Irreligious (album)

{{short description|1996 studio album by Moonspell}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Irreligious

| type = studio

| artist = Moonspell

| cover = MoonspellIrreligiousFrontS.jpg

| alt =

| released = 29 July 1996

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{Hlist|Gothic metal|doom metal}}

| length = 42:35

| label = Century Media

| producer = Waldemar Sorychta

| prev_title = Wolfheart

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Sin/Pecado

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Irreligious

| type = studio

| single1 = Opium

| single1date = 1 October 1996

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r239215|pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic review}}

}}

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.