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Moonspell

Португалия

Gothic Metal
Black Metal
Dark Metal
Symphonic Metal

http://www.moonspell.com
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9 мар 2026 :	MOONSPELL To Release New Album 'Far From God' In July; Title Track To Arrive Later This Month
27 фев 2026 :	FERNANDO RIBEIRO On Upcoming MOONSPELL Album: 'It's A Very Atmospheric, Very Gothic Metal' Record With 'Beautiful Songs' And 'Strong, Catchy Choruses'
16 янв 2026 :	MOONSPELL Is 'Almost Finished' Mixing First Album In Five Years
25 дек 2025 :
30 окт 2025 :	MOONSPELL To Record New Album In December: 'We Are Very, Very Happy With The Result Of The Songwriting'
28 окт 2025 :
23 сен 2025 :
21 авг 2025 :	MOONSPELL Announces 'Opus Diabolicum' Live Album Featuring ORQUESTRA SINFONIETTA DE LISBOA
7 июл 2025 :	FERNANDO RIBEIRO On MOONSPELL's Next Record: 'This Is Gonna Be One Of The Most Important Albums Of Our Lives'
2 дек 2024 :	FERNANDO RIBEIRO On MOONSPELL's Next Studio Album: 'We Need More Time; We Need More Inspiration'
17 окт 2024 :	MOONSPELL To Stream First-Ever Symphonic Show Live From Lisbon; Video Trailer
20 май 2024 :	No New MOONSPELL Album Until Late 2025 Or Early 2026
28 дек 2023 :
12 ноя 2023 :	MOONSPELL Announce First Ever Arena Headline Show In Lisbon With SINFONIETTA DE LISBOA Orchestra
10 авг 2023 :	MOONSPELL Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of The Antidote With September Reissue
16 июн 2023 :	MOONSPELL Frontman Undergoing Tests At Lisbon Hospital After Playing 'Hardest Gig' Of His 30-Plus-Year Career
16 ноя 2022 :	MOONSPELL Cancels U.K./Ireland Tour Due To Europe's 'Financial Crisis'
15 ноя 2022 :	FERNANDO RIBEIRO: How MOONSPELL Has Managed To Avoid Dangers Of Drugs And Alcohol On The Road
28 сен 2022 :
25 авг 2022 :
16 авг 2022 :	MOONSPELL's North American Tour Cancelled
11 авг 2022 :	MOONSPELL Frontman FERNANDO RIBEIRO: 'I Never Regret Anything'
2 авг 2022 :	MOONSPELL Reflect On Irreligious’ 26th Anniversary – “We Always Hated The Cover Artwork…”
28 июл 2022 :	MOONSPELL To Release 'From Down Below - Live 80 Meters Deep' In September
29 авг 2021 :	MOONSPELL Announce Darkness And Hope Anniversary Reissue, Available In December
18 авг 2021 :

9 мар 2026

MOONSPELL To Release New Album 'Far From God' In July; Title Track To Arrive Later This Month

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL have set "Far From God" as the title of their long-awaited new album, due on July 3 via Napalm Records. The LP's first single, the "Far From God" title track, will be made available, alongside an accompanying music video, on March 25.

On Saturday (March 7),MOONSPELL vocalist Fernando Ribeiro took part in a live question-and-answer session on the band's Instagram, in which he said about the musical direction of MOONSPELL's upcoming follow-up to 2021's "Hermitage" (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Let's say the people that have listened to it now so far call it the 'Irreligious' [MOONSPELL's second album, which came out in 1996] of the 21st century. And why? Because we had many places to go, so we are going to a place that is more familiar to us. So, it's a gothic metal album. It's an album that doesn't have the social or quite the philosophical tones of other albums. It's a very simple album. It's very melodic. It's very atmospheric. It's very delicate and it's very emotional for us too. It was recorded in Porto [Portugal] during these past few months with Jaime Gomez Arellano, the one that worked with us on 'Hermitage'. There's going to be a lot of clean vocals, yeah. But it's also MOONSPELL. The fortunate people that have listened to it so far, people that work with us, the producer, close friends, they say it's MOONSPELL. And for us it's the best compliment."

