Memorial (Moonspell album)
| Memorial | ||||
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| Studio album by Moonspell | ||||
| Released | 24 April 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November 2005 | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal, melodic death metal, melodic black metal, doom metal | |||
| Length | 52:02 | |||
| Label | Steamhammer | |||
| Producer | Waldemar Sorychta | |||
| Moonspell chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Memorial is the seventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band, Moonspell, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in two versions: a standard edition and a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track.
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.[2]
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 wolves-howling outro ("The Sleep of the Sea"), hence there are actually two official versions of "Best Forgotten".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Memoriam" | 01:25 |
| 2. | "Finisterra" | 04:08 |
| 3. | "Memento Mori" | 04:27 |
| 4. | "Sons of Earth" | 01:51 |
| 5. | "Blood Tells" | 04:08 |
| 6. | "Upon the Blood of Men" | 04:55 |
| 7. | "At the Image of Pain" | 04:21 |
| 8. | "Sanguine" | 05:50 |
| 9. | "Proliferation" | 02:39 |
| 10. | "Once It Was Ours!" | 04:53 |
| 11. | "Mare Nostrum" | 01:56 |
| 12. | "Luna" | 04:42 |
| 13. | "Best Forgotten" (12:47 if it includes the hidden track, "The Sleep of the Sea") | 06:47 |
Total length: |
52:02 | |
| Limited edition bonus track | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 14. | "Atlantic" | 12:43 |
Total length: |
64:45 | |
| Portuguese edition bonus tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 14. | "Phantom North" | 11:49 |
Total length: |
63:51 | |
DVD (Special Edition) Live at CC Estudio 2
- "Memento Mori"
- "Blood Tells"
- "Sanguine"
- "Best Forgotten"
Live at Vilar de Mouros
- "In Memoriam"
- "Finisterra"
- "Memento Mori"
- "Blood Tells"
- "Proliferation"
- "Upon the Blood of Men"
Videos
- "Luna"
- "Finisterra"
- "Making of Finisterra"
Personnel
- Fernando Ribeiro - vocals
- Mike Gaspar - drums
- Pedro Paixão - keyboards, samples, guitars
- Ricardo Amorim - keyboards, guitars
Additional musicians
- Waldemar Sorychta - bass
- Raimund Gitsels - violin
- Birgit Zacher - female vocals on "Luna" and "Sanguine"
- Big Boss - vocals on "At the Image of Pain"
Production
- Wojtek Blasiak - artwork, layout
- Adriano Esteves - cover art, layout
- Dennis Koehne - engineering assistant
- Siggi Bemm - engineering assistant
- Waldemar Sorychta - producer, mixing, engineering
- Paulo Moreira - photography
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Portuguese Albums Chart[3] | 1 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ "Moonspell: Memorial certified gold in Portugal". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Portuguese charts portal". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.