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Irreligious

By Moonspell

Reference AMR-I-MMXVI - 07 October 2016

20th Anniversary Edition: 1996-2016
4 page LP booklet with introduction and commented photos by Fernanado Ribeiro.
Replica of original 1996 promo poster.
Special vinyl mastering
180 gram vinyl, plus the entire album on CD as extra
 
Exclusive Band Edition
Orange LP Vinyl 180gram + CD + Poster + Insert Booklet
 
 
On October 7th, 2016 an immortal Century Media Records classic, the gothic metal masterpiece “Irreligious” by MOONSPELL returns on vinyl for the first time since its original release back in 1996!
 
In cooperation with the band, Century Media Records decided to re-visit the band’s quintessential 1996 album “Irreligious” as original vinyl editions have been hard to find and are very expensive nowadays. This 20th anniversary edition includes various additional treats that should make it a real highlight for all the band’s new and old fans worldwide:
“Irreligious” comes housed in a wide spine LP sleeve including the 180 gram vinyl with the album mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel (Iced Earth, Tiamat, Grave), the entire album on CD, a 4-page LP-sized booklet with an introduction and commented live and promo photos by Fernando Ribeiro plus all lyrics. Apart from that, a replica of an original 1996 promotional poster was added resulting in the ultimate edition of this masterpiece!
 
MOONSPELL comments: “None of us really thought it through. The possibility of being years, twenty years after, celebrating an album and, why the hell not, a decade of great music, fusion, experiment, freedom. “Irreligious” will always be our highlight, our piece-de-resistance. Not that the other albums were mistakes in any form. Just that we are still sure that with “Irreligious” we helped shaping a style, a new thing in underground metal, something European, classic and mystical, a beautiful beast, laid to birth after an eternal night of passion and doom between metal and goth. We will be playing some twenty years shows on selected dates in Europe and Portugal. Come vista the wolves! And …finally thanks to the good chaps of CM we will be releasing the “Opium” maxi for the first time ever on vinyl (out November 25th)! So plenty of reasons to be celebrating with us, because when you celebrate music you celebrate life, a value which was never so fragile but also so precious as today in a world that has never learnt how to get rid of religion. So, consequently embrace better values, avoid terror and choose beauty over it.”
 
MOONSPELL – Irreligious (Vinyl-Reissue 2016) side-split / track-listing:
Side A
01. Perverse....almost Religious
02. Opium
03. Awake
04. For A Taste Of Eternity
05. Ruin And Misery 
06. A Poisoned Gift 
 
Side B
01. Subversion
02. Raven Claws
03. Mephisto
04. Herr Spiegelmann
05. Full Moon Madness
 
CD
01. Perverse....almost Religious
02. Opium
03. Awake
04. For A Taste Of Eternity 
05. Ruin And Misery
06. A Poisoned Gift
07. Subversion
08. Raven Claws
09. Mephisto
10. Herr Spiegelmann
11. Full Moon Madness
 
MOONSPELL are Portugal’s most prominent metal act and are still highly successful these days! When “Irreligious” was released back in 1996, it probably left the whole metal scene awestruck. The black metal feeling of “Wolfheart” was more or less gone. Instead of taking the next logical step towards brutality and grimness, MOONSPELL took a turn to the side and offered eleven songs of beautiful melodies, bewitching lyrics and majestic gloom. Be it “Opium”, “Raven Claws”, “Mephisto” or the monolithic “Full Moon Madness”, every single song on “Irreligious” was and still is a proof of why MOONSPELL achieved massive success with this album and beyond.


Aditional Information

Artist Moonspell
Title Irreligious
Formats LP12 Vinil Orange + CD
Reference AMR-I-MMXVI
Release date 07 October 2016
Barcode 5609330045924
Extras CD and A1 poster
Generic musical style Gothic Metal
Original Release 07/10/2016
Pressing qty 500
Sleeve Standard Sleeve 5mm spine with cd and poster
Vinyl Weight 180 gram
Moonspell "Irreligious" LP Cover
Moonspell "Irreligious" LP Mock

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