Samael

So, Switzerland.  I can't say I spend much more time thinking that metal bands come out of Switzerland than I do thinking they come out of France; nevertheless, some of the best and most interesting metal bands come from that very place.  Legendary proto-death metal band Celtic Frost is from Switzerland, as is easily one of the best metal bands ever, Sybreed, whom I have posted before - definitely check THOSE guys out.  Today's offering from the land of neutrality, mountains, clocks, and chocolate is the ever-reinventing juggernaut that is Samael.  I thought just for perspective I would post something from Samael's early black metal days and something from the very-different later album Reign of Light (that's right: you get not one, but TWO tracks today - I'm just magnanimous like that); each is excellent, but I hope you will also be able to appreciate the kind of talent it takes to actually change the sound of your band this radically while maintaining its level of quality, thus remaining relevant over the course of more than twenty years.  Here are "Baphomet's Throne" and "In'ch Allah" - CRANK 'EM!