NIGHT ETERNAL

MOONSPELL swims between black-metal and gothic-metal waters in "Night Eternal".

The work of the band, originally a black-metal outfit, has become an hybrid of said genre with more commercial types of rock. This latest release starts strong, but loses steem towards the end. The best track in the album is "Dreamless (Lucifer and Lilith)", probably the most gothic one, very reminiscent of TIAMAT.

That MOONSPELL's best song is a more commercial-friendly one clearly shows how far the band has moved from its roots. When the group tries to play it black, the perfect production and the lack of crudeness and atmosphere don't allow the music to take off. The best song in the heavy side of the disc is the opener, "At tragic Heights".

Overall, the album is enjoyable but rather forgettable. It has its moments, but MOONSPELL has done better. And you can findway better works if you're looking for real black metal. For gothic-rock listeners, it may be too heavy a disc, but in the end it will work better.

Send comments to The T (BETA) | Report this review (#218878) | Review Permalink
Posted Friday, May 29, 2009

Ahhh, a new Moonspell album, this should be interesting. If it's as good as Memorial then it should be amazing. To be honest, this isn't a bad album, it' s just not Moonspell's best. The album does seem at times a bit bland, but what I liked about it was that there were times on the album were ... (read more)

Report this review (#256697) | Posted by arcane-beautiful | Friday, December 18, 2009 | Review Permanlink

Memorial was some kind of a turning point to Moonspell; on the records released before Memorial (and after Irreligious), they were playing a musical style very similar to traditional gothic metal, with the use of some female vocals here and there and with Fernando Ribeiro using his clean voice m ... (read more)

Report this review (#187522) | Posted by Nhorf | Friday, October 31, 2008 | Review Permanlink

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