Reign of Light is the sixth album by Swiss industrial metal band Samael, released in October 2004 by Galactical.

Reign of Light
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2004 (2004-10)
Recorded2004
Studio
  • The Cube
  • The Albertine
Switzerland
GenreIndustrial metal, symphonic metal
Length42:32
LabelGalactical, Regain
ProducerSamael, Waldemar Sorychta
Samael chronology
Eternal
(1999)
Reign of Light
(2004)
Era One
(2006)
Singles from Reign of Light
  1. "Telepath"
    Released: 27 September 2004
  2. "On Earth"
    Released: 13 June 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rock Hard9/10[2]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Moongate"3:31
2."Inch'Allah"3:29
3."High Above"3:58
4."Reign of Light"3:51
5."On Earth"4:03
6."Telepath"3:35
7."Oriental Dawn"4:24
8."As the Sun"3:40
9."Further"3:59
10."Heliopolis"3:57
11."Door of Celestial Peace"4:05

Personnel

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Samael

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  • Vorph – guitar, vocals, production
  • Makro – guitar, production
  • Mas – bass, production
  • Xy – programming, keyboard, percussion, production

Additional musicians

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Technical personnel

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  • Waldemar Sorychta – production
  • D-Teck – engineering
  • Totor – engineering
  • Yves Métry – engineering
  • Stefan Glaumann – mixing
  • Staffan Celmins – assistant mixing
  • Björn Engelman – mastering
  • Le Seigneur des Marais – front cover, layout
  • Sedrik Nemeth – eyes pictures
  • Edi Maurer – band picture

Charts

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[3] 153
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 66

References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Samael: Reign of Light at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ Blum, Tobias (2004). "Samael: Reign of Light". Rock Hard (in German) (210). Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Lescharts.com – Samael – Reign Of Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Samael – Reign Of Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2021.