Irreligious (album)

Irreligious
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	29 July 1996
Genre	Gothic metal doom metal
Length	42:35
Label	Century Media
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta
Moonspell chronology
Wolfheart (1995) Irreligious (1996) Sin/Pecado (1998)
Singles from Irreligious
"Opium" Released: 1 October 1996

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Irreligious is the second studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released in 1996. It features some of the best-known songs of the band, such as "Opium", "Ruin & Misery", "Awake!" and "Full Moon Madness". The latter is usually the closing song during almost every Moonspell concert, which over time has become a characteristic of their concerts. Before the song begins, Fernando Ribeiro often makes the sign of the circle (symbolizing Moon) over the crowd. The third track, "Awake!", features a recording of Aleister Crowley reading his poem "The Poet".

The album was promoted by the first Moonspell music video "Opium", which contained imagery of 19th-century-looking opium den.