Moonspell
Portugal · 1989–present
- gothic metal
- black metal
- metal
Current members
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lead vocalssince 1992 Founding
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membranophonesince 1992 Founding
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guitar, keyboard, samplersince 1993
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guitarsince 1995
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bass guitarsince 2007
Members timeline
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| Member | Years | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Ribeiro | 1992–present | lead vocals |
| Mike Gaspar | 1992–present | membranophone |
| Pedro Paixão | 1993–present | guitar, keyboard, sampler |
| Ricardo Amorim | 1995–present | guitar |
| Aires Pereira | 2007–present | bass guitar |
| Waldemar Sorychta | 2006–2007 | bass guitar |
| Niclas Etelävuori | 2003–2006 | bass guitar |
| Sérgio Crestana | 1997–2003 | bass guitar |
| João Pedro | 1992–1997 | bass guitar |
| Mantus | 1992–1995 | guitar |
| Jorge Fonseca | 1993–1995 | guitar |
| Luís Lamelas | 1992–1993 | guitar |
Discography
Albums
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Wolfheart1995 · 8 tracks, 43:52
Track list
- Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade) Lyrics: Langsuyar 7:43
- Love Crimes Lyrics: Langsuyar 7:33
- …Of Dream and Drama (Midnight Ride) Lyrics: Langsuyar 3:58
- Lua d’Inverno 1:48
- Trebaruna Lyrics: Langsuyar 3:29
- Vampiria Lyrics: Langsuyar 5:35
- An Erotic Alchemy Lyrics: Langsuyar 8:05
- Alma Mater Lyrics: Langsuyar 5:37
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Irreligious1996 · 11 tracks, 42:37
Track list & credits
- Perverse... Almost Religious 1:07
- Opium Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 2:46
- Awake Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:05
- For a Taste of Eternity Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:53
- Ruin & Misery Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:48
- A Poisoned Gift Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:34
- Subversion Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 2:44
- Raven Claws Words & music: Fernando Ribeiro, Pedro Paixão, Mike Gaspar, Ricardo Amorim 3:16
- Mephisto Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:58
- Herr Spiegelmann Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:35
- Full Moon Madness Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:47
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- guitar family
- Mike Gaspar
- membranophone
- Pedro Paixão
- sampler
- Ares
- bass
- Makka
- percussion (track 4)
- Birgit Zacher
- vocals (track 8)
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Sin / Pecado1997 · 13 tracks, 1:02:06
Track list & credits
- Slow Down! Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 0:40
- handmadeGod Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:33
- 2econd Skin Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:51
- Abysmo Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:59
- Flesh Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:04
- Magdalene Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:17
- V.C. (Gloria Domini) Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:59
- EuroticA Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:49
- Mute Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:58
- Dekadance Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:49
- Let the Children Cum to Me… Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:53
- The Hanged Man Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:26
- 13! Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 2:42
Performed by- Birgit Zacher
- vocals (track 5)
Production- Siggi Bemm
- mixer
- Waldemar Sorychta
- mixer, producer
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The Butterfly Effect1998 · 12 tracks, 57:27
Track list & credits
- Soulsick Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Sérgio Crestana 4:16
- Butterfly FX Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Sérgio Crestana 3:51
- Can’t Bee Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Sérgio Crestana 5:11
- Lustmord Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão 3:44
- Selfabuse Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Sérgio Crestana, Ricardo Amorim, Pedro Paixão 4:16
- I Am the Eternal Spectator Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão 3:31
- Soulitary Vice Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão 3:27
- Disappear Here Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão 3:33
- Adaptables Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão 3:01
- Angelizer Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão 4:30
- Tired Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Sérgio Crestana 5:24
- K / O mal de Cristo Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Sérgio Crestana 12:38
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- guitar
- Sérgio Crestana
- electric bass guitar
- Mike Gaspar
- drums (drum set) (tracks 1–11)
- Pedro Paixão
- synthesizer, sampler
- Fernando Ribeiro
- vocals (tracks 1–11), spoken vocals (track 12), sampler (track 9), piano (track 6)
- Julie Katnoria
- spoken vocals (track 6)
- Oli Savill
- shakers (tracks 7, 8, 12), caxixi (tracks 7, 8), timbales (track 4), congas (track 4), cuíca (track 12), talking drum (track 12), udu (track 12), percussion (track 12), maracas (track 7)
Production- Richard Hinton
- engineer
- Andy Reilly
- engineer, producer
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Darkness and Hope2001 · 11 tracks, 51:34
Track list
- Darkness and Hope 4:46
- Firewalking Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Ricardo Amorim, Sérgio Crestana, Mike Gaspar, Pedro Paixão, Fernando Ribeiro 3:05
- Nocturna 3:52
- Heartshaped Abyss Words & music: Ricardo Amorim, Sérgio Crestana, Mike Gaspar, Pedro Paixão, Fernando Ribeiro 4:08
- Devilred 3:25
- Ghostsong 4:21
- Rapaces 5:31
- Made of Storm 4:09
- How We Became Fire 5:47
- Than the Serpents in My Arms 5:53
- Os senhores da guerra Lyrics: Pedro Ayres Magalhães, Francisco Ribeiro · Music: Francisco Ribeiro 6:32
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The Antidote2003 · 10 tracks, 54:32
Track list & credits
- In and Above Men Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:11
- From Lowering Skies Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:25
- Everything Invaded Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:16
- The Southern Deathstyle Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:07
- Antidote Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:45
- Capricorn at Her Feet Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:04
- Lunar Still Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 6:55
- A Walk on the Darkside Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:44
- Crystal Gazing Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:52
