''Alpha Noir/Omega White'' is the ninth studio album by Portuguese

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, released on 27 April 2012. It is the band's first double album. The band's press release cited Bathory,

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, Onslaught, early

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and

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as influences for ''Alpha Noir'', which was described as "an incendiary album". ''Omega White'' was instead described as an album of "pure atmosphere and shadow", an homage to

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and similar to Moonspell's second album ''

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''. ''Alpha Noir'' and ''Omega White'' were both produced and mixed by Tue Madsen, who had previously worked on the band's '' Under Satanæ'' and '' Night Eternal'' records. The song "New Tears Eve" has been dedicated to

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Track listing

Personnel

*Fernando Ribeiro – vocals *Ricardo Amorim – guitars *Aires Pereira – bass *Pedro Paixão – keyboards, guitars *Miguel Gaspar – drums

Charts

References

2012 albums Moonspell albums Napalm Records albums Albums produced by Tue Madsen Albums with cover art by Spiros Antoniou {{2010s-death-metal-album-stub