Darkness and Hope is the fifth album by Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 metal band Moonspell

Moonspell

Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...

.

Several different versions were released, with different bonus tracks. One version contained "Os Senhores Da Guerra", originally by Madredeus

Madredeus

Madredeus is a Portuguese band. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music with influences of modern folk music...

, the second featured "Mr. Crowley

Mr. Crowley

"Mr Crowley" is a 1980 heavy metal song performed by Ozzy Osbourne, released on the album Blizzard of Ozz, Osbourne's first solo effort following his firing from Black Sabbath. It peaked at number 46 on the United Kingdom charts. Musicians playing on the song are guitarist Randy Rhoads, bass...

", originally by Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

. Another version had a cover

Cover version

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 of Joy Division

Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...

's "Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Will Tear Us Apart

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division. It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar...

" as the bonus track.

Artwork

The cover of the album features the "Moonspell trident" designed by a Polish

Poland

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 artist, Wojciech Blasiak. The sign, later refined in The Antidote

The Antidote (Moonspell album)

The Antidote is Moonspell's sixth full-length album, released in 2003 by Century Media. It is regarded as a return to a heavier musical style in comparison to the previous album, Darkness and Hope, although it is nonetheless quite different from all the previous albums.The third track, "Everything...

s artwork, became recognizable as a symbol of the band.

Track listing

1. "Darkness and Hope" – 4:47
2. "Firewalking" – 3:02
3. "Nocturna" – 3:52
4. "Heartshaped Abyss" – 4:08
5. "Devilred" – 3:25
6. "Ghostsong" – 4:21
7. "Rapaces" – 5:31
8. "Made of Storm" – 4:09
9. "How We Became Fire" – 5:47
10. "Than the Serpents in my Hands" – 5:53

Bonus tracks:

1. "Os Senhores Da Guerra (The War Lords)" (Europe release) – 6:30
2. "Mr. Crowley
   Mr. Crowley
   "Mr Crowley" is a 1980 heavy metal song performed by Ozzy Osbourne, released on the album Blizzard of Ozz, Osbourne's first solo effort following his firing from Black Sabbath. It peaked at number 46 on the United Kingdom charts. Musicians playing on the song are guitarist Randy Rhoads, bass...
   
   " (North America release) – 4:28
3. "Love Will Tear Us Apart
   Love Will Tear Us Apart
   "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division. It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar...
   
   " (South America release) – 3:41

Band members

• Fernando Ribeiro
  Fernando Ribeiro (music)
  Fernando Miguel Santos Ribeiro is a Portuguese musician and poet, responsible for vocals and lyrics of the gothic metal band Moonspell, under the nickname Langsuyar.-Biography:...
  
   – "Darkness" (vocals)
• Ricardo Amorim – "Rapace" (guitars
  Guitarist
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  )
• Pedro Paixão – "Serpents" (synthesizers, samples
  Sampling (music)
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  )
• Sérgio Crestana – "Ghost" (bass
  Bassist
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  )
• Mike Gaspar – "Storm" (drums
  Drummer
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  )

Additional personnel

• Adolfo Luxúria Canibal
  Adolfo Luxúria Canibal
  Adolfo Luxúria Canibal is the stage name of Adolfo Morais de Macedo. He was born in 1959, in Luanda, Angola. Canibal ia a Portuguese musician and lawyer, known for his vocals in both the Portuguese rock band Mão Morta and French electronic noise band Mécanosphère.-External links:...
  
  - Spoken word on "Than the Serpents in my Arms"
• Asta - Vocals on "Devilred"