| Fernando Ribeiro | |
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Fernando Ribeiro during concert in Klub Studio, Kraków, Poland 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fernando Miguel Santos Ribeiro |
| Also known as | Langsuyar |
| Born | August 26, 1974 |
| Origin | Portugal |
| Genres | Gothic metal, black metal, folk metal, doom metal |
| Occupations | Singer, lyricist, poet |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1989 - present |
| Associated acts | Moonspell, Daemonarch, Amália Hoje |
| Website | moonspell.com |
Fernando Miguel Santos Ribeiro (born 26 August 1974) is a Portuguese musician and poet, responsible for vocals and lyrics of the gothic metal band Moonspell, under the nickname Langsuyar.
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Fernando Ribeiro, who studied philosophy in the University of Lisbon but did not graduate, formed a band called Morbid God in 1989 and changed its name to Moonspell in 1992. As of 2009, Moonspell have recorded 8 albums, one Best of collection and one DVD.
Except for Moonspell, he formed a side project called Daemonarch in 1998, along with other members of Moonspell, for one sole album "Hermeticum",the lyrics of which derive from poetry written by Ribeiro between the ages 14 and 16. Additionally, he cooperated with Euthymia for a limited to 666 copies LP, the Apocalypse Cancelled, as a memorial to Anton Szandor La Vey, in 2008. Lately,he is involved in a project founded by Nuno Gonçalves, with co-participation of Paulo Praça and Sónia Tavares, called Amália Hoje. The project was formed in 2009 to honour the famous Portuguese fado singer Amália Rodrigues.
In 2009, Fernando Ribeiro, Was also in project "Orfeu Rebelde"(in reference to Orpheu Magazine who existed in Portugal, with the hands of Fernando Pessoa, Santa Rita-Pintor, Almada Negreiros,Mário de Sá Carneiro with other futurists), in the EP of the band called "Cada som como um grito" he had the cooperaiton of Rui Sidónio, from Bizarra Locomotiva and Pedro Paixão(also from Moonspell"
He also participates in the song "Anjo Exilado" of the album "Álbum Negro", of the band Bizarra Locomotiva. In 2010 he participated in Mao Morta's album Pesadelo em Peluche, as a guest singer.
Apart from being a musician, he has been involved in literature, having already written three poetry books in Portuguese Como Escavar um Abismo (2001), As Feridas Essenciais (2004), Diálogo de Vultos (2007). He is also responsible for the introductions of Os Melhores Contos de Howard Phillips Lovecraft and the translation in Portuguese of the biography of BD Lovecraft. He holds a monthly column in the metal magazine LOUD!, entitled "the eternal spectator"