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MOONSPELL Premiere ‘The Hermit Saints’ Music Video
February 25th, 2021

Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell have filmed a music video for the track ‘The Hermit Saints’. Once again directed by Guilherme Henriques, the clip can be viewed below.

Regarding the song and video, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro said: “‘The Hermit Saints’ unveils even further secrets about our forthcoming album, Hermitage. Make no mistake, this is a METAL song played according to Moonspell’s own signature and rules.

“This song tells you about the holiness and unholiness of men, about the duality between saints and sinners. It tells of the fever that makes us cross into the desert of our own existences, perpetually looking out for the cure, that will never come until we change our ways.

“Many might go. Few will come back. Lock the gates, behold The Hermit Saints!”

Moonspell issue 13th full-length studio album Hermitage on February 26th, 2021 through Napalm Records. The outing will be made available in various formats and can be pre-ordered here.

Fernando Ribeiro commented: “We know that we are entering the final years of our career as musicians: the winter of our lifetime. We don’t care about people saying we’re still young at heart, or ‘leading’ wolves in a pack. We are not! But we do care about how those around us feel about us, and this album is all about how we feel, our answers to your questions.

“Under these circumstances, we feel our musical stakes are higher than ever. For us, it’s not about likes or algorithms, reach, or opportunity of growth. We only care about the music. Music does come first on this album you will hold in your hands soon enough.

“The record is about turning our backs to the conventions of modernity. We are currently convincing ourselves that it’s all about us, that we (humanity) are everything. That the world revolves around us. However, ipsi facto, we are nothing and nothing revolves around us. Moonspell’s goal, on these last turns around the Sun, are to write the best music we possibly can. To tell you a few stories with our lyrics, to be close to you in these times of distancing. We wish not to tease you or to influence you or to sell you our fish. We want to sit down with you at your table and feast together upon our notes and words. Like if we were close friends, like back in the time where music matters the most; in your bedroom listening to music, without having to post our smart remarks about it, inviting the hate in.

“Hermitage is an open-hearted invitation to simplicity. To be humble. To be thankful. To serve you solace. Provide you comfort, entertainment. We sincerely hope this call reaches you. That you kindly accept what we offer. That you take our music with you to the place you must feel as yours. To your secret place, to your hermitage. Blessed be.”

Hermitage was produced, mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios in Woburn, England.

Cover artwork was created by Arthur Berzinsh.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘The Greater Good’
02. ‘Common Prayers’
03. ‘All Or Nothing’
04. ‘Hermitage’
05. ‘Entitlement’
06. ‘Solitarian’
07. ‘The Hermit Saints’
08. ‘Apophthegmata’
09. ‘Without Rule’
10. ‘City Quitter (Outro)’
11. ‘Darkness In Paradise’ (Candlemass cover) *
12. ‘The Great Leap Forward’ **

* LP, deluxe box set, cassette and mediabook bonus track
** deluxe box set seven-inch vinyl bonus track

Moonspell’s line-up is as follows:

Fernando Ribeiro (vocals)
Ricardo Amorim (guitar)
Pedro Paixão (guitar and keyboards)
Aires Pereira (bass)
Hugo Ribeiro (drums)

Directed by Guilherme Henriques, music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Common Prayers’ and ‘All Or Nothing’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘The Greater Good’. All three clips can also be accessed below.

Twelfth studio record 1755 was released in November 2017 via Napalm Records.

Promotional photograph by Rui Vasco.