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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goat on Fire | Moonspell | Play | 06:34 | 15 MB | 51 MB |
| 2 | Ancient Winter Goddess | Moonspell | Play | 06:08 | 14 MB | 48 MB |
| 3 | Wolves from the Fog | Moonspell | Play | 07:03 | 16 MB | 52 MB |
| 4 | Serpent Angel | Moonspell | Play | 07:13 | 16 MB | 54 MB |
| 5 | Halla Alle Halla Al Rabka Halla (Praeludium-Incantatum Solistitium) | Moonspell | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 6 | Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento I-Erudit Compendyum) | Moonspell | Play | 06:23 | 14 MB | 51 MB |
| 7 | Interludium-Incantatum Oequinoctum | Moonspell | Play | 01:33 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 8 | Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento II-Erotic Compendyum) | Moonspell | Play | 06:15 | 14 MB | 49 MB |
| 9 | Opus Diabolicum (Andamento III-Instrumental Compendyum) | Moonspell | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 10 | Chorai Lusitânia! (Epilogus-Incantatam Maresia) | Moonspell | Play | 01:50 | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| 50 mins | 115 MB | |||||
| 50 mins | 379 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aires Pereira | Guitar (Bass), Member of Attributed Artist |
| 2 | Ricardo Amorim | Guitars, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 3 | Mike Gaspar | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 4 | Moonspell | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Pedro Paixão | Keyboards, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 6 | Fernando Ribeiro | Member of Attributed Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |