Night Eternal

Night Eternal is the eighth studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 16 May 2008 in Europe and on 10 June 2008 in North America. It was pre-produced in Portugal with Waldemar Sorychta from 16 to 30 November 2007 and recorded in Denmark at Antfarm studio from 7 to 31 January 2008.

Night Eternal
Cover art by Seth Siro Anton
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	16 May 2008
Recorded	7 January 2008 – 31 January 2008
Genre	Gothic metal melodic death metal melodic black metal
Length	44:14
Label	Steamhammer
Producer	Tue Madsen
Moonspell chronology
Under Satanæ (2007) Night Eternal (2008) Alpha Noir/Omega White (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Heavy Rock News	9/10[2]
Home Nucleonics	(favorable)[3]
The Metal Crypt	3.75/5[4]
Metal Rules	[5]
Metal Storm	9/10[6]
Room Thirteen	10/13[7]
Sputnikmusic	[8]
Teeth of the Divine	(favorable)[9]
Trash Pit	[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"At Tragic Heights"	6:51
2.	"Night Eternal"	4:09
3.	"Shadow Sun"	4:23
4.	"Scorpion Flower" (featuring Anneke van Giersbergen)	4:33
5.	"Moon in Mercury"	4:22
6.	"Hers Is the Twilight"	4:53
7.	"Dreamless (Lucifer and Lilith)"	5:16
8.	"Spring of Rage"	4:04
9.	"First Light"	5:43
Total length:		44:14

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Age of Mothers"	5:42
11.	"Scorpion Flower (Dark Lush Cut)"	4:36
12.	"Scorpion Flower (The Feeble Cut)"	3:57
Total length:		58:30

Limited edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Finisterra" (live at Wacken Open Air 2007)
2.	"Memento Mori" (live at Wacken Open Air 2007)
3.	"Blood Tells" (live at Wacken Open Air 2007)
4.	"Finisterra" (music video)
5.	"Finisterra" (making-of video)
6.	"Luna" (music video)

Personnel

Moonspell Fernando Ribeiro – vocals Ricardo Amorim – guitars Pedro Paixão – keyboards, samples, guitars Miguel Gaspar – drums Additional musicians Niclas Etelävuori – bass Patrícia Andrade – choir vocals Sophia Vieira – choir vocals Carmen Susana Simões – choir vocals

Production Adriano Esteves – logo Natalie Shau – model Jorge Pina – choir recording Pedro Paixão – recording Waldemar Sorychta – pre-production, arrangements Jacob Olsen – additional engineering Fernando Ribeiro – executive producer Seth Siro Anton – artwork Tue Madsen – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering Edgar Keats – photography

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	144
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	62
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[13]	3