Above is the eighth studio album from the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released on 6 March 2009 by Nuclear Blast.

The band was called "Above" and featured computer-designed band members in a virtual world, whose lyrics and songs were written by Samael.

Later through Myspace, the band announced that they would be taking their side-project Above and turning it into their newest Samael album.

It is like an enhanced version of our three or four first albums, maybe the missing link between 'Ceremony of Opposites' and 'Passage'.

"[8] All lyrics are written by Vorph; all music is composed by Xy, except where notedThe track "Dark Side" is a reworked version of "The Black Face" from the album Worship Him.