Country of origin: Switzerland Location: Sion, Valais Status: Active Formed in: 1987 Genre: Black Metal (early); Electronic/Industrial Metal (later) Lyrical themes: Satanism (early); Space, Discovery, Spirituality, Political Current label: Napalm Records Years active: 1987-present The band began in April 1987 as an old-school black metal act and slowly changed into electronic/industrial metal. Xy and Vorph are brothers. Up to "Worship Him", Vorph was known as Vorphalack, and Xy as Xytraguptor. Later on, Vorphalack shortened his name to Vorph, and Xytraguptor to Xytras and then Xy. Xytras recorded an album containing classical versions of tracks from Passage and the ... SAMAEL are: Vorph – Guitars, Vocals Xy – Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Samples, Drum programming Drop – Guitars Ales – Bass