Portuguese gothic metal outfit Moonspell are back and they’ve got a new album titled Far From God coming out on July 3 via Napalm Records. It’s their follow up to 2021’s Hermitage and to celebrate the announcement, they dropped the album’s title track as its first single.
Described as Moonspell’s “Irreligious of the 21st century,” this new album boasts eight new tracks — including the title track that you can check out below — and features cover art painted by Eliran Kantor.
Following the single’s release, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro took a shot not only at Hollywood’s depiction of the vampire over the years, but also at the gothic metal genre as a whole, stating that it was the band’s responsibility to “save” the genre.
“I lost my faith and hope in vampires for quite a few years. They became the clowns of Hollywood, the cheap Halloween shop customs, the old and disgraceful Princes from the East. Until the film director Robert Eggers brought us Nosferatu in 2024 and I was immediately attracted back to that tragic, romantic character who Bram Stoker immortalized in his letters. I wrote ‘Far from God’ in just one breath and it’s our first song about vampiric love in ages.
“I confess I felt the urge of, together with Moonspell, saving the face of gothic metal which became hostage of semi-tuned operatic female vocalists, simpleton and crunchy guitar riffs; and of lyrical content that would make Dracula impale himself with a stake in his bloodless heart. This song is the essence of this album, its title, its video, its soul. And you can even feel the fire of daylight burning into yours and your lover’s skin.”
As for the creation of Far From God, Ribeiro said a lot of the delay between releases came from the need to reclaim their spot in gothic metal.
“To create Far From God, we had to wait for the muse. Again, she didn’t fail us and revealed herself in the most mysterious and beautiful ways to us. It took us five long years of hit and miss, of despairing to the point of thinking we didn’t have it anymore, and why should we at all create new music? But I’m glad we persisted. Far From God is a true crusade against the decline of the style in the past few years, a darkly crafted statement that Moonspell is here to stay and to claim our throne. No politics, no socials, no intervention, just sickly romantic love, vampires, werewolves so we can all die of beauty, in peace and elegance. Goth bless you.”
Far From God will be released on July 3 via Napalm Records, but you can preorder your copy today.
FAR FROM GOD TRACK LISTING:
“Cross Your Heart”
“Far From God”
“Biblical”
“The Great Wolf in the Sky (Feat. Alicia Nuhr/Strings)”
“Your Promise of Light”
“For the Love of Mortals”
“Our Freedom to Fall”
“Reconquista”
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