Alpha Noir/Omega White

Alpha Noir/Omega White
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	27 April 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Melodic death metal symphonic metal (Alpha Noir) Gothic metal gothic rock (Omega White)
Length	40:34 (Alpha Noir) 38:10 (Omega White) 78:44 (total)
Language	English, Portuguese
Label	Napalm
Producer	Tue Madsen
Moonspell chronology
Night Eternal (2008) Alpha Noir/Omega White (2012) Extinct (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Blistering	[2]
Exclaim!	favorable [3]
Metal Forces	[4]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5 [5]

Alpha Noir/Omega White is the ninth studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 27 April 2012. It is the band's first double album. The band's press release cited Bathory, King Diamond, Onslaught, early Metallica, Testament and Artillery as influences for Alpha Noir, which was described as "an incendiary album". Omega White was instead described as an album of "pure atmosphere and shadow", an homage to Type O Negative and The Sisters of Mercy and similar to Moonspell's second album Irreligious . Alpha Noir and Omega White were both produced and mixed by Tue Madsen, who had previously worked on the band's Under Satanæ and Night Eternal records. ^[6]

The song "New Tears Eve" has been dedicated to Peter Steele, the vocalist and leader of Type O Negative, who died in 2010.

Track listing

Alpha Noir

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Axis Mundi"	4:57
2.	"Lickanthrope"	3:49
3.	"Versus"	3:39
4.	"Alpha Noir"	4:30
5.	"Em Nome do Medo" ("In the Name of Fear")	4:27
6.	"Opera Carne"	3:53
7.	"Love Is Blasphemy"	4:31
8.	"Grandstand"	4:54
9.	"Sine Missione"	4:57
Total length:		40:34

Omega White

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Whiteomega"	4:21
2.	"White Skies"	3:34
3.	"Fireseason"	4:29
4.	"New Tears Eve"	4:45
5.	"Herodisiac"	4:46
6.	"Incantatrix"	4:40
7.	"Sacrificial"	4:11
8.	"A Greater Darkness"	7:24
Total length:		38:10

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7]	44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8]	87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9]	186
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10]	83
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11]	37
French Albums (SNEP) [12]	108
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13]	37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14]	48

References

1. Natalie Zed (7 May 2012). "Moonspell – Alpha Noir Review". About.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
2. David E. Gehlke (8 May 2012). "Moonspell – Alpha Noir (Napalm Records)". Blistering. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
3. Laura Wiebe (8 May 2012). "Moonspell Alpha Noir/Omega White". Exclaim! . Retrieved 13 May 2012.
4. Fisher, Mark. "Moonspell – Alpha Noir". Metal Forces . Retrieved 31 December 2014.
5. Trey Spencer (7 May 2012). "Moonspell Alpha Noir/Omega White". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
6. "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MOONSPELL: New Album Title, Other Details Revealed". legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Moonspell – Alpha noir" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
8. "Ultratop.be – Moonspell – Alpha noir" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
9. "Ultratop.be – Moonspell – Alpha noir" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Moonspell – Alpha noir" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
11. "Moonspell: Alpha noir" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
12. "Lescharts.com – Moonspell – Alpha noir". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Moonspell – Alpha noir" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
14. "Swisscharts.com – Moonspell – Alpha noir". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.