Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band with elements of black metal. T… Read Full Bio ↴Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band with elements of black metal. The group, founded in 1989 originally as Morbid God, was renamed Moonspell in 1992. With the release of their first album Wolfheart in 1995, the band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.
The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". In 1993, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro, drummer Mike Gaspar and bassist João Pedro released the demo Anno Satanæ under the name Moonspell, which caught the attention of French label Adipocere. It was for Adipocere that Moonspell released in 1994 a mini-album titled Under the Moonspell. The record was a considered a landmark in Portuguese metal and sold more than 5000 copies, becoming Adipocere's best-selling record at the time. Shortly after the release, they played with Cradle of Filth in a concert in Lisbon.
Breakthrough (1995-1997)
After the release of mini-album Under the Moonspell, Moonspell signed with Century Media for six CDs. Wolfheart 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, it was later recognized as a "milestone" by heavy-metal reviews site Metal-Observer.com. During the tour, guitarist Mantus quit the band and was replaced by Ricardo Amorim.
Irreligious came out in 1996 and was recorded again 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 heteronyms, 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.
Experimenting (1998-2000)
Sin/Pecado (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 but 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" and "The Antidote" (2001-2005)
Darkness and Hope was released in 2001 and was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, producer of Sentenced or 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.
In early 2004 the band recorded a cover of the jazz standard "I'll see you in my dreams" for the soundtrack of a Portuguese horror movie of the same name. There is an official music video of this song featuring footage from the film itself.
"Memorial", "Under Satanae" and "Night Eternal" (2006-present)
Memorial 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 heavy 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.
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.
Recently, Moonspell released Under Satanæ, a re-recording of early songs.
The last album has been called "Night Eternal". It was released on May 16, 2008. Moonspell is slated to tour Danzig's 2008 incarnation of his Blackest of the Black tour.
After a lot of legal troubles, Moonspell released their first Dvd "Lusitanian Metal" on December 8, 2008 in 3 different versions. The most complete one is composed of 2 Dvds, a Cd and a small booklet with photographs and introduction to the footage written by some of the members of the band. The first Dvd contains a show they played in 2004 in Katowice, also recorded on the Cd, a collection of all their videos until "Everything Invaded" and an interwiew shot in a Graveyard. The second dvd presents some live footage took from different tours from 1992 to 2005.
Current members
Fernando Ribeiro - vocals (1989-present )
Mike Gaspar - drums (1992-present )
Ricardo Amorim - lead guitar (1995-present )
Pedro Paixão - keyboards / rhythm guitar (1994-present )
Aires Pereira - bass (2004-present )
Previous members
Baalberith - drums (1989-1992)
João Pedro (Ares / Tetragrammaton) - bass (1989-1997)
Luís Lamelas (Malah / Fenrir) - guitar (1992-1993)
J.M. (Tanngrisnir) - guitar (1993-1995)
Mantus/Duarte - guitar (1990-1995)
Sérgio Crestana - bass (1997-2003)
Discography:
1992 - Serpent Angel (demo)
1993 - Anno Satanae (demo)
1994 - Under the Moonspell
1995 - Wolfheart
1996 - Irreligious
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 1) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 2) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1998 - Sin Pecado
1999 - The Butterfly Effect
2001 - Darkness and Hope
2003 - The Antidote
2006 - Memorial
2007 - The Great Silver Eye (Best Of)
2007 - Under Satanae (The first three releases re-recorded)
2008 - Night Eternal
2012 - Alpha Noir / Omega White
2015 - [algum artist=Moonspell]Extinct
Dvds
2008 - Lusitanian Metal
www.moonspell.com
The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". In 1993, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro, drummer Mike Gaspar and bassist João Pedro released the demo Anno Satanæ under the name Moonspell, which caught the attention of French label Adipocere. It was for Adipocere that Moonspell released in 1994 a mini-album titled Under the Moonspell. The record was a considered a landmark in Portuguese metal and sold more than 5000 copies, becoming Adipocere's best-selling record at the time. Shortly after the release, they played with Cradle of Filth in a concert in Lisbon.
Breakthrough (1995-1997)
After the release of mini-album Under the Moonspell, Moonspell signed with Century Media for six CDs. Wolfheart 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, it was later recognized as a "milestone" by heavy-metal reviews site Metal-Observer.com. During the tour, guitarist Mantus quit the band and was replaced by Ricardo Amorim.
Irreligious came out in 1996 and was recorded again 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 heteronyms, 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.
