Irreligious (album)

Irreligious
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	July 29, 1996
Genre	Gothic metal, Doom metal
Length	42:20
Label	Century Media
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta
Moonspell chronology
Wolfheart (1995) Irreligious (1996) Sin/Pecado (1998)
Singles from Irreligious
"Opium" Released: October 1, 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.	Title	Length
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".