Memorial (Moonspell album)

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Memorial
Studio album by Moonspell
Released	25 April 2006
Recorded	November 2005
Genre	Gothic Metal Black Metal
Length	52:04
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Waldemar Sorychta
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Moonspell chronology
The Antidote (2003) Memorial (2006) The Great Silver Eye (2007)

Memorial is Moonspell's seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in three versions - a standard edition, a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track, and the Portuguese edition which is the standard version with the "Phantom North" bonus track. A fourth edition of the album is to be released in December 2006, containing the Portuguese bonus track and a DVD with live recordings of songs from the album.

On January 16, 2007, Memorial was certified gold by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa for selling over 10,000 copies in Portugal. This is the first time a Portuguese heavy metal group has received this award.^[1]

Each of the limited versions and the standard edition end with a different song, but on every version the final track ends with a 6 minute wolfs-howling outro ("The Sleep of the Sea"), hence there are actually two official versions of "Best Forgotten".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Additional credits 3 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "In Memoriam" – 1:25
2. "Finisterra" – 4:08
3. "Memento Mori" – 4:27
4. "Sons of Earth" – 1:51
5. "Blood Tells" – 4:08
6. "Upon the Blood of Men" – 4:55
7. "At the Image of Pain" – 4:21
8. "Sanguine" – 5:50
9. "Proliferation" – 2:39
10. "Once it was Ours!" – 4:53
11. "Mare Nostrum" – 1:56
12. "Luna" – 4:43
13. "Best Forgotten" – 6:47 (standard edition with hidden outro – 14:08)
14. "Atlantic" (limited edition bonus track) – 12:43 (with hidden outro)
15. "Phantom North" (only portuguese edition bonus track) – 11:49 (with hidden outro)

[edit] Credits

• Fernando Ribeiro - vocals
• Ricardo Amorim - guitars & keyboards
• Pedro Paixão - keyboards & guitars
• Mike Gaspar - drums

[edit] Additional credits

• Waldemar Sorychta - bass guitar, produced, mixed and engineered
• Big Boss (Root) - vocals on "At the Image of Pain"
• Birgit Zacher - vocals on "Luna" and "Sanguine"
• Raimund Gitsels - violins on "In Memoriam", "Memento Mori", "Sanguine" and "Once it was Ours!"

[edit] References

1. ^ "Moonspell: Memorial certified gold in Portugal". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-01-16. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=65364. Retrieved on 2007-01-17. 

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