Memorial Roots is the eighth studio album by the German power metal band Brainstorm, released on 16 October 2009.[4]

Memorial Roots
Studio album by
Released16 October 2009
RecordedStorm Your Brain Studios, Gerstetten,
Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany,
May–August 2009
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length54:44
LabelAFM
ProducerBrainstorm, Sascha Paeth & Miro
Brainstorm chronology
Downburst
(2008)
Memorial Roots
(2009)
On the Spur of the Moment
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Lords of Metal(81/100)[2]
Dangerdog[3]

Track listing edit

All songs written and arranged by Brainstorm, all lyrics by Andy B. Franck.

  1. "Forsake What I Believed" - 6:31
  2. "Shiver" - 3:17
  3. "The Conjunction of 7 Planets" - 6:34
  4. "Cross the Line" - 5:01
  5. "Nailed Down Dreams" - 5:37
  6. "Blood Still Stains" - 4:10
  7. "Ahimsa" - 4:21
  8. "The Final Stages of Decay" - 6:27
  9. "Victim" - 4:16
  10. "When No One Cares" - 3:19
  11. "Would You" - 5:11
The European limited edition digipack also includes
  1. "Seems to Be Perfect" - 4:22
  2. "Too Late to Deny" - 4:33

Personnel edit

Band members
  • Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, backing vocals
  • Milan Loncaric - guitars, backing vocals
  • Antonio Ieva - bass
  • Dieter Bernert - drums
Additional musicians
Production
  • Sascha Paeth - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Simon Oberender - engineer

References edit

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Brainstorm Memorial Roots review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. ^ "Brainstorm - Memorial Roots". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  3. ^ Hartranft, Craig (25 October 2009). "Brainstorm: Memorial Roots". Dangerdog Music Reviews. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  4. ^ "Brainstorm - Memorial Roots". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-09-25.