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Irreligious is the second studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band, Moonspell, released 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 3rd track "Awake!" features a recording of Aleister Crowley reading his poem 'The Poet'.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Perverse... Almost Religious"01:07
2."Opium"02:46
3."Awake!"03:05
4."For a Taste of Eternity"03:51
5."Ruin & Misery"03:47
6."A Poisoned Gift"05:33
7."Subversion"02:42
8."Raven Claws"03:13
9."Mephisto"04:56
10."Herr Spiegelmann"04:33
11."Full Moon Madness"06:47
Total length:43:23

Personnel

  • Fernando Ribeiro - vocals
  • Mike - drums
  • Pedro Paixão - keyboards, samples
  • Ares - bass
  • Ricardo Amorim - guitars

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

Opium video

The album was promoted by the first Moonspell music video "Opium", which contained imagery of 19th century-looking opium den.

References

  1. ^ "Allmusic review".