Rebellion

Description

Deluxe Edition re-release of the first EP by legendary Swiss Symphonic Industrial Black Metal band. Rebellion is an interesting little median between Samael’s strongest albums, a relic from a time when most bands still seemed to care about releasing short-form works that had some unique content and genuine value. At the time it was easily the most experimental and varied of their recordings, if only because they saw fit to really test the waters beyond Metal with some of Xytras’ evocative, ritualistic Ambient music with beats, having a few pretty decent, harder hitting tunes which mark that transition from Ceremony Of Opposites to the sheer brilliance. Though it merely collected the leftover tracks from 1994’s Ceremony Of Opposites, the Rebellion EP still serves as a tasty morsel of what Samael was about to accomplish musically. Tracks like Rebellion and Static Journey advance the Swiss Black Metal merchants’ experiments with synths and electronic drumbeats, and an amusing cover of Alice Cooper’s I Love the Dead adds a little variety to boot. This is one of the first step in the new path taken by the band after their Black Metal early days and one of the most unique releases in the genre. Without a doubt, one of the best EP’s ever released! Limited Deluxe Edition 24-kt Gold Translucent CD, housed in luxury 6-panel Soft Touch Digipak with embossed gold foil stamping and voluminous varnish.