Moonspell have issued the following statement regarding the cancelled Minsk show:

"We are extremely disappointed by the fact we had to cancel the shows. The reasons on both Neopolis and Cradle Of Filth site is accurate but Moonspell might add that the bands' buses entered Belarus territory and were meeting for possible solutions for the day. On the event that the truck with ALL of our tour equipment was held due to a bureaucratic detail in the border made all our efforts worthless.

We have planned carefully this trip with the promoter, with the embassies and were caught off guard by an excessive zeal from the border staff.

Goes without saying that all the bands were eagerly anticipating the show as it was a premiere for everyone. We can assure you we are doing our best to reschedule the show and we are pretty sure we will do so up to the end of the year, the sooner, the better, though no specific date can be advanced so far.

Thanks for your comprehension, we understand and share the frustration but look forward to make it up for you on a near future."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Moonspell

For the third time in five years, Enslaved have won the Spellemann Award (the Norwegian equivalent to the American Grammy) for Best Metal Album 2008 with their latest offering, "Vertebrae". The other nominated bands were Keep Of Kalessin ("Kolossus") and Benea Reach ("Alleviat").

Enslaved commented: "We're very honored to get our third Grammy! The party was good, we had a good time. We think the Grammy committee was very generous in giving all the artists two whole pitchers of ice water and selling 0.3 liters of flat beer for 7.5 Euros in the bar. Luckily, we robbed a bank on our way there and could afford getting absolutely smashed. We're having a rough Monday here. Thanks!"

Enslaved won a Spellemann Awards for Best Metal Album in 2006 for "Ruun" and in 2004 for "Isa". Last year the Award went to Mayhem and "Ordo Ad Chao".

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Source:	spellemann.no
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Deathspell Omega and S.V.E.S.T. offer two glances right into the primeval fracture, the suppurating wound at the heart of everything, the fissure undermining up to the least attempt at harmony. "Summa Divisio", the first of all divisions, the mother of all scissions and the annunciation of woe and affliction to come. The work of both bands can be understood as a variation on a same theme, independent yet complementary.

The split, entitled "Chaining The Katechon / Le Diable Est Ma Raison" cover art], will be released on the 8th of December, through End All Life Productions, as a noble gatefold LP featuring both bands and as two digipak mini-cds, each featuring one band, with identical artwork and layout

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Source:	e-a-l.com
Band profile:	Deathspell Omega

Moonspell will release their long-awaited new DVD, "Lusitanian Metal" cover], in Europe on November 21. The complete tracklisting for the double DVD effort will contain:

DVD 1

- Live At The City Of Ravens (Metalmania, Poland 2004)
- Touch Me In The Eyes (video compilation from "Opium" to "I Will See You In My Dreams", including the never seen making of from "Everything Invaded")
- Century Media Years (Discography)
- Knoweldge (Graveyard impressions, exclusive and extensive interview with the band members shot in a Lisbon graveyard)

DVD 2

Small Hours - The Early Days (1992-1994):

Live Rehearsal:

01. Serpent Angel
02. Wolves from the Fog
03. Ancient Winter Goddess

Moonspell's first Show:

04. Intro
05. Goat on Fire
06. Wolves from the Fog
07. Hymn to Lucifer

Supporting Cradle Of Filth:

08. Intro
09. Tenebrarum Oratorium Part 1
10. Goat on Fire
11. Vampiria

Strange Are the Ways of the Wolfhearted Tour (1995-1996)

Supporting Napalm Death:

01. Erotic Alchemy
02. Ataegina
03. Trebaruna

Perverse Almost Religious (1996-1997):

Krakow 1996

01. A Poisoned Gift
02. ...Of Dream and Drama (Midnight Ride)
03. An Erotic Alchemy
04. Love Crimes

Dortmund 1996 (previously unseen):

05. Intro
06. Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade)
07. Love Crimes
08. Vampiria
09. ...Of Dream and Drama (Midnight Ride)
10. An Erotic Alchemy
11. For a Taste of Eternity
12. Alma Mater

It's a Sin Tour (1997-1999):

Ermal 1999:

01. Let the Children Cum to Me...
02. Dekadance
03. EuroticA

The Butterfly Effect Tour (2000-2001):

Coliseu 2000:

01. I Am the Eternal Spectator
02. Can't Bee
03. Lustmord

Darkness and Hope Tour (2001-2003):

Release Party for "Darkness and Hope":

01. How We Became Fire
02. Ghostsong

Ermal 2002:

03. Angelizer
04. Mephisto
05. Firewalking

Spreading the Eclipse Tour (2003-2005):

With Full Force - 10th Anniversary:

01. In and Above Men
02. From Lowering Skies
03. Opium
04. A Walk on the Darkside
05. Nocturna
06. Southern Deathstyle

Istanbul 2004:

07. Alma Mater / Vampiria

Athens 2004:

08. The Antidote

Hard Club 2004:

12. I Will See You in My Dreams
13. Tenebrarum Oratorium Part 1

Tejo 2005:

14. Awake!
15. For a Taste of Eternity

Most of material of DVD (disc 2) has been previously unseen.

