Ceremony of Opposites

Ceremony of Opposites is the third album by Swiss extreme metal band Samael.

Ceremony of Opposites
Studio album by Samael
Released	18 February 1994
Recorded	January 1994
Genre	Black metal industrial metal
Length	35:58
Label	Century Media
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta
Samael chronology
Blood Ritual (1992) Ceremony of Opposites (1994) Rebellion (1995)

This is their second release with Century Media Records after leaving French label Osmose Productions. Although the band's subject matter was similar to previous releases (references to Aleister Crowley, Satanism and blasphemy), it also showed their first signs of interest in industrial music, a direction that they would take on future albums.

It was produced by Waldemar Sorychta, who also worked on recordings by Lacuna Coil, Tiamat, Moonspell and others.

In 2005, the album was re-issued with their 1995 Rebellion EP.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Best Black Metal Album	91%[2]
Metal Reviews	95/100[3]
Metal Storm	[4]
Rock Hard	9/10[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]

Upon release, Ceremony of Opposites was met with universal acclaim by both music critics and band's fans. In 2005, Ceremony of Opposites was ranked number 284 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks by Vorph and Xy.

1. "Black Trip" – 3:19
2. "Celebration of the Fourth" – 2:53
3. "Son of Earth" – 3:58
4. "'Till We Meet Again" – 4:11
5. "Mask of the Red Death" – 3:04
6. "Baphomet's Throne" – 3:30
7. "Flagellation" – 3:41
8. "Crown" – 4:06
9. "To Our Martyrs" – 2:37
10. "Ceremony of Opposites" – 4:39

Personnel

• Vorph – guitar, vocals, arranger
• Masmiseim – bass
• Xy – drums, arranger
• Rodolphe H. – keyboards, samplers
• Carsten Otterbach – artwork
• Mussorgsky/Ravel – sampling
• Waldemar Sorychta – producer, engineer, mixing
• Siggi Bemm – assistant engineer