Moonspell
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Moonspell is a Portuguese
gothic metal
band from Brandoa
, Lisbon
. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP
Under the Moonspell
in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart
. The band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.
Moonspell reached the Portuguese top first with their album Sin/Pecado
, and were, along with Metallica
and Iron Maiden
, the only metal band to reach the first place of the Portuguese charts after the release of their album, Memorial
, in 2006. With Memorial, Moonspell also became the first Portuguese heavy metal
band to have a record certified gold status. They are also very popular in Germany
, where Memorial entered at 68th in the Top 100 Chart.
was recorded in Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta
and was released in 1995 and was followed by a European tour. Although the album had little or no recognition at the beginning. During the tour, guitarist Mantus quit the band and was replaced by Ricardo Amorim.
For 1997's Irreligious
, the band again recorded with producer Waldemar Sorychta. While previous album was considered black metal
, this one fell into the genre of gothic metal
. The song "Opium" became the first Moonspell single. It quoted one of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa
's heteronym
s, Álvaro de Campos
, on his poem "Opiário", and its music video
featured the character of poet writing in a bar with the band playing. Along with the release of the album in a convent, the Convento do Beato, there were factors that helped the band selling 10,000 copies of the album in their homeland.
After conflicts with the band involving lawsuits, bass player Ares left the band and was replaced by Sérgio Crestana.
(Pecado means "sin" in Portuguese
) was released in 1998. It had a bigger experimental nature than its predecessors. The song "2econd Skin
" was released as a single. At the time they released the one and only Daemonarch
album, Hermeticum
. Daemonarch was a side project composed by all Moonspell members except drummer Mike Gaspar. The album was seen as a return to their black metal
roots and its lyrics were all written by singer Fernando Ribeiro
between the age of 14 and 16.
Sin/Pecado was followed in 1999 by The Butterfly Effect, recorded in London
and produced by Andy Reilly. This album is considered to be very experimental in nature as well. Featuring "down-tuned guitar riffs, eerie synthesizer passages", the album was mainly composed by guitarist/keyboard player Pedro Paixão and was not very well received by metal critics.
Darkness and Hope
was released in 2001 and was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa
, producer of Sentenced
and HIM. The album reached 79th on German charts and special editions included covers of Madredeus
, Ozzy Osbourne
's "Mr. Crowley
" and Joy Division
's "Love Will Tear Us Apart
". "Nocturna" was released as a single and music video.
In 2003, the band released The Antidote
, with Niclas Etelävuori from Amorphis
playing as a session musician on the bass guitar. The album was released with a book with the same title written by Portuguese writer José Luís Peixoto
. Both the CD and book share the same concept and story and each song in the CD is sister to a chapter in the book that enhances the story in the lyrics. "Everything Invaded
" was released as a single and music video. The band toured extensively around the world, playing at Rock in Rio Lisbon
in 2004, a concert that brought them to more mainstream attention in Portugal. From this album on, the tours feature Aires Pereira on the bass.
During 2003 the band recorded a cover of the jazz
standard "I'll See You in My Dreams
" for the soundtrack
of the Portuguese short zombie
horror film of the same name. There is an official music video which was filmed in one day during the production of the short and under a €2,000 budget. The song was also issued as a single in 2004, featuring the full and edited versions.
was released in 2006. Recorded with the producer of their first three albums Waldemar Sorychta, who also recorded the bass guitar parts, it was the first to be released under their new label SPV Steamhammer
. The album topped the Portuguese album chart on its first week and also broke into the German Top 100 at number 68. Memorial achieved gold status in Portugal after selling 10,000 copies, making Moonspell the first Portuguese doom metal band to achieve that.
Although the album is heavier than the previous, it was very well received and its release was featured in various Portuguese news broadcasts. A new release of the album was released in December 2006 and featured a DVD with live performances and the music videos made for the album. Music videos for "Finisterra" and "Luna" were released.
The band then worked on releasing a DVD originally entitled Lunar Still/13 Years of Doom, but had some issues of a legal nature and was been forced to delay the release, originally expected in September 2005. It was pushed later to 9 December 2008 with a new title: Lusitanian Metal.
On November 2, 2006, Moonspell won an MTV Europe Music Award
in the category of Best Portuguese Act.
The Great Silver Eye
, a best-of album, was released on June 26, 2007.
In 2007, Moonspell released Under Satanæ
, a re-recording of early songs.
