertine
Switzerland
Genre Symphonic black metal, industrial metal
Length49:02
Label Nuclear Blast, Season of Mist
Producer Xy, Waldemar Sorychta
Samael chronology
Antigod
(2010)
Lux Mundi
(2011)
Hegemony
(2017)
Singles from Lux Mundi
  1. "Antigod"
    Released: 19 November 2010 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Revolver Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [5]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Lux Mundi is the ninth studio album from the heavy metal band Samael, released on 29 April 2011 through Nuclear Blast. [1] The Latin words Lux Mundi translate as "Light of the World".

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Vorph; all music is composed by Xy.

No.TitleLength
1."Luxferre"3:49
2."Let My People Be!"3:49
3."Of War"3:41
4."Antigod"4:04
5."For a Thousand Years"4:55
6."The Shadow of the Sword"3:49
7."In the Deep"4:02
8."Mother Night"4:18
9."Pagan Trance"4:19
10."In Gold We Trust"3:29
11."Soul Invictus"4:18
12."The Truth is Marching On"4:29

Personnel

Samael

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 46

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