There are just a few days left until the release of the eleventh studio album of the Portuguese gothic metal werewolves also known as MOONSPELL. In contrast to their previous release ('Alpha Noir/Omega White'), this one is carrying a title way stronger in its simplicity: 'Extinct'.

Will that be a verdict of their life as a band or a promise that they will blow us apart? The news is bad as it is good: it’s both. “You will like it, you won’t like it” as the band wisely put it when they finished recording last October. This may not be a groundbreaking record but it grows on you with each listening – especially if a dark Lucitanian romance is your thing.

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