Moonspell present back-to-back live streams! Firstly celebrating the 25th anniversary of Irreligious and, for the first time, getting to play material from the latest album Hermitage in front of a live audience of 300 fans.
I have a huge soft spot for Irreligious as this was my introduction to the band two and a half decades earlier. For me this album is still the beating heart of Moonspell. 
For a lot of the set, both staging and backdrops provided the perfect blend for the gothic atmosphere and nature of the album and after watching this set I finished off the night revisiting the album.
Irreligious setlist:
- Perverse… Almost Religious
- Opium
- Awake!
- For a Taste of Eternity
- Ruin & Misery
- A Poisoned Gift
- Subversion
- Raven Claws
- Mephisto
- Herr Spiegelmann
- Full Moon Madness
The encore featured saw the return of Pedro Paixão on rhythm guitar for the first time since 2004.
- In and Above Men
- From Lowering Skies
- Abysmo
- Finnistera
- Blood Tells
The following day was the turn of the latest album Hermitage which I also reviewed upon its release.
Although the albums are night and day the band still injected the same passion and energy as they did the previous night. Much I enjoyed the previous night’s set more overall, it was fantastic to see the new material performed for the first time.
The band played this set in album order
Hermitage setlist:
- The Greater Good
- Common Prayers
- All or Nothing
- Hermitage
- Entitlement
- Solitarian
- The Hermit Saints
- Apophtegmata
- Without Rule
- City Quitter
Encore:
- Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade)
- Breathe (Until We Are No More)
- Night Eternal
- Shadow Sun
A great bonus was the option to download the performances which no doubt I’m going to revisit. A great mix of the past and the present.
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