The newest album is called Night Eternal
. It was released on May 16, 2008. The lead single off the album, Scorpion Flower, features Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen
(ex-The Gathering
, now Agua De Annique
).
Moonspell performed the "Blackest of The Black" tour with Danzig
, Winds of Plague
, Dimmu Borgir
, and Skeletonwitch
.
Moonspell toured Europe
with Cradle of Filth
, Gorgoroth
, Septic Flesh
and Asrai
("The Darkest Tour: Filthfest") in December 2008, and took part in a European tour with Cradle of Filth
and Turisas
, dubbed the "Darkest Tour:Filthfest 2", in April and May 2009.
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band from Brandoa
Brandoa
Brandoa is a Portuguese civil parish of the municipality of Amadora, in the outskirts of Lisbon, with 2,39 km² of area and 15,647 inhabitants ....
, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Under the Moonspell
Under the Moonspell
Under the Moonspell is an EP released by Moonspell in 1994.-Track listing:# "Allah Akbar! La Allah Ella Allah! " – 1:51...
in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart
Wolfheart
Wolfheart is the first full-length album by the band Moonspell. All of the tracks are in English except for "Trebaruna" and "Ataegina", which are in Portuguese, as well as the chorus of "Alma Mater"...
. The band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.
Moonspell reached the Portuguese top first with their album Sin/Pecado
Sin/Pecado
Released in 1998, Sin/Pecado is the third full-length album by the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The album title is a Portuguese/English wordplay: pecado translates to sin in English, but sin pecado translates to without sin...
, and were, along with Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
and Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
, the only metal band to reach the first place of the Portuguese charts after the release of their album, Memorial
Memorial (Moonspell album)
Memorial is Moonspell's seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in two versions: a standard edition and a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track....
, in 2006. With Memorial, Moonspell also became the first Portuguese heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band to have a record certified gold status. They are also very popular in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, where Memorial entered at 68th in the Top 100 Chart.
Early days (1992–1994)
Although they had been playing since 1989 under the name of "Morbid God", the band became Moonspell in 1992, the same year they released the promo track "Serpent Angel".Breakthrough (1995–1997)
After the release of mini-album Under the Moonspell, Moonspell signed with Century Media for six CDs. WolfheartWolfheart
Wolfheart is the first full-length album by the band Moonspell. All of the tracks are in English except for "Trebaruna" and "Ataegina", which are in Portuguese, as well as the chorus of "Alma Mater"...
was recorded in Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta
Waldemar Sorychta
Waldemar Sorychta , is a German heavy metal musician, songwriter, producer and artist who lives in Dortmund Germany since 1982.- Career :He initially worked with the German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986....
and was released in 1995 and was followed by a European tour. Although the album had little or no recognition at the beginning. During the tour, guitarist Mantus quit the band and was replaced by Ricardo Amorim.
For 1997's Irreligious
Irreligious (album)
Irreligious, released in 1996, is the second full-length album by the Portuguese band Moonspell. It features some of the best-known songs of the band, such as "Opium", "Ruin & Misery", "Awake" and "Full Moon Madness". The latter is usually the closing song during almost every Moonspell concert,...
, the band again recorded with producer Waldemar Sorychta. While previous album was considered black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
, this one fell into the genre of gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
. The song "Opium" became the first Moonspell single. It quoted one of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa , was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic and translator described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.-Early years in Durban:On 13 July...
's heteronym
Heteronym (literature)
The literary concept of heteronym, invented by Portuguese writer and poet Fernando Pessoa, refers to one or more imaginary character created by a writer to write in different styles...
s, Álvaro de Campos
Álvaro de Campos
Álvaro de Campos was one of the poet Fernando Pessoa's various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wraithful writing style. Campos' works may be split in three phases: the decadentist phase, the futuristic phase and the decadent phase...
, on his poem "Opiário", and its music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
featured the character of poet writing in a bar with the band playing. Along with the release of the album in a convent, the Convento do Beato, there were factors that helped the band selling 10,000 copies of the album in their homeland.
After conflicts with the band involving lawsuits, bass player Ares left the band and was replaced by Sérgio Crestana.
Experimenting (1998–2000)
Sin/PecadoSin/Pecado
Released in 1998, Sin/Pecado is the third full-length album by the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The album title is a Portuguese/English wordplay: pecado translates to sin in English, but sin pecado translates to without sin...
