MOONSPELL veröffentlichen soeben (nach `Vampiria`) den zweiten orchestral aufgemotzten Song ihrer Scheibe „Opus Diabolicum – The Orchestral Live Show“, die am 31. Oktober in die Läden kommt. Dafür haben MOONSPELL im letzten Jahr mit dem großen Sinfonieorchester ihrer Heimatstadt Lissabon zusammengearbeitet. Neben den Bandklassikern findet sich darauf vor allem Material des „1755“ Albums der Goth Metaller.
Sänger Fernando Ribeiro erklärt zur Kooperation:
„1755 was an essential album for the orchestral show and the very foundations of it are based on this portent record, Portuguese sung and thematic around the great earthquake of Lisbon, in the 18th century. It’s a track that captures the essence of the whole show and theatrics – Lisbon trembled again but the orchestra played on.
I have never been the one to push MOONSPELL into an orchestral direction. I mean, like any fan, I can recognise the impact Classical had over Heavy Metal (Quorthon, from Bathory, used to quote Wagner as his favourite “band”) and in my musical collection Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Ravel, could be found, shoulder to shoulder with the aforementioned Bathory, Celtic Frost, Sarcófago or Maiden. But, I wasn’t a fan of the metal meets orchestra efforts myself and when I approached Jaime (Gomez Arellano) to mix this beast, I asked him: have you heard S&M and other „live with an orchestra“ metal bands albums? We want nothing like that!
This is work of passion: truly the work of the devil (opus diabolicum): imperfect, unprocessed, untamed. A release made by friends to all the friends we have around this goth forsaken world and that in an arena in Lisbon or in a sweaty club in Texas, keep the spell going, until we are no more.“
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Trackliste „Opus Diabolicum“
1. Tungstennio (CD + DVD/Blu-ray only)
2. Em Nome do Medo
3. 1755
4. In Tremor Die
5. Desastre
6. Ruinas
7. Breathe (Until We Are No More)
8. Extinct
9. Proliferation
10. Finisterra
11. Everything Invaded
12. Scorpion Flower
13. Vampiria
14. Alma Mater
15. Fullmoon Madness
Photo Credit: Rui Vasco