{"id":509,"date":"2023-04-13T05:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:52:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Samael Cooper unleashes brutal black metal and extreme sonic warfare across multiple projects: Samariel, Knights of the New Catholic Church, Zion Cyber Army and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blending mysticism, war theology and radical spiritual vision, his work expands through The Ancient Black Metal Files series and numerous experimental manifestations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having composed over 400 pieces across metal, dungeon synth, electronic music and psytrance, classical, reggae, rap, country, folk, polynesian, mantra chants, experimental and even children\u2019s songs, he operates beyond genre, building a total artistic universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the apocalyptic sound.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SamaelCooper-Wallpaper-Forest-White-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-510\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7826086956521738;width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SamaelCooper-Wallpaper-Forest-White-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SamaelCooper-Wallpaper-Forest-White-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SamaelCooper-Wallpaper-Forest-White-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SamaelCooper-Wallpaper-Forest-White-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SamaelCooper-Wallpaper-Forest-White.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-399\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SamaelCooper-Pic67666-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samael Cooper unleashes brutal black metal and extreme sonic warfare across multiple projects: Samariel, Knights of the New Catholic Church, Zion Cyber Army and beyond. Blending mysticism, war theology and<a href=\"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaelcooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}