Lollipop Magazine

Moonspell – Darkness and Hope – Review

February 8, 2002

Maintaining power with a fixture of progression, Moonspell’s latest effort is highly emotive and wrought with minor-key melody and deft mood swings.

Gothic Club Classics – Volume 1 – Review

June 4, 2001

Staples like Bauhaus and Fields of the Nephilim and “dance Goth,” “Goth rock,” and “Goth metal.” Plus Nick Cave, Diamanda Galas, and Einstüzende Neubauten.

Blessed by the Night – The Dark Metal Compilation Vol. 1 – Review

June 4, 2001

Two full CDs of dark/black/Gothic/atmospheric metal with 28 mostly well-known purveyors of all that is dark, dismal and frighteningly sexy.

Identity – 6 – Behold Another World – Review

June 1, 2000

18 tracks, maxing out at just over 70 minutes of metal, most sub-genres represented. Groove-oriented nü metal allows the indulgence of black/Goth/dark metal.

Moonspell – The Butterfly Effect – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with vocalist Fernando Ribiro

Beauty in Darkness Vol. 3 – Review

September 1, 1999

Part black metal, part Goth rock/metal, all excitingly scary and sexy. For anyone into darkwave, Goth, or whatever else they’re calling it, ya gotta get this.

Call on the Dark – 2 – Review

April 1, 1999

While I prefer NB’s Beauty in Darkness2 and CM’s FireStarter to this, fans of dancier and/or less metal-tinged darkness will simply die for Call on the Dark2.

Identity Four – Review

November 1, 1998

If you’re into heavy music and have never heard of Century Media, you aren’t very into heavy music.

Moonspell – Sin/Pecado – Review

April 1, 1998

A deep baritone with an old-world romantic accent atop dreamy synths, heavily-echoed acoustics, or dramatic powerchords that has a tendency to strut its stuff.

Moonspell – Irreligious – Review

September 1, 1996

With their second album, Irreligious, Moonspell once again embellish Gothic, eclectic metal with class. The eleven-song opus of grandeur isn’t easily grasped.