Requiem is the fourth album by Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band The Autumn Offering

The Autumn Offering

The Autumn Offering is an American metalcore band that formed in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1999. After achieving some degree of local success, the band was signed to Stillborn Records, founded by Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, in 2003. The band released one album through this label...

. This album was released on June 9, 2009 through Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

. According to the group, the follow-up to 2007's "Fear Will Cast No Shadow" will contain "by far the band's most ambitious and dense material yet. Longer songs, complex rhythms, and dynamic vocals fill out this 11-track monster." It will also be their last release through Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

. Recently, the vocalist of The Autumn Offering gave the website MetalSucks a preview of Requiem. After previously giving The Autumn Offering's 2007 release Fear Will Cast No Shadow a very negative review, the reviewer from MetalSucks was optimistic about this release stating, "I'm certainly gonna give this band another chance."

This is the last album to feature any of the original band members as Matt Johnson quit the band the following year.

Track listing

1. "The Curtain Hits the Cast" - 3:38
2. "Narcosis" - 3:31
3. "Venus Mourning" - 4:39
4. "Worn Out Wings" - 3:30
5. "Fixed Like Medication" - 3:41
6. "Obsidian Halo" - 3:27
7. "Light of Day" - 2:29
8. "Requiem" - 3:08
9. "Bleed Together" - 3:11
10. "Smut Queen" - 3:31
11. "Portrait" - 2:56

Personnel

• Matt McChesney – vocals
• Matt Johnson - guitar, keys, bass
• Tommy Church - lead guitar, bass
• Jonathon Lee - studio drums