Memorial (Moonspell album)

Memorial
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
The Antidote (2003) Memorial (2006) The Great Silver Eye (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

1. "Memento Mori"
2. "Blood Tells"
3. "Sanguine"
4. "Best Forgotten"

Live at Vilar de Mouros

1. "In Memoriam"
2. "Finisterra"
3. "Memento Mori"
4. "Blood Tells"
5. "Proliferation"
6. "Upon the Blood of Men"

Videos

1. "Luna"
2. "Finisterra"
3. "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

1. Allmusic review
2. "Moonspell: Memorial certified gold in Portugal". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
3. Steffen Hung. "Portuguese charts portal". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.