Listen “The Great Silver Eye” Label: MDD Records Release: 24 September 2021 Standstill is regression… Let’s take a trip back in time to the mid-90s. Metal was almost dead in the music mainstream, but in the underground, it was boiling and in this atmosphere of departure new extremes in music…
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Malevolence – Antithetical
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Firecum Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter It’s an old argument, but we revisit it here: is there much point in reviewing re-releases? On the one hand, you have the potential scenarios of having the easiest writing session of your life (“Review: see comments from [DATE]”).…
MOONSPELL to Perform Full Live Sets of Irreligious & Brand New Album Hermitage!
June 18 + 19, 2021 – Worldwide Streams Available! New Album, Hermitage, out Now via Napalm Records Pre-Order Vinyl Reissues Extinct and 1755 Order All HERE Undisputed Gothic Metal titans MOONSPELL return to their hometown, Portugal’s luminous capital, Lisbon, in style and with a grandiose double concert that no pack member can afford to miss!…
MOONSPELL announce dates with Paradise Lost
Portuguese dark metal giants MOONSPELL, who just released their highly acclaimed, 13th studio album Hermitage through Napalm Records, have announced to join PARADISE LOST on their 2022- UK tour! While the world is waiting to see the return of live shows, there is probably no better way to celebrate a…
Interview with MOONSPELL
Interview with Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell Interview by Andrea Di Stasio With Moonspell’s 13th studio album “Hermitage” racking up praise and accolades across the globe, Metal Rules had the pleasure to interview their legendary frontman, Fernando Ribeiro. Hear his thoughts about the new album, 30 years of Moonspell, philosophy,…
Moonspell – Hermitage
March 2021 February 26th, 2021 / Napalm Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine By now, when the name Moonspell is said aloud, you should all know who is being spoken of. Moonspell is approaching their 30th year in the metal world. HERMITAGE is the band’s 13th full-length…
MOONSPELL Share Brand New Music Video from Upcoming Album, Hermitage
Hermitage out February 26, 2021 via Napalm Records! Watch the New Video for “All Or Nothing” HERE: With their forthcoming 13th studio album, Portuguese dark metal giants MOONSPELL are approaching their 30th anniversary as a band more ambitiously and stronger than ever. Hermitage will see the light of day on…
MOONSPELL Debuts new music video for COMMON PRAYERS
COMMON PRAYERS is the second video/single to be released from Moonspell forthcoming album HERMITAGE (26/2/201) via Napalm Records. Directed by Guilherme Henriques and featuring the actress, singer and performer Aurora Pinho, this clip was shot 90 meters below the surface at the amazing caves of Grutas de Mira de Aire,…
MOONSPELL Announces Very Special Halloween Show; Virtual Stream Tickets Available!
Get Your Tickets via the Links Below In the darkest of years, MOONSPELL have announced that they will perform a special live Halloween show, taking place in the South of Portugal in an ancient town named Beja, on October 31, 2020! At the local theatre Pax Julia, originally built in…
Amorim, Ricardo S.- Wolves Who Were Men-The History Of Moonspell (Book Review)
Author: Ricardo S. Amorim Title: Wolves Who Were Men Publisher: Crypt Publications/ Cult Never Dies Released: 2019 Reviewed: Jan, 2020 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP It was another great year for Metal literature, publishing and reading. I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing 45 books about Hard Rock and Heavy…
Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Silver Dust – Tavastia Helsinki Finland
MOONSPELL ROTTING CHRIST and SILVER DUST THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER 2019 TAVASTIA HELSINKI FINLAND Moonspell already established a strong and loyal fanbase on the Finnish soil back in 1996, when the second album IRRELIGIOUS hit the stores. The Portuguese’s first visit to Finland happened in that same year along…
Moonspell + Rotting Christ + Silver Dust @ Islington Assembly Hall
Moonspell + Rotting Christ + Silver Dust @ Islington Assembly Hall 29 October 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Manu Volpina
Vagos Metal Fest Report by Keith Devereux
Vagos Metal Fest August 9th to 12th, 2018 Story and photos by Keith Devereux Editors note: My apologies to the Keith, the readers, the fans the bands, and organizers of Vagos for the long delay in presenting this photo-essay. Any delays were strictly of my own fault. It is…
Ribeiro, Fernando – Moonspell XX
Author: Fernando Ribeiro Title: Moonspell XX Publisher: Saida De Emergencia Released: 2012 Reviewed: May, 2018 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP I’ve always been a Moonspell fan since the early days. Recently (as of time of writing) the band announced they are touring North America in the autumn of 2018 and are coming…
MOONSPELL RELEASE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “IN TREMOR DEI”
1755 marks the year of the horror when a giant earthquake destroyed the city of Lisbon. Almost 100,000 souls lost their lives, and this tragic event still belongs to one of the disastrous catastrophes in European history and nature. 2017 and in remembrance of the victims and the band’s hometown,…