Dark metal pioneers Moonspell is approaching their 30th anniversary as a band more ambitiously and stronger than ever. Portuguese quintet have finally revealed the hotly anticipated details for their upcoming, 13th studio album, Hermitage, set to be released on February 26th, 2021 via Napalm Records.

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While the world is struggling in the dark, Moonspell’s forthcoming album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Primordial, Ghost, Sólstafir & many more), at the Orgone Studios in the UK. Building upon the sensitive facets of Hermitage, one can expect an entertaining and revolutionary, yet epic journey through the darkest days of human existence.

Beautifully crafted songs show us the modernity of the wolves in 2021, while other tracks embrace the band’s tradition of writing a dark, gothic metal record like no other band can. Their ethereal and melodic sound, while not straying away from their metal roots, influenced by underground metal bands such as Bathory, make Hermitage most likely one of the deepest, surprising and most epic albums Moonspell has ever written.

Off the new album, singer Fernando Ribeiro comments: “We know that we are entering the final years of our career as musicians: the winter of our lifetime. We don’t care about people saying we’re still young at heart, or leading wolves in a pack. We are not! But we do care about how those around us feel about us, and this album is all about how we feel, our answers to your questions. Under these circumstances, we feel our musical stakes are higher than ever. Moonspell’s goal, on these last turns around the Sun, are to write the best music we possibly can. To tell you a few stories with our lyrics, to be close to you in these times of distancing. We wish not to tease you or to influence you or to sell you our fish. We want to sit down with you at your table and feast together upon our notes and words. Like if we were close friends, like back in the time where music matters the most. In your bedroom listening to music, without having to post our smart remarks about it, inviting the hate in. Hermitage is an open-hearted invitation to simplicity. To be humble. To be thankful. To serve you solace. Provide you comfort, entertainment. We sincerely hope this call reaches you. That you kindly accept what we offer. That you take our music with you to the place you must feel as yours. To your secret place, to your hermitage. Blessed be.“

Today, the band is also sharing the album opening track The Greater Good. Like this first appetizer showcases, Moonspell have created a wonderfully intuitive and epic journey, but also a testament to what they’ve always loved the most: honest, emotional metal that binds us even in the darkest times.

Hermitage is already available to pre-order here, in several highly limited and collectable deluxe and die-hard editions, mediabook, cassette, but also Jewelcase, and digital formats. The deluxe box will also include an etched 7” vinyl with special bonus track, The Great Leap Forward, as well as much more exciting additional collectable items.

More info:
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