(Pecado means "sin" in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
) was released in 1998. It had a bigger experimental nature than its predecessors. The song "2econd Skin
2econd Skin
"2econd Skin" is the name of both a song and an EP by the band Moonspell. The song is from the album Sin/Pecado.-EP track listing:Disc one - Single:# 2econd Skin - 4:54# Erotik Alkemy - 5:56# Sacred - 5:14...
" was released as a single. At the time they released the one and only Daemonarch
Daemonarch
Daemonarch was a side project band constituted by 4 of the 5 then-members of the Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell. Only one album was released, named Hermeticum. The album is born from a compilation of poetry wrote by Fernando Ribeiro between the ages of 14 and 16....
album, Hermeticum
Hermeticum
Hermeticum is the only album released by the side project band of Moonspell members Daemonarch. It was released in August 1998.-Track listing:#"Lex Talionis" – 5:32#"Of a Thousand Young" – 4:27#"Corpus Hermeticum" – 4:51...
. Daemonarch was a side project composed by all Moonspell members except drummer Mike Gaspar. The album was seen as a return to their black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
roots and its lyrics were all written by singer Fernando Ribeiro
Fernando Ribeiro (music)
Fernando Miguel Santos Ribeiro is a Portuguese musician and poet, responsible for vocals and lyrics of the gothic metal band Moonspell, under the nickname Langsuyar.-Biography:...
between the age of 14 and 16.
Sin/Pecado was followed in 1999 by The Butterfly Effect, recorded in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and produced by Andy Reilly. This album is considered to be very experimental in nature as well. Featuring "down-tuned guitar riffs, eerie synthesizer passages", the album was mainly composed by guitarist/keyboard player Pedro Paixão and was not very well received by metal critics.
Darkness and Hope and The Antidote (2001–2005)
Darkness and Hope
Darkness and Hope is the fifth album by Portuguese metal band Moonspell.Several different versions were released, with different bonus tracks. One version contained "Os Senhores Da Guerra", originally by Madredeus, the second featured "Mr. Crowley", originally by Ozzy Osbourne...
was released in 2001 and was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa
Hiili Hiilesmaa
Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa is the vocalist of the rock band The Skreppers, drummer of doom metal band KYPCK, was the keyboardist of hard rock/sleaze/blues band Daniel Lioneye, as well as a respected producer from Finland...
, producer of Sentenced
Sentenced
Sentenced was a Finnish heavy metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland, and broke up in 2005.-Early years :...
and HIM. The album reached 79th on German charts and special editions included covers of Madredeus
Madredeus
Madredeus is a Portuguese band. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music with influences of modern folk music...
, Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
's "Mr. Crowley
Mr. Crowley
"Mr Crowley" is a 1980 heavy metal song performed by Ozzy Osbourne, released on the album Blizzard of Ozz, Osbourne's first solo effort following his firing from Black Sabbath. It peaked at number 46 on the United Kingdom charts. Musicians playing on the song are guitarist Randy Rhoads, bass...
" and Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
's "Love Will Tear Us Apart
Love Will Tear Us Apart
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division. It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar...
". "Nocturna" was released as a single and music video.
In 2003, the band released The Antidote
The Antidote (Moonspell album)
The Antidote is Moonspell's sixth full-length album, released in 2003 by Century Media. It is regarded as a return to a heavier musical style in comparison to the previous album, Darkness and Hope, although it is nonetheless quite different from all the previous albums.The third track, "Everything...
, with Niclas Etelävuori from Amorphis
Amorphis
Amorphis is a Finnish heavy metal band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other types of genres, which include heavy metal, progressive metal, and folk metal...
playing as a session musician on the bass guitar. The album was released with a book with the same title written by Portuguese writer José Luís Peixoto
José Luís Peixoto
José Luís Peixoto , is a Portuguese writer who has written fiction, poetry, drama, lyrics and has participated in a wide number of projects involving writing.-Biographical note:...
. Both the CD and book share the same concept and story and each song in the CD is sister to a chapter in the book that enhances the story in the lyrics. "Everything Invaded
Everything Invaded
"Everything Invaded" is song by Moonspell from the album, The Antidote. It was released as a single.-Music video:The music video for "Everything Invaded" is highly distinct. Played out like a trailer to a horror film, it includes various elements such as exorcism and magic. The band performance...