Experimenting (1998-2000)
Sin/Pecado (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 but 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" and "The Antidote" (2001-2005)
Darkness and Hope was released in 2001 and was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, producer of Sentenced or 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.
In early 2004 the band recorded a cover of the jazz standard "I'll see you in my dreams" for the soundtrack of a Portuguese horror movie of the same name. There is an official music video of this song featuring footage from the film itself.
"Memorial", "Under Satanae" and "Night Eternal" (2006-present)
Memorial 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 heavy 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.
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.
Recently, Moonspell released Under Satanæ, a re-recording of early songs.
The last album has been called "Night Eternal". It was released on May 16, 2008. Moonspell is slated to tour Danzig's 2008 incarnation of his Blackest of the Black tour.
After a lot of legal troubles, Moonspell released their first Dvd "Lusitanian Metal" on December 8, 2008 in 3 different versions. The most complete one is composed of 2 Dvds, a Cd and a small booklet with photographs and introduction to the footage written by some of the members of the band. The first Dvd contains a show they played in 2004 in Katowice, also recorded on the Cd, a collection of all their videos until "Everything Invaded" and an interwiew shot in a Graveyard. The second dvd presents some live footage took from different tours from 1992 to 2005.
Current members
Fernando Ribeiro - vocals (1989-present )
Mike Gaspar - drums (1992-present )
Ricardo Amorim - lead guitar (1995-present )
Pedro Paixão - keyboards / rhythm guitar (1994-present )
Aires Pereira - bass (2004-present )
Previous members
Baalberith - drums (1989-1992)
João Pedro (Ares / Tetragrammaton) - bass (1989-1997)
Luís Lamelas (Malah / Fenrir) - guitar (1992-1993)
J.M. (Tanngrisnir) - guitar (1993-1995)
Mantus/Duarte - guitar (1990-1995)
Sérgio Crestana - bass (1997-2003)
Discography:
1992 - Serpent Angel (demo)
1993 - Anno Satanae (demo)
1994 - Under the Moonspell
1995 - Wolfheart
1996 - Irreligious
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 1) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 2) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1998 - Sin Pecado
1999 - The Butterfly Effect
2001 - Darkness and Hope
2003 - The Antidote
2006 - Memorial
2007 - The Great Silver Eye (Best Of)
2007 - Under Satanae (The first three releases re-recorded)
2008 - Night Eternal
2012 - Alpha Noir / Omega White
2015 - [algum artist=Moonspell]Extinct
Dvds
2008 - Lusitanian Metal
www.moonspell.com
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Moonspell Lyrics
... Of Dream And Drama You've no mother to feed you Or to lick your so…
01.At Tragic Heights And the first went and poured the vial upon the…
04.For a Taste of Eternity Your honey on coil burns, As tears drop from your grand…
05. Ruin and Misery In each of your failures I saw my victory And each time…
08 Raven Claws I remember her as a child Raven, on and on with…
09.How We Became Fire how we became Fire? slaves to the smaller Desire of ignori…
13 (We were happy to have you with us tonight and hope…
2econd Skin Crawl me into your second skin And teach me everything Secon…
A Dying Breed Can’t you see that the curtain has fallen between us? And…
A Greater Darkness A greater darkness for all its worth A friend so young…
A Poisoned Gift Forever young in a ground so cold The splendor of your…
A Walk on the Darkside Now you dream inside Her sleep of death. You get to keep…
Abysmo Men with both roots and wings they tie us down and…
Adaptables To Live is to collaborate All the spineless people won't…
Age of Mothers Ours the rotten heart Passing our mask of death on to…
All or Nothing The signs are here, the end is near A lot to…
Alma Mater Mother Tongue speaks to Me In the strongest way I've ever…
Alpha Noir Let the good men crush What they love It makes them feel…
An Erotic Alchemy Queen of all my sleepless nights For whose beauty I, Faun Ha…
Ancient Winter Goddess A pure veil of darkness. A mysterious fog. The Moon is full.…
Angelizer The lunar backbone stands straight and alert for a last…
Antidote Here is to fear For keeping us alert. And here is to…
As We Eternally Sleep On It The seed of Men, From trees now freezing. All silevered le…
At The Image Of Pain Man confirmed by the carnal Like a damnation supreme Man you…
At Tragic Heights And the first went and poured the vial upon the…
