Moonspell is a Portuguese
gothic metal band with elements of
black metal. The group, founded in 1989 originally as
Morbid God, was renamed Moonspell in 1992. With the release of their first album
Wolfheart in 1995, the band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal. The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "
Serpent Angel". In 1993, vocalist
Fernando Ribeiro, drummer
Mike Gaspar and bassist João Pedro released the demo Anno Satanæ under the name Moon…
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