Irreligious (album)
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Irreligious | ||||
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Released | 29 July 1996 | |||
Genre | Gothic metal, doom metal | |||
Length | 42:35 | |||
Label | Century Media | |||
Producer | Waldemar Sorychta | |||
Moonspell chronology | ||||
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Irreligious is the second studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released in 1996. 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, which over time has become a characteristic of their concerts. Before the song begins, Fernando Ribeiro often makes the sign of the circle (symbolizing Moon) over the crowd. The third track, "Awake!", features a recording of Aleister Crowley reading his poem "The Poet".
The album was promoted by the first Moonspell music video "Opium", which contained imagery of 19th-century-looking opium den.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Perverse... Almost Religious" | 1:07 |
2. | "Opium" | 2:48 |
3. | "Awake!" | 3:04 |
4. | "For a Taste of Eternity" | 3:53 |
5. | "Ruin & Misery" | 3:49 |
6. | "A Poisoned Gift" | 5:35 |
7. | "Subversion" | 2:44 |
8. | "Raven Claws" | 3:16 |
9. | "Mephisto" | 4:58 |
10. | "Herr Spiegelmann" | 4:35 |
11. | "Full Moon Madness" | 6:46 |
12. | "Opium (Radio Edit)" (digipak release bonus track) | 2:48 |
Total length: | 45:23 |
Personnel[]
- Fernando Ribeiro – vocals
- Ricardo Amorim – guitars
- João Pedro Escoval (Ares) – bass
- Pedro Paixão – keyboards, samples
- Miguel Gaspar (Mike) – drums
- Guest musicians
- Markus Freiwald – percussion on "For a Taste of Eternity"
- Birgit Zacher – vocals on "Raven Claws"
- Production
- Rolf Brenner – photography
- Siggi Bemm – engineering
- Waldemar Sorychta – producer, mixing
Charts[]
Charts (1996) | Peak position |
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Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] | 30 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] | 93 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 55 |
References[]
- ^ "AllMusic review".
- ^ "Moonspell: Irreligious" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Moonspell – Irreligious" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Moonspell – Irreligious" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
Categories:
- Moonspell albums
- 1996 albums
- Century Media Records albums
- Albums produced by Waldemar Sorychta
- 1990s heavy metal album stubs