Ataegina Na Ara da Vida jaz uma morte A ti te lanco…
Atlantic Last call Last hope for the last of the creed Last call.…
Awake Awake... for all is dying, even the dead We are our…
Axis Mundi Ipso Facto, Axis Mundi! Sandtime bled, die for the truth …
Best Forgotten Arms towering into fear Feels like I am going in my…
Blood Tells In my blood you reached this far In my soul you…
Blood Tells! In my blood you reached this far In my soul you…
Breathe Breathe in, Breathe out, You reached the top of the chain In…
Breathe (Until We Are No More) Breathe in Breathe out You reached the top of the chain Inha…
Butterfly Fx When I move You move with me I feed off you You…
Can't Bee Can't bee your lover Can't bee that loveless Can't bee that …
Capricorn At Her Feet Snowbird, ablaze and hurt. Brighter, fearless, just like a …
Common Prayers SO CLOSE TO ME, AS TIGHT AS YOU CAN BE INSIDE…
Crystal Gazing Starts as a feeling pure, This vitreous second sight Without…
Darkening DARKENING And they travelled into the darkening, I couldn't…
Darkness and Hope So this is the exemplar deathstyle you told me about; you wa…
Dekadance Tomorrow will (you) I wake up? and instead of eyes we…
Devil Red She wears devilRed she sweats the poison -all over her …
Disappear Here You can disappear here Without knowing it You can disappear …
Domina Your veil came down for judgment day What took to the…
Dreamless They thought that love was sacred Until they met the desecr…
Dreamless (Lucifer and Lilith) They thought that love was sacred Until they met the desecra…
Em Nome Do Medo Em nome do medo, do medo sem fim Na ira dos…
Entitlement ONE THING'S FOR SURE, FOR EVERYONE ONE THING'S FOR SURE, WHA…
Erotik Alkemy Queen of all my sleepless nights For whose beauty I, Faun …
Eurotica (A hell of a place) Let me welcome you to that…
Everything Invaded From the soul to its waste, The Common hates his evil…
Extinct Watch them In each other's arms At each other's throats In …
Finisterra The world has turned once more inside Brought up a message…
Fireseason Where, where is everyone gone tonight? Looking behind to se…
Firewalking Help me fall from grace need you to be Incomplete I am…
First Light Somewhere inside a soul A shadow is taking over My questions…
Flesh Have you ever loved a woman who instead of give…
For a Taste of Eternity Your honey on coil burns, As tears drop from your grand…
From Lowering Skies Diurnal shall be your redemption. The last of spirits now l…
Full Moon Madness Somos memórias de lobos que rasgam a pele Lobos que foram…
Funeral Bloom Through the light and the thunder When it's night and…
Ghost Song Outside the mythic Rains let us know we are not insane blo…
Ghostsong Outside the mythic Rains let us know we are not insane blood…
Goat On Fire "It is the dawn of a new morning at the…
Grandstand So many stars above our heads and yet we choose…
hand made God For that viper that grows inside your head she remains ther…
Hanged Man Put your arms around my neck just like a pathetic lace…
Heartshaped Abyss Never resist The firewalker He has been sent To educate you …
Hermitage IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE AND SIN ON THIS DAY OF…
Herodisiac And then the wine as if his blood And then the…
Herr Spiegelmann "Everyone considered the man in the blue jacket As the most…
Hers Is the Twilight From shadow born Not a single reason to go on Darker days…
How We Became Fire how we became Fire? slaves to the smaller Desire of ignoring…
I Am The Eternal Spectator I am the eternal spectator The eternal stimulator Of things…
I'll See You in My Dreams I'll see you in my dreams, Hold you in my…
I'll See You in My Dreams live Version) I'll see you in my dreams, Hold you in my…
In and Above Men The fury of waters Revolving still, Your voices are silences…
Incantatrix Seasons came and seasons went Rocked to sleep through the s…
K No caso do mal de Cristo o primeiro sintoma e…
La Baphomette Regardez Elle s'agite La Baphomette Regardez Elle s'embête L…
Let The Children Cum To Me Hey you little Jesus bride why have you smiled to…
Lickanthrope Wolves gleam in human eyes Stealing tears from divine Break …
Love Crimes The cold nights have awakened Me The soft winds to undress…
Love Is Blasphemy In your thoughts "Behold the bridegroom cometh In the mi…
Love Will Tear Us Apart When the routine bites hard And ambitions are low And the …
Luna Bleed no reflection Upon the waters that you fear Make thing…
Lunar Still The Principles firmly confused. Shake them awake. The circle…
Lustmord Whatever haunts me from birth on Is leaking white blood agai…
