After recently unveiling their new album title track “Far From God” to an overwhelmingly positive response from fans worldwide, with both the single and its official music video rapidly gaining strong streaming numbers across platforms, Portuguese Dark Metal pioneers MOONSPELL now return with the next haunting chapter from their forthcoming studio album. Following a frenetically-acclaimed live appearance at Wave Gothic Treffen just a few nights ago, today, the band releases the official music video for their brand new single, the album opening track “Cross Your Heart”.
Where “Far From God” explored tragic vampiric romance and the spiritual decay of modern Gothic Metal, “Cross Your Heart” turns its gaze toward the endless roads that connect and separate us. Blending the classic atmosphere of the band’s legendary Irreligious era with a modern and sharper edge, the song unfolds as a dark, melancholic and emotionally gripping anthem. Driven by brooding melodies, grounded riffing and emotional depth, “Cross Your Heart” pairs Fernando Ribeiro’s unmistakable vocals with a reflection on mortality, memory and the fragile nature of life spent in motion.
Stream “Cross Your Heart”: http://lnk.to/Moonspell-FarFromGod
Fernando Ribeiro comments on the track:
“Reminiscent of Irreligious with a modern and dark twist, this gothic metal song tells us about the shrines that we can frequently find on the roads of all countries in the world and that are erected as a painful memory to those who departed in car and bike crashes, often too soon, every time too painfully. Like a band who made miles upon miles and a few crashes themselves, we are privileged observers of the daily and nightly life on the roads, the promised cities, the bitter disappointments, the anguish of a portable life. Before such powers we can only cross our heart and hope to live enough before our time does come.”
Born out of five years of creative searching, doubt and ultimate rediscovery, their forthcoming album marks a powerful return for the band. Far from playing it safe, MOONSPELL deliver a work that feels like a rebirth: darker, sharper and emotionally unfiltered. Rather than bending to modern trends, the band double down on identity and substance, presenting a bold and beautiful statement of Gothic Metal in its purest essence: dark, romantic, dramatic and unapologetically heavy.
Thematically, Far From God moves through Baudelairian love, existential guilt and redemption, Christlike resurrections and the quiet nobility of creatures of the night. Vampires, werewolves and sacred symbolism are not escapism here, but vehicles for genuine dark emotion: solemn, romantic and unfiltered. The album rejects artificial gloss in favour of fantasy grounded in sincerity, rediscovering the heart of Gothic Metal in its most authentic form.
Far from God – produced with Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Sólstafir, Ghost among many others) – shines like a black diamond, luminous yet shadowed in texture and colour, both musically and sonically. It reconnects with the darker spirit of MOONSPELL’s classic era while sounding powerful and contemporary. Far From God is not nostalgia; it is a statement. A Gothic Metal hallelujah. MOONSPELL’s 21st century Irreligious. It’s not only a powerful reminder that MOONSPELL remain a defining force in the genre they helped shape, but an album that will truly save Gothic Metal from boredom and predictability!
Far From God will be released on July 3, 2026 via Napalm Records.
Pre-order the album HERE!
Far From God Tracklist:
1. Cross Your Heart
2. Far From God
3. Biblical
4. The Great Wolf in the Sky (ft. Alicia Nuhro on strings)
5. Your Promise of Light
6. For the Love of Mortals
7. Our Freedom to Fall
8. Reconquista
Far From God will be available in the following formats:
– 2CD 24p Mediabook (ft. Bonus CD: Demo Versions)
– 1CD Jewel Case
– 1-LP Gatefold Vinyl Black (ft. Lyric Sheet & Printed Innersleeve)
– 1-LP Gatefold Vinyl Solid Viola (ft. Lyric Sheet & Printed Innersleeve)
– 1-LP Gatefold Vinyl S053 Splattered Creme Black (ft. 24p Booklet + Printed Innersleeve)
– Wooden Boxset (ft. Mediabook 2-CD + A5 Band Photo + Flag + Cross Pendant + Handnumbered Certificate of Authenticity)
– 2CD 24p Mediabook + Shirt Bundle
– 1-LP Gatefold WHITE LABEL (ft. 12” 24p Booklet, Certificate [dated handumbered], Covercard)
– Digital Album
– 1-LP Gatefold Vinyl CIRC002 (ft. Lyric Sheet + Printed Innersleeve + Vertical Poster A3 Cover + Band Photo Postcard) – Bandshop exclusive
MOONSPELL Live Dates 2026:
20.06.2026 (BE) Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
27.06.2026 (PT) Barreiro – Motoclube do Barreiro
02.07.2026 (PT) Porto de Mós – Festas de São Pedro
10.07.2026 (FI) Kotka – Dark River Festival
16.07.2026 (PL) Bolków – Castle Party Festival
02.08.2026 (BU) Plovdiv – Ancient Theatre of Plovdiv (Opus Diabolicum Orchestra Show)
06.08.2026 (DE) Schlotheim – Party.San Metal Open Air
28.08.2026 (RO) Câmpulung Muscel – Posada Rock Festival
12.09.2026 (PT) Sintra – Quinta da Ribafria
18.09.2026 (UK) London – Cosmic Void Festival
19.09.2026 (TR) Istanbul – Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest
31.10.2026 (PT) Porto – Hard Club (Halloween Show)
For More Info Visit:
Website | https://www.moonspell.com
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/moonspellband
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/moonspellofficial
Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/user/MoonspellYT
Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/artist/17bYSQ9ZRnreVnJjE5X2x6
Napalm Records | https://label.napalmrecords.com/moonspell
MOONSPELL is:
Fernando Ribeiro – Vocals
Ricardo Amorim – Guitars
Pedro Paixão – Keys
Aires Pereira – Bass
Hugo Ribeiro – Drums
