The Portuguese dark force returns with their fifth full-length. Carrying on their brooding textures, 'Darkness & Hope' actually reaches further into the depths of morbidity to come up with an album that is chilling, haunting & full of dark introspection. 'Darkness & Hope...more.

Driven by vocalist Fernando Ribeiro's haunting baritone and lathered with near-perfect production, Darkness and Hope is certainly the most accessible of Moonspell's releases; thankfully, it turns out to be one of the best, as well. If anything, Darkness...more.

Moonspell is not Gothic. They are Doom Metal down to the core. This album has some pretry good songs. Franko's vocals are very strong, but in some songs he sounds a but funny. This band would sound better if they...more.

This CD rocks. The guitar style blends together a very wide range of influence, from thrash to goth to industrial, and the synthesizers are done just right. Moonspell makes Type O Negative sound like cutout-bin material. The vocals are great...more.

Between black metal and gothic/operatic influences. A diverse musical experience that gets more intricate with each successive listen. Eight tracks. Century Media. 1995.