Fernando continued: "It's very, very hard to speak about our own music, and why? Because it's an important part of our life and hopefully an important part of your life too. So the best things in life, I think, you fail to explain. It's just a question of feeling. But what we have tried to do on this album was to try to underline some characteristics of MOONSPELL, which are more bordering the romantic and more bordering the existential vibes of our band and of our music and of our life."

Regarding the songwriting process for "Far From God", Fernando said: "It was a difficult album to write. We had a lot of trial and error. I made, like, 50-something [sets of] lyrics. I had 10 album titles, and that's not very common in MOONSPELL."

Elaborating on the long gap between "Hermitage" and "Far From God", Fernando said: "In a nutshell, after 'Hermitage', you know what happened. There was the pandemic, there was a lot of stuff, picking up life, picking up the pieces, I would say, and finding out the direction. So the direction we did, it's what we do the best, I think. It's the gothic metal."

He added: "It has a bit of everything, I have to say, of the MOONSPELL nature. There are songs that are quite dark and a bit disturbing. There are songs that are very uplifting, but I think, really, it's the 'Irreligious' of the 21st century. It's an album that doesn't have anything else than gothic and metal."

On the topic of the decision to lean more into the "gothic" side of the MOONSPELL sound this time around, Fernando said: "I've been listening to a lot of gothic music, not only the old legends, like FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM or THE SISTERS OF MERCY, LOVE LIKE BLOOD or BAUHAUS, et cetera, but also the FRENCH POLICE, TWIN TRIBES, a lot of Spanish goth too. And I really got into that vibe. So, we decided to go that way. It's always hard to choose. We could make a heavier album. We could make an album in Portuguese. We could make an album industrial-like. So that's the price of the MOONSPELL freedom. I think every fan has [their] moments with our music. Some albums were not very well understood at the beginning and then they were catching up. I think 'Hermitage' still has a lot of catching up to do. So let's see how 'Far From God' gets you. I think it's really a beautiful album."

He continued: "To be honest, after this revival of gothic, with especially those bands, more electro bands, TWIN TRIBES, FRENCH POLICE, et cetera, I felt that the 'gothic metal' term was just easily abused. Because a lot of it doesn't have pain, doesn't have love, doesn't have desperation. It's just the flowers, but not the wither flowers. So it's just the stardust but not the dust. So we decided to bring this melancholy back."

As for the cover artwork of the "Far From God" album, Fernando said: "We're gonna reveal it soon, probably on the March 25th too. Why not? Because I think the album is going to be on presale since March 25th already. So, the cover artwork, it's made by Eliran Kantor. It's a beautiful cover artwork. I loved it since the day I saw the sketch. It's not probably the cover you expected from MOONSPELL — I don't know why — but, yeah, I think it's beautiful. And if fits really the album. There'll be two or three music videos for this album. The first one is coming 25th of March."

October 26, 2024 saw MOONSPELL perform its first-ever symphonic show, dubbed "Opus Diabolicum", at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal's capital city. The band made history at this unforgettable live event, adding another magnificent chapter to both metal music made in Portugal and their very own legacy. A year later — on October 31, 2025 — this monumental event was made available to view anytime, available in DVD/Blu-ray, two-CD, black and colored vinyl and digital formats via Napalm Records.

On "Opus Diabolicum", MOONSPELL revisited its classics and its bombastic album "1755" at a one-off, exclusive show and its biggest production to date. The heavy metallic power of the dark metal pioneers met the classical magnitude of the 45-piece Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa (Lisbon Sinfonietta Orchestra) — one of Portugal's finest orchestras — conducted by maestro Vasco Pearce de Azevedo.

In September 2022, MOONSPELL released a very special Blu-ray/DVD and album, a live performance of their latest studio album, "Hermitage", with "From Down Below - Live 80 Meters Deep" via Napalm Records.

"Hermitage" was released in February 2021 via Napalm Records. The LP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (PARADISE LOST, PRIMORDIAL, GHOST, SÓLSTAFIR) at the Orgone Studios in the U.K.

In 2020, MOONSPELL parted ways with original drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar and replaced him with Hugo Ribeiro (no relation to Fernando Ribeiro).

Press photo credit: Rui Vasco (courtesy of Jassy of Decibel Touring)

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