Night Eternal (Regular Ed.)

Moonspell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Steamhammer / Spv
• ASIN: B000J3FGMK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,433 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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MOONSPELL NIGHT ETERNAL

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic Madness, November 30, 2010

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Marshall Binkley (Fort Stewart, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Eternal (Special Ed.) (Audio CD)

I am a recent discoverer of Moonspell. This album is grand, enveloping, melodic metal from another masterful European band. "Night Eternal" is a terrific song. Even my kids can dig the MoonSpell style as it isn't too Deathy and often moody, melodic and musical.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nearly Flawless, September 22, 2011

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StacyMG - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Night Eternal (Special Ed.) (Audio CD)

I really enjoyed this album, and would reccomend it to those interested in Moonspell, as well as old fans. There was just one or two songs that got very repetitive to me, Scorpion Flower mainly. This is a fun record to listen to, and I think its also easier to understand the lead singer in this record, as compaired to previous recordings. It is a mix of beauty, and darkness with a hint of metal. There were some very stand out, beautiful songs, as well as other songs as mentioned previously that I just didnt dig as much. I would overall reccomend it, but I will say after hearing Scorpion Flower three times in the album, you get very sick of it. That would be my only complaint, other than that is amazing. Moonspell is a stand out band, it does not sound like most of the stuff produced today. The only other dissapointment I had personally was I liked the "Earth" bonus track, but this did not have that song. Other than that, a wonderful album.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Life is meaningless...", June 10, 2008

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Murat Batmaz (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Eternal (Special Ed.) (Audio CD)

Night Eternal firmly follows Moonspell's previous release Memorial, but also involves the dark atmospherics from the band's re-recorded CD Under Satanae. Those who enjoyed Memorial will definitely find Night Eternal of interest because it further expands on that style, with plenty of heavy vocal parts, dark keyboard textures, symphonic elements, and deeply melodic guitar lines.

The black metal aesthetic of their earlier material has partly been applied to some of these tunes, such as the album opener "At Tragic Heights", easily the most standout track on this disc. Starting with the creepy intro where dark, lingering keys engulf Fernando Ribeiro's trademark whispers and spoken lyrics, Moonspell venture into a fiercely heavy scorcher that also boasts a great interplay between guitars, keys, and bass (courtesy of Niclas Etelavuori from Amorphis) and concludes with Ribeiro's evil death growls. Speaking of which, there is plenty of growling and screeching on the album, but we also get to hear him switching to his calm gothic voice on some tunes. His hoarse, abrasive delivery on songs like "Night Eternal", complete with insanely fast drumming and tremelo picking; "Moon Is Mercury", highlighted by a gripping melodic guitar theme; and "Spring of Rage", a blend of jackhammer riffery and gothic keyboard exercise, is perfectly contrasted by his seamless switch to clean singing on the otherwise punishing "Shadow Sun", where he continues to repeat the lyrics "Life is meaningless!" until he is sure the listener has absorbed them.

Of all tracks, only two of them are sung with clean vocals: the clean-toned "First Light", noteworthy for its wonderful guitar layering and Ribeiro's assured vocal melody; and "Scorpion Flower", in which Ribeiro duets with Anneke van Giersbergen formerly of The Gathering. First, Ribeiro enters the piece singing over a simple yet effective guitar-keyboard synthesis and a steady, 4/4 drum beat. Then, van Giersbergen offers her instantly recognisable vibrato, doubling his vocal lines and eventually singing solo. In a way, this tune evokes her brilliant duet with Ulver's Garm on the Souvenirs album, but this one is less minimalistic and more guitar-friendly. On this album, Ricardo Amorim is given bigger space for guitar solos, one of which totally complements this piece.

The result is a blend of Moonspell's recent material injected with some of the more blackish atmospherics pre-Sin/Pecado, and while I've never been a big fan of the band's post-The Butterfly Effect material, I feel this one may be their best from that period yet.