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| Great Silver Eye | 
 enlarge | Artist: Moonspell
Label: Century Media
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 138475
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 18354
UPC: 727701835426
EAN: 0727701835426
ASIN: B000VLPUYO
Release Date: October 2, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade) | | • | Vampiria | | • | Alma Mater | | • | Opium | | • | Raven Claws | | • | Full Moon Madness | | • | Second Skin | | • | Magdalene | | • | Soulsick | | • | Lustmord | | • | Firewalking | | • | Nocturna | | • | Everything Invaded | | • | Capricorn at Her Feet | | • | Finisterra | | • | Luna |
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Album Description
2007 'best of' from one of the most successful and influential Metal bands from Europe. This album is a perfect historical over view from Wolfheart (1995) to Memorial (2006). Century Media.
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| Customer Reviews:
A good introduction to a great band July 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In 1995 Monspell put Portigul on the map (musically) with their full length debut "Wolfheart"- arguibly the greatest metal of the 90s (NOT a good overall decade for metal). They continued with a string of good followups, especially "Sin/ Pacado" (98) and "Darkness & Hope" (01). While most of their CDs need to be heard in their entirety to be fully appriciated this new best-of should serve as a nice intro to those not fimiliar.
Like all greatest-hits packages this is not complete, however. Missing is their debut 45 "goat on fire" (93), highlights from their debut EP "Under the Moonspell" (94), anything from their Deamonarch side-project (98) and several good Eruo-only rarities (ie "the darkening" from 03). Still, this is a well compiled retro mapping their early years as Black Metal to their current Goth approach. Fans of Type O, 69 Eyes, Tenebre, HIM, Danzig and especially the Damned ought to buy this.
 AWSOME!!!!!!! July 21, 2007
The best of the best, one cd with everything, Metal, Gothic and Poetry!!!
Words for what, just Excelent!!
 Fantastic music, unfortunate vocals. January 29, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
For fans of Moonspell, I can only imagine this is a must-have; or it would be, if you didn't already own all the music on this album. As the first album of theirs I've heard, I can tell that these are all excellent songs.
Unfortunately, those who haven't heard much of Moonspell may have been somewhat misled. The singer attempts to sing cleanly in a number of songs, and his voice has a very distracting quality to it. For those who enjoy 80s throwback gothic singing akin to artists like Voltaire (but with less creativity in the tunes being sung) it may not take away from the music. That, however, is a rare taste. Had he limited himself to growling through the album, it would be excellent- the music is good enough to make it a favorite. But the singing takes too much away from it, it changes from atmospheric to cheesy, and I find myself looking for ways to remove the vocal tracks from the album entirely.
All that said, if you can get past the singing and you enjoy atmospheric, gothic metal, you will like this music. I'm tempted to draw a comparison to Cradle of Filth's recent effort, "Thornography", to illustrate the catchiness and style of these songs, but I wish to clearly state once again that, while Dani Filth's singing (in my opinion) adds to Cradle's atmosphere, Fernando Ribeiro's singing takes away from it. If he stuck with the death growl, the album would be ten times better.
One Jaded Goth Metal Girl + The Great Silver Eye = Instant Moonspell Fandom! February 28, 2008
Let's face it: we all get bored with a genre of music if there fails to be any impressive releases for a long time. Of course, what is impressive is also subjective. I hadn't felt impressed with the Gothic Metal genre since Lacuna Coil's Comalies. Since then, I have bought and felt disppointed with release after release. Seeking something to satisfy my Goth and Metal yearnings, I finally decided to give Moonspell a chance. Oh my, I wish I had done it sooner! I purchased The Great Silver Eye, because I wanted a good representation of the band's career before I delved in further. Every track on this disc is absolutely amazing! From the near-Black Metal stylings of Wolfshade, Vampira, and Alma Mater (all taken from Wolfheart) to the full-on Goth Metal attack of Luna and Finisterra (from Memorial), every track was a hit with me. That's something that rarely ever happens. I am so excited to hear much, much more!
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