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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 11/06/2007
Run Time: 50:25
One of the more worthy
black metal releases of the early '90s was
Moonspell's
Under the Moonspell, a five-track EP that signaled to many extreme
metal fans that Portugal had birthed their own extreme
metal band. With the release becoming increasingly difficult to find in intervening years, the
Moonspell lads decided to celebrate the EP's 13-year release anniversary by re-recording it, resulting in the release of 2007's
Under Satanae. But this proves to be a "new and improved" version of the group's early classic, as re-recordings of other rare tracks from before their 1995 full-length,
Wolfheart, are included as well. While tracks such as
"Tenebrarum Oratorium" and the beautifully titled
"Goat on Fire" sound rather run of the mill by 2007 standards, keep in mind that when these tracks were first released, there was certainly not an overabundance of extreme
metal bands that sounded like this. With that said,
Moonspell fans will welcome the opportunity to hear these early tracks once more with
Under Satanae.
~Greg Prato, All Music Guide
;)
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