''Irreligious'' is the second studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band

Moonspell Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band formed in 1992. The group released their first EP, ''Under the Moonspell'', in 1994 and followed up with their debut album, ''Wolfheart'', a year later. They quickly became the most recognizable metal ...

, 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

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reading his poem "The Poet". The album was promoted by the first Moonspell music video "Opium", which contained imagery of 19th-century-looking

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Track listing

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

References

Moonspell albums 1996 albums Century Media Records albums Albums produced by Waldemar Sorychta {{1990s-metal-album-stub