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Gothic metallers Moonspell have posted a video for the song "Night Eternal" which comes off their latest album, "Night Eternal" which was released in May of this year. The Video is directed by Ivan Colic (Type O Negative, Symphony X, Hammerfall) who also had directed the band's "Scorpion Flower" video.

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Moonspell's Fernando Ribeiro (vocals) and Ricardo Amorim (guitar) will perform a short acoustic set on Portugal's national radio station, Antena3, on Monday, May 19th. The broadcast is due to begin around 7:00am local time (UTC/GMT +1 hour).

To listen to the program, go to http://www.antena3.pt and then look for "Manhãs da 3."

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Band profile:	Moonspell

Portuguese Gothic metallers Moonspell have posted a new video online, entitled "Scorpion Flower", which can be viewed at this location. The clip was shot by Ivan Colic (Type O Negative, Symphony X, Hammerfall) in Belgrade, Serbia. Colic previously worked with the band on the "Memorial" video for "Finisterra".

The track "Scorpion Flower" comes off the band's upcoming album, entitled "Night Eternal", which will be release in Europe on May 19 (in the US on June 10) via SPV/Steamhammer.

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Band profile:	Moonspell

SPV Records press release:

"One month before the release of their amazing new studio album Night Eternal, Moonspell and SPV are proud to unleash their widget on the world. With the entire album stream, a "Making Of" the "Scorpion Flower" video (feat. Anneke van Giersbergen) and a blog from Moonspell singer Fernando Ribiero, fans get a sneak peek from Portugal's most famous musical export.

The widget will be constantly updated directly via RSS feed, so embed it in your MySpace etc. pages, pass it on to friends, and DEFINITELY keep checking it!!! There's much more to come, and Fernando will also be keeping you informed about all Moonspell happenings on his blog!

Night Eternal has been warmly embraced by the media and will be released in Germany on May 16th, Europe on May 19th, and USA/CAN on June 10th and will be avilable as a normal CD, as well as a truly special Limited Edition Digipak featuring 3 bonus tracks, a DVD featuring Moonspell Live at Wacken Open Air 2007 and a fan sticker."

Link: http://www.spv.de/moonspell/widget

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Source:	spv.de
Band profile:	Moonspell

Portuguese metallers Moonspell have posted two brand new songs Link], entitled 'Scorpian Flower' and 'Night Eternal', from their upcoming album "Night Eternal".
The album was recorded at Antfarm studios in Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity). A late spring/early summer release via SPV is expected.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Moonspell

Century Media Records will re-release Moonspell's first two albums.

Irreligious (Re-Issue)

A breakthrough album for Moonspell that has now been re-mastered, a bonus disc of rare live tracks added, new artwork Link] and a 24 page booklet. (2008)

DISC I:

01. Perverse... Almost Religious
02. Opium
03. Awake
04. For A Taste Of Eternity
05. Ruin & Misery
06. A Poisoned Gift
07. Subversion
08. Raven Claws
09. Mephisto
10. Herr Spiegelmann
11. Full Moon Madness
12. Opium

DISC II: Moonspell live across Europe, winter 1996/1997

Part 1:
01. Intro
02. Opium
03. Awake!
04. Ruin & Misery
05. Ravem Claws

Part 2:
06. Herr Spiegelmann
07. Mephisto

Part 3:
08. Intro
09. For A Taste Of Eternity
10. Full Moon Madness

Release Date: 02/26/2008

Wolfheart (Re-Issue)

Moonspells most popular album! Dark, heavy and sinister. All tracks re-mastered, new cover art Link] new 20 page booklet and contains a bonus disc of rare live tracks. (2008)

DISC I:

01. Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade)
02. Love Crimes
03. ...Of Dream And Drama (Midnight Ride)
04. Lua d'Inverno
05. Trebraruna
06. Vampiria
07. An Erotic Alchemy
08. Alma Mater
09. Ataegina

DISC II: Moonspell live (1995)

01. Intro
02. Love Crimes
03. ...Of Dreams And Drama (Midnight Ride)
04. An Erotic Alchemy
05. Lua D'Inverno
06. Trebraruna
07. Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade)
08. Vampiria
09. Alma Mater

Release Date: 02/26/2008.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Moonspell

Season Of Mist are very proud to inform that legendary Norwegian black metallers Mayhem were honoured in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann Awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards) for their latest release, "Ordo Ad Chao". The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show was held last Saturday, February 2nd at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway and was broadcast live on the Norwegian channel TV2.
Click here for a picture of the winning band receiving their Award.

