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Memento Mori

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Memento Mori is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Candlemass, Black Mark Productions and Defiance, Ohio. Those roots explain a lot about how Memento Mori arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Witchfinder General, Count Raven, My Dying Bride, Reverend Bizarre and Pallbearer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sorcerer and Mercyful Fate, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Memento Mori, reaching back through Candlemass and forward to Sorcerer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Memento Mori was a Swedish band that is mainly doom metal but has some power metal influences. The band was founded by Messiah Marcolin, Snowy Shaw and Mike Wead in 1992 after Messiah left Candlemass and Wead took a break from his other band Hexenhaus. After two albums Messiah left the band because he was not credited as a songwriter; Snowy Shaw also quit the band to work with the reunited Mercyful Fate. The third album was sung by Kristian Andrén who used to sing for Swedish power doom metal band Tad Morose. Messiah returned for the fourth album, Songs for the Apocalypse Vol IV, without Snowy Shaw. Drum duties were taken over by fellow Swede and Memory Garden drummer Tom Bjorn. After that album, the band broke up. All albums were released by Black Mark.

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Memento MoriCandlemassBlack Mark ProductionsDefiance, OhioSorcererMercyful FateWitchfinder GeneralCount RavenMy Dying BrideReverend BizarrePallbearerTiamatChurch of MiseryParadise Lost

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Memento Mori connections

Memento Mori grew out of Candlemass, Black Mark Productions and Defiance, Ohio, shares an orbit with Witchfinder General, Count Raven, My Dying Bride and Reverend Bizarre, went on to shape Sorcerer and Mercyful Fate. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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