Moonspell

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Moonspell is a Portuguese black metal/gothic metal band with death/doom metal elements, formed in 1989 as Morbid God. After renaming themselves Moonspell in 1992, they released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before of the release of their first album Wolfheart. The band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.

The 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”. In 1993, singer Fernando Ribeiro , drummer Mike Gaspar and bass player Ares (not to be confused with Aires Pereira) released the demo Anno Satanae, which caught the attention of French label Adipocere. It was for Adipocere that Moonspell released in 1994 a mini-album entitled 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.

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Wolfheart
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Memorial
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Darkness And Hope
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2	Scorpion Flower full track	855
3	Alma Mater full track	778
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5	Luna full track	693
6	Vampiria full track	686
7	At Tragic Heights full track	644
8	Shadow Sun full track	642
9	Nocturna full track	630
10	Moon In Mercury full track	595
11	Dreamless (Lucifer And Lilith) full track	589
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Asafaa wrote:
7 hours ago

I love them. Great band.

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z0mg wrote:
Friday evening

Alma Mater, Full Moon Madness & Firewalking > all

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Immelmann42 wrote:
Friday afternoon

I get to see them live in two weeks! And to see them touring for such a monumental album like Night Eternal... It's like a dream come true.

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Marie_Pad wrote:
Thursday evening

Love <3

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Raelis wrote:
Sunday evening

Join the Moonspell group and support the gods ;)

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Mike_David wrote:
last week

I've seen them live once and they were awesome. My country's finest export.

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CaCoffiny wrote:
last week

great band

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Music_Fan456 wrote:
last week

http://www.last.fm/group/henriette+bordvik

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GeneraLink wrote:
last week

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight eternal <3 soo good this song !

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the_gnostic_psy wrote:
last week

A more complete bio is up ... but still needs work ... i don't like the ending ... help make it better ...

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Herbsterwachen wrote:
last week

indeed! :)

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Mar_Sexx_669 wrote:
last month

Moonspell = Perfection <3

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estragonn wrote:
last month

I love this grup..

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SexY_Pianist wrote:
last month

Love them...

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Comfort_Eagle wrote:
last month

well, the old sound more wolfshade like, while the new have the memorial/night eternal sound, i like both^^

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Mar_Sexx_669 wrote:
last month

i like these EPs, but i prefer their newer versions rerecorded at Under Satanae, they sound soo much better

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Comfort_Eagle wrote:
last month

to few people listen to the amazing EPs....goat on fire, ancient winter goddess and wolves from the fog are some of their best songs...and the rerecording is amazing too^^

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Merrique2k wrote:
last month

Ruizitu - damn youre lucky! :)

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chimaira_addict wrote:
last month

eu e k n curto mt gothic morsmodre...est ja e o meu estilo.ate pod ser pior k os outros,mas ja m cai bem est =D claro k o wolfheart e indiscutivelment o melhor,apesar k gosto mt mais dest. qualidade e gosto sao coisas muito diferentes,n eskecer

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fakszirak wrote:
last month

wolfheart helped to create my musical taste, I think its one of the best black-gothic album ever!

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