" was released as a single and music video. The band toured extensively around the world, playing at Rock in Rio Lisbon
Rock in Rio
Rock in Rio is a series of music festivals held in three cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid in Spain.Four incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991, 2001 and 2011, four in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and two in Madrid in 2008 and 2010....
in 2004, a concert that brought them to more mainstream attention in Portugal. From this album on, the tours feature Aires Pereira on the bass.
During 2003 the band recorded a cover of the jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
standard "I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams may refer to:*"I'll See You in My Dreams" , a popular song*I'll See You in My Dreams , a musical film made in 1951, starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas, directed by Michael Curtiz...
" for the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the Portuguese short zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
horror film of the same name. There is an official music video which was filmed in one day during the production of the short and under a €2,000 budget. The song was also issued as a single in 2004, featuring the full and edited versions.
Memorial, Under Satanæ and Night Eternal (2006–present)
MemorialMemorial (Moonspell album)
Memorial is Moonspell's seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in two versions: a standard edition and a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track....
was released in 2006. Recorded with the producer of their first three albums Waldemar Sorychta, who also recorded the bass guitar parts, it was the first to be released under their new label SPV Steamhammer
SPV GmbH
SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....
. The album topped the Portuguese album chart on its first week and also broke into the German Top 100 at number 68. Memorial achieved gold status in Portugal after selling 10,000 copies, making Moonspell the first Portuguese doom metal band to achieve that.
Although the album is heavier than the previous, it was very well received and its release was featured in various Portuguese news broadcasts. A new release of the album was released in December 2006 and featured a DVD with live performances and the music videos made for the album. Music videos for "Finisterra" and "Luna" were released.
The band then worked on releasing a DVD originally entitled Lunar Still/13 Years of Doom, but had some issues of a legal nature and was been forced to delay the release, originally expected in September 2005. It was pushed later to 9 December 2008 with a new title: Lusitanian Metal.
On November 2, 2006, Moonspell won an MTV Europe Music Award
MTV Europe Music Awards 2006
The MTV Europe Music Awards hit Copenhagen at the Bella Center/Rådhuspladsen in 2006. The venue was made to feel like a VIP club with exclusive, intimate performances...
in the category of Best Portuguese Act.
The Great Silver Eye
The Great Silver Eye
-Track listing:# "Wolfshade " – 7:44# "Vampiria" – 5:36# "Alma Mater" – 5:37# "Opium" – 2:47# "Raven Claws" – 3:16# "Full Moon Madness" – 6:47# "2econd Skin" – 4:51# "Magdalene" – 6:17# "Soulsick" – 4:16# "Lustmord" – 3:45...
, a best-of album, was released on June 26, 2007.
In 2007, Moonspell released Under Satanæ
Under Satanæ
Under Satanæ is a compilation by Moonspell. It contains rerecordings of early material, some of it from their 1994 work Under the Moonspell, and the rest from their demo tapes Anno Satanæ and Serpent Angel from their debut demo .-Track listing:#"Halla alle halla al rabka halla " -...
, a re-recording of early songs.
The newest album is called Night Eternal
Night Eternal
Night Eternal is the eighth full-length album by the Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on May 16, 2008 in Europe and on June 10, 2008 in North America...
. It was released on May 16, 2008. The lead single off the album, Scorpion Flower, features Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen
Anneke van Giersbergen
Anneke van Giersbergen is the former lead singer of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering which she departed in August 2007. Since then, she has been involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique which also included her husband & drummer of the band, Rob Snijders...
(ex-The Gathering
The Gathering (band)
The Gathering is a Dutch alternative rock band, founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and René Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits in the small city of Oss, North Brabant....
, now Agua De Annique
Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique is the solo project of the former The Gathering vocalist, Anneke van Giersbergen.- History :The project was announced June 5, 2007, the same day that both The Gathering and Anneke van Giersbergen issued separate announcements that van Giersbergen would leave the band in August.She...
).
Moonspell performed the "Blackest of The Black" tour with Danzig
Danzig (band)
Danzig is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for the singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain...
, Winds of Plague
Winds of Plague
Winds of Plague is an American deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002. They are best known as one of the only deathcore bands to incorporate symphonic elements into their music....
, Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...
, and Skeletonwitch
Skeletonwitch
Skeletonwitch is an American heavy metal band from Athens, Ohio formed in 2003. The band currently consists of drummer Dustin Boltjes, vocalist Chance Garnette, bassist Evan Linger, and guitarists Nate Garnette and Scott Hedrick...
