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1755
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	3 November 2017
Recorded	2017
Studio	Antfarm Studios (Aarhus, Denmark), Poison Apple Studios (Lisbon, Portugal)
Genre	Gothic metal symphonic metal
Length	47:42
Language	Portuguese
Label	Napalm
Producer	Tue Madsen
Moonspell chronology
Extinct (2015) 1755 (2017) Hermitage (2021)

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Blabbermouth.net

1755 is the eleventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 3 November 2017. Unlike previous albums, it is entirely sung in Portuguese. It is a concept album, detailing the story of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

This album was recorded in Antfarm Studios and Poison Apple Studios, produced and mixed by Tue Madsen, noted for working with Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Dir En Grey, and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter. Cover artwork was designed by João Diogo. It includes guest performances in some songs, including vocals by Paulo Bragança on the track 'In Tremor Dei'.

Track listing

All songs written by Moonspell, all lyrics by Fernando Ribeiro (except "Lanterna dos Afogados").

Personnel

• Fernando Ribeiro – vocals
• Ricardo Amorim – guitars
• Aires Pereira – bass
• Pedro Paixão – keyboards
• Miguel Gaspar – drums

Additional musicians

• Silvia Guerreiro – choir vocals
• Mariangela Demurtas – choir vocals
• Carmen Susana Simões – choir vocals
• Jon Phipps – virtual orchestration
• Martin Lopez – darbuka on "1755"
• Paulo Bragança – vocals on "In Tremor Dei"

Production

• Adriano Esteves – logo
• Tiago Canadas – engineering, recording
• Jon Phipps – pre-production, arrangements
• João Diogo – artwork
• Tue Madsen – producer, mixing, mastering
• Paulo Mendes – photography

Charts

References

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• 2017 albums
• Moonspell albums
• Napalm Records albums
• Albums produced by Tue Madsen