It's an album that breaks with the style of black metal and lays the foundation for the new sounds of the band.
The Moonspell is the gothic metal band most emblematic of our country. The album Wolf heart was a debut of this group in a new type of sounds, more folk and metal, which consolidated the band's status in the national and international market, since it was a sales success in 1995. The Portuguese influence is the motto of this disc, although some of the songs are written and sung in English, I want to highlight some of the themes of this album.
Lua D'Inverno, winters moon, is a wonderful solo with flute and guitar. The listener does not detect right away that this type of instrumentality comes from a gothic musical band, far from it. It is a beautiful theme, to listen carefully.
Ataegina has a very folk inspiration. The title is the name of a pagan goddess of Lusitanian origin, associated with spring. The letter portrays a black universe, a deity who resorts to revenge and death. But also the rebirth of nature, from the night to the day.
Trebaruna is a theme even more curious by the fact that it is also a Lusitanian deity. It is rather a state of mind, since the origin of its name reminds us of the wisdom of the people. The lyrics are a tribute to life. It is curious that all the scaling of the songs on this CD leads you deeper into the origins of the Portuguese as a people. At its core, the very beginning. Even before the arrival of the so-called civilization.