The nominees in the "Metal" category were as follows:

Mayhem - "Ordo Ad Chao"
Red Harvest - "A Greater Darkness"
Dimmu Borgir - "In Sorte Diaboli"
Audrey Horne - "Le Fol"

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem

"Night Eternal" will be the title of the new Moonspell album. The recording sessions will take place between the 7th and the 31st of January 2008 in Denmark's finest Metal studio, Antfarm. Tue Madsen, who worked with the band on the "Under Satanae project, will be producing Moonspell's new opus. The band has revealed some of their song titles already: 'Shadow Sun', 'Night Eternal' (title track), 'At Tragic Heights', 'Scorpion Flower', 'Spring Of Rage', 'Hers Is The Twilight' among others songs that will take part of this new work. Further into the concept it was disclosed that it refers to the "wear and the tear of the Earth", how we are consuming its energy and its vital force and how it will take its revenge upon us. Memorial's musical line was taken a step further and Night Eternal will be a quite intense album itself, darkly atmospheric yet really heavy and catchy. In Night eternal expect nothing but great guitar riffs, breathtaking songs and epic atmospheres. The exact release date will be announced soon yet the album is coming out in May.

The band adds:
"We are totally enthusiastic and eager to release it and to present it to the fans and hopes to be able to post some songs online on moonspell.com and MySpace.com/moonspell as soon as the promos are ready for the press, around one and a half month before the record is released. A studio diary will be posted regularly just like it was for Memorial on both site and MySpace."

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Moonspell are working on the yet untitled follow up to the largely acclaimed "Memorial", and they are pre-producing it in Portugal with Waldemar Sorychta (Wolfheart, Irreligious, Sin, Memorial) this November from the 16th to the 30th.
Studio is booked now for January 2008 at Antfarm in Denmark with Tue Madsen who worked with the band on the re-recordings of the EP and the demos. "Under Satanae" collected ravishing response and review everywhere and it even charted in their home country (number #12) where they played an one off show in Lisbon Coliseum whose setlist was comprised of all titles of this release to 3500 surrendered fans.

On related news, Fernando Ribeiro, Moonspell singer has just finished translating "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson to Portuguese, it's the first time it's printed in his native language. He commented on it: "Hard work but a pleasant time inside Robert's Neville boarded house and mind" The major motion picture with Will Smith is coming out on 12/14/07, two weeks later in Portugal and the book is coming out on the 5th of the same month. Check the trailer at YouTube.com.

All the shows this year have been postponed in order to allow the band some time to work on their new opus. Some words from the band: "It's still hard to say which direction it will proceed but so far there are great, great songs, full of mystical power and crushing atmospheres. A few classical Metal elements have been added to the songs, Black Metal and Gothic are also influences that are very important and we just want to take "Memorial" a step up but without loosing the enthusiasm of discovering and applying new elements to our music. The lyrical content is very fierce, spiritual and mostly pagan in the way it will be an really connected with the Earth and with the fact she is indeed a woman..."

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Moonspell will enter studio first weeks of July in order to record a very special project. The recording sessions will be held at the Denmark's finest Antfarm Studios. Behind the wheel of death will be Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Rob Halford), co-producing with the band. This release will consist of re-recordings of the band's legendary Under the Moonspell (1994) but also going back as far as their first demo Anno SatanÆ and their sole track as Morbid God, Serpent Angel. All the songs will be re-arranged and revamped in order to underline their revered distinction as Underground classics but now with a mature dark energy and class. The full-length record (8 songs and around 5 instrumental compositions) will be released in early October (2007) via SPV worldwide.

Tracklist: (not the final order)

Halla alle halla al rabka halla (Praeludium/Incantatum Solistitium)
Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento I/Erudit Compendyum)
Interludium/Incantatum Oequinoctum
Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento II/Erotic Compendyum)
Opus Diabolicum (Andamento III/Instrumental Compendyum)
Chorai Lusitânia! (Epilogus/Incantatam Maresia)
Intro
Goat on Fire
Ancient Winter Goddess
Wolves From The Fog
Outro
Serpent Angel

In the process is also the composition of the follow up to Memorial which will go into production before the end of the year at the Woodhouse Studios with Waldemar Sorychta.

A Best of Moonspell entitled The Great Silver Eye, released through Century Media, will be hitting the stores in July.

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Moonspell

Portuguese gothic metal act Moonspell will issue a special-edition CD/DVD version of their latest album, "Memorial", on December 4 in Portugal.
Regarding this event, the band has issued some details concerning the release (in Portuguese) at the band's official website.

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Source:	blog.moonspell.com
Band profile:	Moonspell