Moonspell
Night Eternal (2008) » Honorary Mention «
Album

Reviewed: 5/3/2015

Pulling out strong with their gothic oriented metal release 'Night Eternal', combining mostly heavy guitar sounds, aggressive drumming, vampire laden vocals, intense drumming and aura filled atmospheric synthesizers to augment the musical finesse. I liked this album from start to finish. To me the guitar, vocals and drumming brought me more into this then the synthesizers, but they made the mood of this album dark totally. One helluva good release, intense and original. The guitar melodies are what captivated me the most. A lot of experimentation in the sounds of the album to get its' essence more than just another gothic metal output. They dug deep in creativity here. Way deeply composed! The album's heaviness has to lie in the guitar riffs and drumming, plus the vocals are also very ha...

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