- As We Eternally Sleep on It Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 7:09
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- guitar
- Niclas Etelävuori
- bass guitar
- Mike Gaspar
- drums (drum set)
- Pedro Paixão
- sampler, guitar, keyboard
- Fernando Ribeiro
- lead vocals
Production- Hiili Hiilesmaa
- engineer, mixer, producer
- Waldemar Sorychta
- producer
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Memorial2006 · 13 tracks, 59:30
Track list & credits
- In Memoriam 1:25
- Finisterra Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:08
- Memento Mori Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:27
- Sons of Earth 1:51
- Blood Tells Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:08
- Upon the Blood of Men Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:55
- At the Image of Pain Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:21
- Sanguine Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:50
- Proliferation 2:39
- Once It Was Ours! Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:53
- Mare Nostrum 1:56
- Luna Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:42
- Best Forgotten Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 14:08
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- electric guitar (tracks 1–12), guitar family (track 13)
- Mike Gaspar
- drums (drum set)
- Pedro Paixão
- electric guitar (tracks 1–12), guitar family (track 13)
- Aires Pereira
- electric bass guitar
- Fernando Ribeiro
- lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5–8, 10, 12), vocals (track 13)
- Big Boss
- vocals (track 7)
- Raimund Gitsels
- violin (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10)
- Birgit Zacher
- vocals (tracks 8, 12)
Production- Siggi Bemm
- engineer
- Dennis Koehne
- engineer
- Waldemar Sorychta
- mixer, producer, recording engineer, engineer
Artwork- Wojtek Blasiak
- design, graphic design
- Adriano Esteves
- design, illustration
- Paulo Moreira
- photography
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Night Eternal2008 · 14 tracks, 1:08:30
Track list & credits
- At Tragic Heights 6:52
- Night Eternal Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:10
- Shadow Sun 4:24
- Scorpion Flower Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:33
- Moon in Mercury 4:22
- Hers Is the Twilight 4:54
- Dreamless (Lucifer and Lilith) 5:17
- Spring of Rage 4:04
- First Light 5:48
- Scorpion Flower (Dark Lush cut) Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:36
- Scorpion Flower (The Feeble cut) Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:58
- Age of Mothers 5:43
- Earth of Mine 5:25
- Unhearted 4:24
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- acoustic guitar (track 11)
- Mike Gaspar
- percussion (track 11)
- Luís Lamelas
- theremin (track 11)
- Anneke van Giersbergen
- vocals (tracks 4, 11)
- Fernando Matias
- piano (track 11)
Production- Luís Lamelas
- arranger (track 11), producer (track 11)
- Fernando Matias
- arranger (track 11), engineer (track 11), producer (track 11), recording engineer (track 11)
- Jorge Pina
- engineer (track 11), producer (track 11), recording engineer (track 11)
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Alpha Noir2012 · 9 tracks, 40:34
Track list
- Axis Mundi 4:56
- Lickanthrope Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:49
- Versus 4:39
- Alpha Noir 4:30
- Em nome do medo Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:27
- Opera Carne 3:52
- Love Is Blasphemy 4:31
- Grandstand 4:53
- Sine missione 4:57
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Extinct2015 · 10 tracks, 45:38
Track list & credits
- Breathe (Until We Are No More) Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:32
- Extinct Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:42
- Medusalem Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:06
- Domina Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:08
- The Last of Us Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:25
- Malignia Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:06
- Funeral Bloom Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:10
- A Dying Breed Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:29
- The Future Is Dark Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:08
- La Baphomette Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 2:48
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- guitar
- Mike Gaspar
- drums (drum set)
- Pedro Paixão
- keyboard
- Aires Pereira
- bass guitar
- Fernando Ribeiro
- lead vocals
- Ricardo Morning Blade
- vocals (tracks 1, 3, 9)
- The Extinct Voices of Portughostal
- choir vocals (track 4)
- Foroogh Kardansani
- spoken vocals (track 3)
- Mümin Sesler String Group
- strings (tracks 1, 3)
- Yossi Sassi
- bouzouki (track 3)
- Reverend Mike Storm
- spoken vocals (track 7)
Production- André Alvinzi
- programming (track 6)
- Jens Bogren
- producer, mixer
- David Castillo
- recording engineer
- Linus Corneliusson
- editor, mixer
- Jon Phipps
- orchestrator (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8–10)
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17552017 · 10 tracks, 47:46
Track list & credits
- Em nome do medo Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:32
- 1755 Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 5:12
- In tremor Dei Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:26
- Desastre Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 3:22
- Abanão 4:08
- Evento 4:43
- 1 de novembro 3:53
- Ruínas Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro 4:45
- Todos os santos 5:10
- Lanterna dos afogados 6:30
Performed by- Paulo Bragança
- vocals (track 3)
Production- Jon Phipps
- orchestrator (track 1)
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Hermitage2021 · 10 tracks
Track list
- The Greater Good 5:04
- Common Prayers
- All or Nothing
- Hermitage
- Entitlement
- Solitarian
- The Hermit Saints
- Apophthegmata
- Without Rule
- City Quitter (outro)
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Far From God2026 · 8 tracks, 42:23
Track list & credits
- Cross Your Heart Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 4:48
- Far From God Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 5:06
- Biblical Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 5:00
- The Great Wolf in the Sky Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 5:50
- Your Promise of Light Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 5:01
- For the Love of Mortals Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 5:46
- Our Freedom to Fall Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 4:41
- Reconquista Lyrics: Fernando Ribeiro · Music: Pedro Paixão, Ricardo Amorim 6:11
Performed by- Ricardo Amorim
- guitar
- Pedro Paixão
- keyboard
- Aires Pereira
- bass guitar
- Fernando Ribeiro
- lead vocals
- Alicia Nurho
- violin (track 4)
- Hugo Ribeiro
- drums (drum set)
Production- Jaime Gomez Arellano
- mixer, producer