.
Moonspell toured Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
with Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
, Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
, Septic Flesh
Septic Flesh
Septic Flesh is a death metal band from Athens, Greece, which was founded in 1990.- History :Septic Flesh was formed in March 1990 by Sotiris Vayenas , Spiros Antoniou , and Christos Antoniou , and quickly released a debut EP, Temple of the Lost Race in December 1991...
and Asrai
Asrai (band)
Asrai is a band from Schiedam, Netherlands. Their music is mostly on the border between gothic and metal genres.- History :Asrai's roots lay in the 1980s. The band was formed in 1985 and changed their name in 1988 to Asrai. Several of its members played in various punk and new-wave bands...
("The Darkest Tour: Filthfest") in December 2008, and took part in a European tour with Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
and Turisas
Turisas
Turisas is a Finnish folk metal band from Hämeenlinna. It was founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and named after an ancient Finnish God of war....
, dubbed the "Darkest Tour:Filthfest 2", in April and May 2009.
Future projects
Moonspell are reported to be working on a new album, aimed to be released in 2011. Fernando described the music as "the most exciting, sexiest, darkest, heaviest and catchiest stuff we've written in ages!" It was also reported that the Portuguese Postal Service will be releasing "a collection of stamps that represent the most significant rock moments and records from Portugal," which includes Moonspell's first album, WolfheartWolfheart
Wolfheart is the first full-length album by the band Moonspell. All of the tracks are in English except for "Trebaruna" and "Ataegina", which are in Portuguese, as well as the chorus of "Alma Mater"...
.
Current members
- Fernando RibeiroFernando Ribeiro (music)Fernando Miguel Santos Ribeiro is a Portuguese musician and poet, responsible for vocals and lyrics of the gothic metal band Moonspell, under the nickname Langsuyar.-Biography:...
(Langsuyar) – vocals (1989–present) - Miguel Gaspar (Mike/Nisroth) – drumsDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
(1992–present) - Ricardo Amorim (Morning Blade) – guitarGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
(1995–present) - Pedro Paixão (Passionis/Neophytus) – keyboardKeyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
/guitarGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
(1994–present) - Aires Pereira (Ahriman) – bassBassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
(2007–present)
Previous members
- João Pedro – bass (1989–1997)
- Sérgio Crestana – bass (1997–2003)
- Niclas Etelävuori – bass (2003–2006)
- Waldemar SorychtaWaldemar SorychtaWaldemar Sorychta , is a German heavy metal musician, songwriter, producer and artist who lives in Dortmund Germany since 1982.- Career :He initially worked with the German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986....
– bass (2006–2007)
Studio albums
- WolfheartWolfheartWolfheart is the first full-length album by the band Moonspell. All of the tracks are in English except for "Trebaruna" and "Ataegina", which are in Portuguese, as well as the chorus of "Alma Mater"...
(1995) - IrreligiousIrreligious (album)Irreligious, released in 1996, is the second full-length album by the Portuguese band Moonspell. It features some of the best-known songs of the band, such as "Opium", "Ruin & Misery", "Awake" and "Full Moon Madness". The latter is usually the closing song during almost every Moonspell concert,...
(1996) - Sin/PecadoSin/PecadoReleased in 1998, Sin/Pecado is the third full-length album by the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The album title is a Portuguese/English wordplay: pecado translates to sin in English, but sin pecado translates to without sin...
(1998) - The Butterfly Effect (1999)
- Darkness and HopeDarkness and HopeDarkness and Hope is the fifth album by Portuguese metal band Moonspell.Several different versions were released, with different bonus tracks. One version contained "Os Senhores Da Guerra", originally by Madredeus, the second featured "Mr. Crowley", originally by Ozzy Osbourne...
(2001) - The AntidoteThe Antidote (Moonspell album)The Antidote is Moonspell's sixth full-length album, released in 2003 by Century Media. It is regarded as a return to a heavier musical style in comparison to the previous album, Darkness and Hope, although it is nonetheless quite different from all the previous albums.The third track, "Everything...
(2003) - MemorialMemorial (Moonspell album)Memorial is Moonspell's seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in two versions: a standard edition and a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track....
(2006) - Night EternalNight EternalNight Eternal is the eighth full-length album by the Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on May 16, 2008 in Europe and on June 10, 2008 in North America...
(2008)