Memorial is Moonspell

Moonspell

Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...

's seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV

SPV GmbH

SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....

. 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

Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa

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 for selling over 10,000 copies in Portugal

Portugal

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. This is the first time a Portuguese heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 group has received this award.

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".

Track listing

CD

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" (Portuguese limited edition bonus track) - 5:46

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"

Hard Club Slideshow

Credits

• Fernando Ribeiro - vocals
  Singing
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• Ricardo Amorim - guitar
  Guitar
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  s & keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Pedro Paixão - keyboards
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   & guitar
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• Mike Gaspar - drums
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Additional credits

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

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Portuguese Albums Chart	1