Made of Storm I am the flood who drags the dirt and lives on it She…
Magdalene Have you ever loved a woman who should be that little…
Malignia The quick spider weaving Keeping the web alive and well Like…
Medusalem Two white feathers sewn on the angel black Be mine just…
Memento Mori I am the moment, the soul The moment that ends it…
Mephisto As madmen, some hung head down From a long dead tree Some…
Moon in Mercury Medusa caught in the mirror blade Expression burnt in the wa…
Mr Crowley Mr. Crowley, what went on in your head Mr. Crowley, did…
Mute Approach and try to live me backwards Then without looking b…
New Tears Eve Our seals were so easily broken Our hope were so silently…
Night Eternal Come morning, chalice of dawn To crown the sufferer in their…
Nocturna High heels of crystal stuck in the heart daylight that heals…
Of Dream And Drama You've no mother to feed you Or to lick your so…
Once It Was Ours! Vanishing act inside the weak In need of you and all…
Opera Carne Red meat is the inner shrine of our immortal soul The…
Opium Opium, desire or will? Inspiration bound from an elegant see…
Opus Diabolicum (edit) "Voa Serpente do orgulho, Mãe da terra, nossa Mãe Lei daquel…
Os Senhores Da Guerra La fora estão os senhores da guerra E cantam já hinos…
Perverse....almost Religious [Instrumental]…
Phantom North Phantom north, for all is lost Body changing seeds of yet…
Rapaces eternal life runs so slow while you play your lamentation sh…
Raven Claws I remember her as a child Raven, on and on with…
Ruin & Misery In each of your failures I saw my victory And each time…
Ruin &Amp; Misery In each of your failures I saw my victory And each time…
Sacred [Chorus] Sacred Holy To put it in words To write it down Tha…
Sacrificial Like a stain of guilt never washed away The world made…
Sanguine Find me with the howling In the night I will be…
Scorpion Flower Curse the day, hail the night Flower grown in the wild In…
Second Skin Crawl me into your second skin And teach me everything S…
Self Abuse On my knees now I'll inflict myself some real love On my …
Selfabuse On my knees now I'll inflict myself some real love On my kne…
Serpent Angel Father Satan send the Serpent Poison me with your tongue Env…
Shadow Sun In your soul time when you're closing down Shadow sun Divine…
Slow Down Slow down. God can hear you.…
Solitary Vice I will manipulate you Until it becomes a vice I will dispo…
Soulitary Vice I will manipulate you Until it becomes a vice I…
Soulsick I am only real at places I can not be My…
Spring of Rage In your every moment With your every breath Even far away, y…
Subversion Perverse: the religion of pain In each detail a world, I kno…
Tenebrarum Oratorium The Majestic horns of Baphomet Are indeed our occult banner…
Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento II / Erotic Compendyum) The Majestic horns of Baphomet are indeed our occult banners…
Than the serpent in my arms ”Dorme, dorme meu menino dorme no mar dos sargaços que mais …
Than the Serpents in My Arms ”Dorme, dorme meu menino dorme no mar dos sargaços que mai…
Than The Serpents In My Hands ”Dorme, dorme meu menino dorme no mar dos sargaços que mais …
Than_the_Serpents_in_My_Arms_ (spoken) "Dorme, dorme meu menino! Dorme - no mar dos sarg…
The Darkening DARKENING And they travelled into the darkening, I could…
The Future Is Dark Oh, my son too young to understand that life is…
The Greater Good How about we go in search of new land Where there's…
The Hanged Man Put your arms around my neck just like a pathetic lace…
The Hermit Saints BREAK FROM THE ORDINARY, DO WHAT'S NECESSARY PRAY FOR DEATH,…
The Last of Us Let me guide you to where it's silent Cross the limit…
The Southern Deathstyle The silver bullet - so earthly fast. Forever Rope - so…
Tired Maybe I am the man with those mystic two heads one…
Trebaruna Trebraruna filha da Dor Guerreira sagrada, Deusa do Amor Tre…
Until We Are No Less Breathe in, Breathe out, You reached the top of the chain In…
Upon the Blood of Men Hate is the place where a man finally is That flame…
V.c. Would you pay by surprise? Feasting on the dead's cultures?…
Vampiria Vampiria, you are my destiny My only Love and true destiny V…
Versus I am thinking vultures ripping the flesh, Smashing the bone…
White Skies White skies roar with battle cries Haters meet, lovers die …
Whiteomega It's when we fall down on our knees to suck…
Without Rule WHEN ALL THE WORLD HAS GONE INSANE THE MEN, THE BEASTS,…
Wolfheart Na Ara da Vida jaz uma morte A ti te lanco…
Wolfshade She brought the Night hidden in her sad Wolf eyes The…
Wolves From the Fog Near the howling... As the light falls and darkness paints t…