Moonspell break down NIGHT ETERNAL track by track
NIGHT ETERNAL depicts Moonspell more innovative and darker than they were for years. But there's more to the album lyricwise, of course. Vocalist Fernando Ribeiro explains, what.
The Biblical Apocalypse, Lucifer and Lillith, darkness and love - it's all there on NIGHT ETERNAL.
To prevent getting lost in all these, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro explains the songs:
1. At Tragic Heights
Kicks off with a big quote from St. John's Apocalypse and sets the terminal feeling upon which the album lays. But this time around, it's not an alpha/male angel who falls but a woman, who, like in the classic myth, dares to know and hopes for the truth. Musically, it's fast and emotional, with a somewhat more complex structure into it, but the intention is to kill from first note on!
2. Night Eternal
...it's the morning you will never see. Actually, morning is as used on night on this song. It is a lyric of abandonment and alarm for the "tear and the wear of the earth" by her favorite sons: us. It's brutal and melodic at once and the middle part is already one of my favorite headbanging moments with the double bass drum setting the pace.
In this song, you can find the chant of a suffering woman, an avalanche of guitars and a block of strong words. All meaningful and true.
3. Shadow Sun
One of my faves for the time being. It brings a hypnotic vibe in the verses with the "darktrip" approach to the vocals. It's a distinctive style for us and I believe our most progressive moment for ages.
The lyrics can either be about the end of the world or the end of a relationship, about someone watching one or the other through the rain. I love the chorus because it is unleashing and I love this song because it's claustrophobic and dark! Like from the inside of a shadow.
4. Scorpion Flower
It's the summer hit for Goths :)
No, really, it's one of our best moments and a duet I will never forget with the beautiful and charismatic Anneke Van Giersbergen! It turned out to be a great video as well, where everybody looks great but me…
This song incarnates fury and beauty, the sting of the scorpion and the freshness of a flower. Stupidly romantic, just the way I like it! Check the scorpion and the frog fable, cool to understand these lyrics.
>>> Go on to part 2/2 and the 'Finisterra' video
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