MOONSPELL Alpha Noir/Omega White Ltd Ed 2LP Silver Marble Vinyl (2012)

Moonspell have been doing gothic metal on their own terms since Lisbon was still considered an unlikely place for black metal to happen, which was always part of the appeal.

Alpha Noir/Omega White is their ambitious double album from 2012, released as two distinct but companion records, Alpha Noir leaning hard into aggression and black metal architecture, Omega White pulling back into the atmospheric, melancholic gothic metal the Portuguese cult built their name on. It's a genuinely bold structural move that rewards the kind of listener who owns too many records and has opinions about sequencing. Fernando Ribeiro's vocals are as commanding as the band has ever sounded, and the whole thing sits in that specific space where dark alternative and underground metal overlap without compromising either. This silver marble vinyl pressing was limited to 500 copies worldwide and is the format this record deserves, two heavyweight slabs that look as dramatic as the music inside them.

Limited Edition 2LP Silver Marble Vinyl. 500 copies pressed globally. Full length double album. Released 2012. Origin: Portugal. Genre: Gothic Metal / Black Metal.

Fans of: Paradise Lost, Type O Negative, Tribulation, Tiamat, The 69 Eyes.

Format: Vinyl LP.