Moonspell - Unveil New Album Cover, Tracklist
Portugal's Moonspell are slowly revealing more about their anticipated new album, 1755, and today you can have a look at the album cover art and tracklist as well. Set to be released on November 3rd 2017 on Napalm Records, 1755 is described as "the musical version of the year of horror where a giant earthquake wrecked their home Lisbon. Naturally this album comes and is sung in Portuguese." Fernando Ribeiro also said the band will be touring with Cradle Of Filth in Europe next January and February, 2018.
The album, produced by Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Dir En Grey, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter) also features Paulo Bragança, supplying a haunting voice of a Fado fallen angel who is a big part of the Portuguese culture. His vocals are featured in "In Tremor Dei" (eng.: "Fear Of God").
Says Fernando: "I have been fascinated with Portuguese history since I can remember. The year of 1755 marked the birth of a new Portugal. Much more than just the greatest natural disaster ever to occur on European soil, the great Lisbon Quake, shockwaves can not be reduced to a dramatic death toll. From absolute tragedy, a new city was born, giving way to a new time where Portuguese relied more on themselves than on the crown or the cross, granting us, much of the city, the lay country, the free will that we enjoy today. This is not just another album from us. It's a musical and lyrical History document, a homage we pay to our legacy and to the amazing skills and resilience of our fellow Portuguese back then, of all mankind when brought down to the knees by the violent forces of Nature and Reason. Whatever is, is right... yet the earth shakes."
Tracklist:
01. Em Nome Do Medo [In The Name Of Fear]
02. 1755
03. In Tremor Dei (featuring Portuguese guest vocalist Paulo Bragança)
04. Desastre [Disaster]
05. Abanão [Shake]
06. Evento [Event]
07. 1 De Novembro [1st of November]
08. Ruínas [Ruins]
09. Todos Os Santos [All Saints]
10. Lanterna Dos Afogados [Lantern of the Drowned]
The album will be available for pre-order soon.
The album, produced by Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Dir En Grey, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter) also features Paulo Bragança, supplying a haunting voice of a Fado fallen angel who is a big part of the Portuguese culture. His vocals are featured in "In Tremor Dei" (eng.: "Fear Of God").
Says Fernando: "I have been fascinated with Portuguese history since I can remember. The year of 1755 marked the birth of a new Portugal. Much more than just the greatest natural disaster ever to occur on European soil, the great Lisbon Quake, shockwaves can not be reduced to a dramatic death toll. From absolute tragedy, a new city was born, giving way to a new time where Portuguese relied more on themselves than on the crown or the cross, granting us, much of the city, the lay country, the free will that we enjoy today. This is not just another album from us. It's a musical and lyrical History document, a homage we pay to our legacy and to the amazing skills and resilience of our fellow Portuguese back then, of all mankind when brought down to the knees by the violent forces of Nature and Reason. Whatever is, is right... yet the earth shakes."
Album cover by João Diogo
Tracklist:
01. Em Nome Do Medo [In The Name Of Fear]
02. 1755
03. In Tremor Dei (featuring Portuguese guest vocalist Paulo Bragança)
04. Desastre [Disaster]
05. Abanão [Shake]
06. Evento [Event]
07. 1 De Novembro [1st of November]
08. Ruínas [Ruins]
09. Todos Os Santos [All Saints]
10. Lanterna Dos Afogados [Lantern of the Drowned]
The album will be available for pre-order soon.
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| Jagsey Posts: 143  |
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| Korah Posts: 350  |
I hope it will be much better than Extinction which was so disapointing after alpha/omega
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Written by Korah on 18.08.2017 at 16:05 Quoted for truth. Also, I wonder if "Em Nome Do Medo" is the same song than the alpha/omega one, or at least a re-recorded version...
---- My Author's Blog (in French)  "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| Khold Baroness Posts: 634  |
Lisbon a cradle of filth...a devils nest...all the bad to Portugal come from there...os verdadeiros portugueses odeiam esse antro de parasitas...o Fernando é um dos nossos felizmente...creio que entendo a ideia dele ao dar este nome...genial como sempre Moonspell
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Written by Darkside Momo on 18.08.2017 at 16:52 Fernando posted a video saying it will be an orchestral version of that song and not the one on Alpha Noir  Also, the song titles translations are mine. You are welcome! eheh
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089 |
Written by BloodTears on 18.08.2017 at 19:13 thanks for the answer!
---- My Author's Blog (in French) "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| s_t_s Posts: 1208  |
Written by Korah on 18.08.2017 at 16:05 Matter of taste as I only started to get into Moonspell with Extiction which is truly awesome tho sometimes a bit cheesy as well  I never managed to get into their previous albums. In other words if this album sounds like their older stuff it will be a no go for me, otherwise it can be pretty enjoyable. A first snipet or song could be useful at some point.
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| 3rdWorld China was a neat Posts: 4367  |
Written by s_t_s on 18.08.2017 at 20:31 QFT. Same with me.
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Written by Korah on 18.08.2017 at 16:05 Extinction was the first Moonspell album I spun multiple times and it was fan-tucking-tastic.
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| The Melting Snow Posts: 674  |
I really like the album cover. much more dynamic than their previous 3 albums... suits the album title too.
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| MikeVonDoom Posts: 345  |
Written by Jagsey on 18.08.2017 at 15:21 It will sound AWESOME since it will be sung in Portuguese!
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7631  |
Thank god they decided not to get the Septicflesh doing another cover, Extinct is still the ugliest album artwork I've ever encountered from a major band I did quite like that album (I don't like the early stuff that they're known for), hope this is somewhat similar
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| Archie 666 Posts: 311  |
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| s_t_s Posts: 1208 |
Written by musclassia on 20.08.2017 at 20:03 Poor little kitten, were you scared by the artwork ? Just kiddin hey I liked it even tho it was so sick :p
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| solar Posts: 160  |
Excited about this. Nice cover art and would like to see how their music sounds in Portuguese. Always nice to see bands singing in their native languages.
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