Solar Soul

Solar Soul
Studio album by Samael
Released	1 June 2007 (2007-06-01)
Recorded	2006
Studio	The Cube Albertine Roystone Switzerland
Genre	Industrial metal, symphonic metal
Length	46:45
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta, Xy
Samael chronology
Era One (2006) Solar Soul (2007) Above (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	8/10[2]

Solar Soul is the seventh album by the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released on 1 June 2007 through Nuclear Blast.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Solar Soul"	3:44
2.	"Promised Land"	3:58
3.	"Slavocracy"	3:31
4.	"Western Ground"	4:06
5.	"On the Rise"	3:51
6.	"Alliance"	3:41
7.	"Suspended Time"	3:44
8.	"Valkyries' New Ride"	3:54
9.	"AVE!"	4:15
10.	"Quasar Waves"	3:37
11.	"Architect"	3:51
12.	"Olympus"	4:39

Personnel

Samael

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

Additional musicians

• Sami Yli-Sirniö – sitar (10)
• Vibeke Stene – vocals (7)

Technical personnel

• Waldemar Sorychta – production
• D-Teck – engineering
• Stéphane Loup – engineering
• Stefan Glaumann – mixing
• Tor Ingvarsson – Pro Tools assistant
• Henrik Jonsson – mastering
• Patrick Pidoux – front cover, additional graphics
• Edi Maurer – portraits
• Petri de Pità – band picture
• Carsten Drescher – layouts

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[3]	158
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4]	41

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Samael: Solar Soul at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
2. Schiffbauer, Conny (2007). "Samael: Solar Soul". Rock Hard (in German) (242). Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
3. "Lescharts.com – Samael – Solar Soul". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
4. "Swisscharts.com – Samael – Solar Soul". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2021.