The Butterfly Effect (Moonspell album)

The Butterfly Effect
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	13 September 1999
Recorded	June 1999
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Gothic metal industrial metal
Length	57:24
Label	Century Media
Producer	Andy Reilly
Moonspell chronology
Sin/Pecado (1998) The Butterfly Effect (1999) Darkness and Hope (2001)

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The Butterfly Effect is the fourth studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell. Released in 1999, it was inspired by chaos theory. ^[1] The album has a more experimental approach than their previous work, incorporating elements of electronic music and industrial metal. The music was composed mainly by keyboardist Pedro Paixão. "Tired" samples Mozart's Requiem.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Fernando Ribeiro.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Soulsick"	Pedro Paixão, Sérgio Crestana	4:16
2.	"Butterfly FX"	Paixão, Crestana	3:51
3.	"Can't Bee"	Paixão, Crestana	5:11
4.	"Lustmord"	Paixão, Crestana	3:44
5.	"Selfabuse"	Paixão, Crestana, Ricardo Amorim	4:16
6.	"I Am the Eternal Spectator"	Paixão, Crestana	3:31
7.	"Soulitary Vice"	Paixão, Crestana	3:27
8.	"Disappear Here"	Paixão, Crestana	3:33
9.	"Adaptables"	Paixão, Crestana	3:01
10.	"Angelizer"	Paixão, Crestana	4:30
11.	"Tired"	Paixão, Crestana	5:24
12.	"K" (The song "K" ends at 3:28. Instead of silence, interference beeps can be heard for 2 minutes (3:28 – 5:28). A hidden track entitled "O Mal de Cristo" starts at 5:28.)	Paixão, Crestana	12:40
Total length:			57:24

Credits

Band members

• Fernando Ribeiro – vocals
• Ricardo Amorim – guitars
• Sérgio Crestana – bass
• Pedro Paixão – synthesizers, samples
• Miguel Gaspar – drums

Additional personnel

• Oli Albergaria Savill – various misc instruments

Production

• Paulo Moreira – photography, layout
• Patrick Bird – mastering
• Richard Hinton – engineering assistant
• Andy Reilly – producer, engineering, mastering
• Carsten Drescher – artwork, layout

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2]	69

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [3]	16

References

1. "The Butterfly Effect (1999) | Moonspell". www.moonspell.com. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
2. "Offiziellecharts.de – Moonspell – The Butterfly Effect" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
3. "Portuguesecharts.com – Moonspell – The Butterfly Effect". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.