SAMAEL released their third album, Ceremony of Opposites, on this day in 1994.
For Ceremony of Opposites the songs were mainly composed with the guitar and the keyboards were added afterward to give a different ambiance and dimension to the music.
Vorph / Samael interview, Machine Music, 2020
We were considering the vocal as another instrument and didn't want it to stand out like it is in pop music. I was a big fan of Bathory and loved the way the vocals meshed with the guitars both being agressive and abrasive. I used to like having lots of reverb on the vocals, it diminish the impact but it give it more grandeur, so to speak.