I write for metalreviews.com, figured I'd start posting some of these here, generate some discussion, maybe open some people up to some new bands. Diggit!
Moonspell have come a long way in their almost-20-year career. Formed in 1989 under the name Morbid God they were then a black metal band and released one demo. Following that same pathand going by a new nameMoonspell unleashed their own brand of folkloric, gothic-influenced black metal in 1993 with their first and only demo, Anno Satanae. The demo featured five songs, three true songs and an intro and outro, two of these songs were featured on a 7-inch release the next year. It wasnt until the band released their Under The Moonspell EP that we saw glimpses of the band they were to become, although this EP is an oddity in their discography, not quite black metal, but not quite gothic, either. Its a very strange mix of Middle Eastern rhythms, a symphonic and orchestral soundscape with black metal and cleanly-sung male vocals, female vocals and choirs. Youll hear mention from other would-be reviewers (read: lazy, ignorant reviewers) that Memorial is an album that harkens back to the Under The Moonspell EP, but that is a comparison about as odd as the EP itself.
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